BUCKLAND — While it might be traditional for a speaker to thank everyone who attends a graduation ceremony, in a socially distant commencement on Sunday, Mohawk Trail Regional School Salutatorian…
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The Amherst regional school consolidation question
Over the past several years, the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District has been operating with state funding that has been stagnant at best, and declining at worst. In addition, enrollments have…
Schools chief Tari Thomas to retire
…Schools, Ralph C. Mahar Regional School and Petersham consolidated school districts, said she is entering her last year in education, and her retirement will be official in August 2020. “It…
School officials, students advocate for more rural aid during ‘critical’ legislative session
BOSTON — School committee members, administrators and students with the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont regional school districts, along with elected officials from member towns, converged on the State House earlier…
Diego Sharon named new principal of Amherst Regional Middle School
AMHERST — Diego Sharon, dean of students at Amherst Regional Middle School, will begin his tenure as the school’s new principal on July 1. On Thursday, Superintendent Michael Morris named…
AMHERST REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Grads urged to ‘change the world’
…a laugh. Kern was one of the 209 students from the Class of 2019 to graduate Friday from Amherst Regional High School. Interim Principal Miki Gromacki described the class as…
Mental health challenges for students topic of summit
…Regional School, asked Burnham how school staff can better encourage students to share their stories so that, like him, they can get help they need, he spoke to the idea of…
What’s next for Heath school kids? Community talks planned
…Heath Elementary School now has 31 students (two more Heath children enrolled this winter), and closing the sparsely populated school would save the Mohawk Trail Regional School District about $500,000….
State board rejects Hadley Chinese charter school expansion
…“exemplar” of what the charter-school movement is about. But Michael Morris, acting superintendent for the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District, told the board that adding students would be transferring funds from…
Workforce Development offers students opportunity and growth
The first School to Work program was offered by the Hampshire Educational Collaborative (HEC) in 1974, after being requested by area educators. This offering provided vocational instruction for high school…