…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…
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Monte’s March
NORTHAMPTON, MA – When the Collaborative for Educational Services’ HEC Academy students learned last fall about Monte’s March, they decided to get involved. This was the third year that Monte…
Early Educators Chart a Path from Self-Care and Cultural Responsiveness To Professional Growth
Karen Reuter, deputy director at the Collaborative for Educational Services, remembers the moment when she knew its trainings for early childhood educators were taking hold. One of the workshop participants stopped…
New principal to join Granby Junior Senior High School
…has created financial uncertainty. With an increasing number of families using school choice to leave the district, or deciding to attend the Granby-based campus of the private MacDuffie School, Sullivan…
Mohawk Trail Regional School District educators start dialogue on hate speech
…and families when something is reported. After taking some time to review the survey data and responses, attendees were led through a discussion by facilitators Tom Chang and Safire DeJong…
Success in School Linked to Summer Reading
Boston, MA – Boston school officials and nonprofit leaders will huddle Monday to mull strategies for closing the achievement gap that afflicts children from low-income families. Initial data from an…
Lauren Grimard, OTR/L
…her career, she has assisted clients with feeding and oral motor difficulties. Lauren is excited to share her knowledge with families while providing a fun and therapeutic approach to treatment….
Unusual Amherst Regional graduation ceremony ‘meant something to us’
…then heading to the embrace of their families and photos with their loved ones. The graduation exercises for the class of 2020, coming in the midst of a global pandemic,…
‘History found you’: Mahar graduates 88 in virtual ceremony, subsequent parade
…of terrible losses,” mentioning families who are grieving the deaths of their loved ones. “Others have lost their jobs, their savings, their plans for the future,” she said. “Many of…
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…