Kara is a trained mediator, restorative practices facilitator and certified prevention specialist. She has helped bring restorative practices to several local school districts and has led numerous educator workshops using…
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Community leaders support local program for young children and families
…Mr. Tom Conner, Branch Manager of the Easthampton branch of the Florence Bank, presented a check for $2,500 to support Strong Foundations for Young Children. “This work supporting families within…
Families Embracing Anti-Bias Values: Film Screening and Discussion
…fears, strengths, challenges, and the pivotal question: What kind of world do we want to create with our children? The film depicts these families in their everyday experiences at home,…
Diego Sharon named new principal of Amherst Regional Middle School
…Sharon to the position, following a national search and positive feedback from the school community. Sharon, one of three finalists to become the first permanent principal at the school in…
9th Annual Safe and Healthy Schools Summit: Supporting Schools in Seeking Racial Healing in Polarizing Times
…and Coach. Other presenters: Amherst-based Positivity Pod, featuring social justice educators Pat Romney, Paul H. Wiley, Angelica Castro, Kena Acuña, Molly Keehn; Collaborative for Educational Services Joy and Justice Team…
SPIFFY’s June 2025 Full Coalition Meeting
On June 4th, from 3:30-5:30PM at Nonotuck Park in Easthampton, the SPIFFY Coalition gathered around 50 folks for SPIFFY’s bi-annual Full Coalition Meeting. The focus of this meeting was for…
Corky Klimczak
Corky Klimczak, MSW, has provided leadership to programs that support families and children throughout her forty-year career in the Pioneer Valley. She believes passionately in building upon the strengths that…
Individualized ceremonies to be edited into video of Mohawk Trail Regional School’s graduation
…Zane Kitchen Lipski thanked those who had stayed home. “Ask not what your country can do for you,” Kitchen Lipski said, citing former President John F. Kennedy’s maxim. “Ask what…
Johnson-Mussad brings experience and care to consulting work
…of the student who is both, and black or brown also? There are ways for districts and schools to work on expanding our perspectives and practices in order to fully…
$773K to support BHN’s childhood mental health program
…“We can work with individual kids, we could work with an entire classroom, or if the need is here, we could work with an entire program.” Overall, $4.5 million was…