AMHERST, MA — For the next week while students in Amherst’s public schools are on vacation, they can focus on celebrating the holidays with their families, pursuing their own interests…
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HEC Academy in Northampton Graduates Class of 2021
2021 Graduates from HEC Academy in Northampton, MA, celebrate at Union Station with their families. Northampton, MA — Nine students graduated from HEC Academy in an in-person ceremony held at…
New Greenfield Public Schools website is live, official launch in August
…to navigate and accessible to students, families, community and staff; included expanded calendar features; and integrated social media. The new design, with the use of more photography throughout, reflects the…
Using the ASQ for Developmental Screening
…brief look ASQ Online. Participants will practice scoring and interpreting the results of the screening. Strategies for communicating sensitive information and helping families navigate the referral process will be included….
Gabrielli LaChiara
Gabrielli LaChiara has been working with families and children for 30 years as a clinical social worker, a family counselor and a specialist in the Nurtured Heart Approach. Gabrielli’s brings…
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…
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…