TURNERS FALLS — Joining the Turners Falls High School student recipient senior Andy Craver, Jessica Vachula-Curtis is this year’s staff recipient of the McGraw Uplift Award. Like Craver, English and…
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Sarah Bialek
…Sarah devoted a decade to teaching science in culturally and economically diverse urban schools in Denver, was a middle and high school advisor, and spent a year as an assistant…
Jacqueline LaFrance
…hundred years of history at the elementary school buildings in Easthampton, commemorating their move to a new elementary school (see blog post with more information). Her presentation also included local…
Alison Noyes
…English Language learners and high school history and worked for many years with international students and college study abroad as a program director and assistant dean before returning to focus…
HEC Academy in Northampton Celebrates Graduates of 2024
On Friday morning, June 7th, student graduates of HEC Academy gathered with family, friends, and teachers to celebrate their graduation from high school. The commencement ceremony was held at Union…
The High Cost of Low Technology Skills in the U.S.–and What We Can Do About It
Although American millennials are the first generation of “digital natives”–that is, people who grew up with computers and the internet–they are not very tech savvy. That fact would probably come…
MIAC reverses Rule 53 decision
…students to participate on high school teams. Thus, all single-principal schools that include students in grades 7 – 12 can continue to use middle school athletics without a waiver, and…
Local technical schools lead donations to area hospitals
Two local technical schools, Franklin County Technical School in Turners Falls, and Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School in Northampton, have each made donations of supplies to their local hospitals…
Five Franklin county schools earn ‘Green Team’ awards
Five Franklin County schools were recognized by the state for their outstanding work in an environmental education program. Greenfield High School, Federal Street School, Math and Science Academy, Bernardston Elementary…
Students to ask state for more education funds
Students and educators from seven Pioneer Valley school districts are going to Boston on Feb. 28 to ask state lawmakers to increase funding for rural schools. The students were supposed…