…toiletries and snacks; create holiday decorations for local families; cook holiday treats; make cards with seniors at the Senior Center; and provide custodial services within the schools and community. All…
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Pioneer school board chooses interim superintendent
…that I can inspire the taxpayers, you (the School Committee), the community members, the parents, the families and most importantly, the students to achieve that vision, because they deserve it.”…
Principal leaving Discovery School at Four Corners
…the staff as well as the families here.” Superintendent Jordana Harper said Nancy Putnam, a longtime Greenfield principal and the district’s most senior elementary principal, has agreed to fill in…
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…
School officials: Pandemic has lingering impact on students’ mental health
…experienced the last year and a half — illness itself, fear of illness, the trauma of having everything closed, potential death in immediate or extended families. … Just because school…
Local 21st Century Learning Centers approved for funding for this coming school year
…grant of over $350,000 for the academic year will support program activities and operations, and provide support for students whose families may not be able to afford the program. …
Understanding “PDA”/Pervasive Drive for Autonomy: What Educators Need to Know with Dr. Alex Hirshberg
Over the past few years, a growing number of educators and families have encountered the emerging term Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)—also referred to as Pervasive Drive for Autonomy. Although not…
Rural School Aid in State Budget
…allowing it “to build on the success of its first year, which provided nearly 40,000 families with fresh, healthy, local food, and millions of dollars in sales to Massachusetts farmers,”…
How Children Can Become Caring Community Members
…bringing parents and children together to teach them about important character strengths, from empathy to generosity, and then co-creating experiences for those families to practice the skills in the real…
After School Program begins this September at William E. Norris School
…school program will run Monday through Friday until 6 pm. Families can choose which days their child will use the program. A healthy snack will also be included each day….