…include, but are not limited to, an increased focus on social and emotional learning; bullying prevention; asset-based, student-centered and culturally responsive practices; restorative justice and positive discipline approaches; equity and…
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Colleen Kelley
…Technology/Engineering Design frameworks. Colleen supports S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) learning in PreK-8 classrooms through designing classroom experiences and fieldtrips that are place-based. Colleen has received the Governor’s…
Heather Richard
…teacher, she promoted student-centered learning, and as a former school librarian she worked with all content areas to support various interdisciplinary initiatives. She currently works with a statewide organization to…
A meeting of the minds: Sunderland sixth-graders interview UMass graduate students for podcasts
…plan to be finished around Friday, March 13. “It’s a pretty extensive project,” Copeland said. After encouraging the students to pick a subject that interests them, Copeland invited graduate students…
Raising the bar: Belchertown elementary school to provide piano education to all students
…not critical classes that students should have,” Gould said. The entire project will cost $30,000, Gould said, with $10,000 of the funding coming from a private donation by Matthew Jackson,…
Early Childhood Programs Reduce Need for Special Ed
…and Family Policy, which is hosting the new data analytics project, tapped into comprehensive state public school data going back to the 1990s. They tracked two main sets of variables…
Michelle LeBlanc
…served as Project Director for two Teaching American History grants, a federal program that provided professional development for teachers and was designed to connect school districts with academic researchers and…
Erving event connects youth to local history
…employment in the region. Jaylice’s presentation one was of several made to Erving Elementary students, Erving seniors and other residents was part of a grant project the school has been…
Welcome new SPIFFY Coalition Coordinator, Amy!
…stewarding the Healthy Relationships Grant project, a collaboration between Safe Passage, Community Action, and Easthampton High School to support the Easthampton High School community in building skills to recognize, interrupt…
White Brook Middle School students in Easthampton aim to show power of kindness with Pay it Forward Challenge
…to do the world.” The group’s members delivered a presentation on the project at two school-wide assemblies Tuesday morning. There, they defined a random act of kindness as “a selfless…