…Public Library, reading to students at Federal Street School and helping at the Moose Lodge. Principal Karin Patenaude said it was a great day for the students to give back…
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Gill-Montague superintendent announces retirement
…be the right time for me to go,” Sullivan wrote to School Committee members this week. The School Committee has not formally discussed the issue in a public meeting, but…
Early childhood educator Barbara Black named Gazette’s “Person of the Year”
…Northampton Public Schools. “They need to experience the world.” It is Black’s dedication to those principles — to improving education for young children and their families — that has made…
Massachusetts House restores $17.5 million for kindergarten expansion grants to state budget
…grants passed unanimously, 155-0, despite calls for a future conversation about how kindergarten is funded in the state. “Schools are counting on the money in just a few weeks,” state…
Whately Elementary selects Kristina Kirton as new principal
…20 years, comes from the Holyoke Public Schools, where she most recently served as an administrator developing curriculum. Members of the search committee described her as student-first, and valued by…
Christine Shea
Christine Shea is the Director of Assessment and Accountability for the Westfield Public School District where she oversees the assessment system for the district along with central registration, the English…
Barbara Cheney – CES Profile
…to the area seventeen years ago, after teaching in the New York City public schools. Barbara’s students struggled not only with all the typical teenage issues, but with additional social…
HEC Academy in Northampton Celebrates Graduates of 2024
…worked with other Key Clubs including Northampton and the Kiwanis clubs of Northampton, Westfield and Holyoke. HEC Academy is a therapeutic, public day special education program for youth in grades…
Recent Massachusetts Graduates Tie For Top Score on ACT Test
…according to DESE, the number of Bay State students who take the ACT test has increased by 31 percent between 2011 and 2015. More than 19,600 public and private school…
Educator Preparation programs win approval from the MA Office of Educator Licensure
…purpose of state approval of educator preparation programs is to assure the public that teachers and other educators who complete these programs in Massachusetts are prepared to educate our PreK-12…