TURNERS FALLS – The Gill-Montague School District has the right policies and procedures in place concerning civil rights violations in its secondary schools, although in some instances staff haven’t followed…
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Summer learning Greenfield students keep their creative juices flowing with studies of water
GREENFIELD – As students and teachers cross the second-floor landing at the Federal Street School this year, they will see a new 22-foot-by-4-foot mural depicting pond life. The painting, located…
Art therapy: Northampton authors launch new drawing webcasts to help kids, parents cope during pandemic
…home trying to create some simulacrum of first period for my son, who’s in the second grade. Without schoolwork (we pick up packets today), we went freestyle. My son spent…
Graduation Rates Up, Dropouts Down in Massachusetts High Schools
…low-income families. The second-largest school district in the state, Springfield, boasted the best improvement of any urban district in the state. Across the state, 87.3 percent of students who entered…
Frontier Regional School Sign Project Honors Graduating Seniors
…a series of signs containing the names and pictures of each member of the FRS Class of 2020, which has been forced to forgo the second half of its senior…
Hawlemont School to hold annual celebration Friday
CHARLEMONT, MA — Hawlemont is holding its second annual celebration of the new farm-based curriculum on Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the school. Student exhibits, student-guided tours,…
Easthampton students learn about Caribbean culture through poetry, history
…literature with diverse cultures. “We want to make sure we are giving kids background and not just surface-level cultural experience,” Alatalo said in between lessons. For second-, third- and fourth-graders,…
Understanding and Commanding AI: Playful Prompt Engineering
…strengths and limitations — and using that knowledge to decide when AI is a good tool. The second skill is understanding how AI “thinks”, and tailoring your commands accordingly. This…
Laurel Peltier leading cohorts in Connecticut for Special Education
…in 2016. Now, for the second year, she has turned her training focus south to Connecticut as well as continuing the Massachusetts program. Funded by the MA Department of Elementary…
Memories to guide Smith Academy graduates into life’s next stage
…the teachers and faculty who focused on helping her break from her natural introversion and into a successful graduate. “They’re not just teachers,” she said. “They’re coaches, role models, mentors,…