On November 17th, 2022 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, the SPIFFY Coalition co-sponsored and co-organized the 9th Annual Safe and Healthy Schools Summit: Supporting Schools in Seeking Racial Healing…
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A different kind of meals on wheels: Franklin County Technical School delivers food to students
…leverage Franklin Tech’s National School Lunch Program financial reimbursement to help as many students as possible. “On Friday we started assisting the Pioneer (Valley Regional School) District’s families,” Bouchard noted….
Honoring Overdose Awareness Month
…Hadley: Tuesday, August 26 from 5:30-7 PM at Beachgrounds Park Belchertown: Thursday, August 28 from 6-8 PM at Belchertown Commons Northampton: Thursday, August 28 from 6-8 PM at Forbes Library…
Early Childhood Coordinators Community of Practice
This is a community of practice for people who lead IEP teams for 3-5 year olds. The focus of the COP is facilitating IEP team meetings and promoting smoother transitions…
US Department of Ed Selects HEC Academy as Green Ribbon award winner
…public day special education program for youth in grades 9-12 who are eligible to receive services via an Individualized Education Plan (IEP). Students typically present with social-emotional challenges, learning disabilities,…
Creating Your AI School Policy
…[The School AI Policy in a Day workshop] was a very productive day and generated excitement because it made me a more informed and knowledgeable superintendent.” — Barbara Malkus, Superintendent…
In the big-kids school: Preschoolers welcomed into Sanderson Academy
ASHFIELD, MA — A Sanderson Academy custom has been to hold a “boo-hoo” breakfast for new kindergartners and their parents on the starting day of school; so Wednesday, the first…
Angela Burke
Angela Burke, M.Ed, oversees CES Professional Services teams that include Professional Development, Licensure, Research and Evaluation, and Healthy Families and Communities. Burke has over 20 years of experience in managing…
Teaching disability history in schools is ‘long overdue,’ advocates say
Judy Heumann’s death last year was deeply felt in the disability community. Often called “the mother” of the disability rights movement, her activism had a lasting impact on millions of Americans….
Becoming money smart: At Fort River Elementary in Amherst, 5th-graders learn about finances by working and paying rent through mock program
…of high school students can be considered financially literate, according to a 2015 Massachusetts report on financial literacy, and that Massachusetts is one of 12 states across the country that…