…they need to make school relevant and meaningful. DYS youth find these learning activities engaging and teachers leverage these interdisciplinary resources to teach across content areas so that students can…
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DYS Education Initiative wins nationwide BreakFree competition
…been a partner to the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) since 2003, creating access to high-quality secondary and post-secondary education, career exploration, and workforce development opportunities for youth in…
Massachusetts DYS Students Win National BreakFree Competitions
…to make school relevant and meaningful. The competitions sponsored by BreakFree provide engaging activities for youth, and teachers leverage these interdisciplinary resources to teach across content areas so that students…
Students Learn at local horse farm
…the Collaborative for Educational Services. I run the alternative high school in Sunderland. One of our goals is to get our students out in the community. We try to ensure…
When Your Remote Classroom Is Your Car: How Some Rural Students Without Broadband Are Connecting
…she’s finishing work at home. In the car next to Szewczyk most days is Tracey Pinkham, a social studies teacher at Hampshire Regional High School. “It’s such a different way…
CES Profile – Paying it Forward
Jimmy Pereira, a former Department of Youth Services (DYS) student, graduated from college with a clear goal of becoming an urban planner in his hometown. This past year, he landed…
Workforce Development offers students opportunity and growth
…over 450 area students found internships, shadowed professionals at work, and attended career days across Hampshire County. Forging partnerships across the state has been core to success in this work,…
Building Equitable Supports for Children with Disabilities
…community healthy hampshire content 4 our communities 4 williamsburg revelation day report 170921 pdf ( Page 28 ) The Initiative The Building Equitable Supports for Children with Disabilities (BESCD) initiative,…
Scibak visits Easthampton High School’s 21st Century Community Learning Center
Representative John Scibak visited Easthampton High School’s 21st Century Community Learning Center After School Program on Tuesday, March 20th. Scibak toured the program and received an update about what the…
Karen Fiegenbaum, OTR/L
…programs throughout Hampshire county. As a consultant with a community agency, Karen applied her knowledge of sensory processing, complex trauma, attachment and self-regulatory challenges in supporting families and at-risk youth….