Emily Koester, M.Ed, ECMH-E® has over 25 years of experience working with children and families in both schools and the community. As the former CPC Coordinator in Gill-Montague, Emily may…
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Steering Committee Retreat
On Monday, June 24, adult members of the SPIFFY Steering Committee joined with members of the newly-formed SPIFFY Youth Steering Committee for an evening retreat to discuss school mental health…
Creating Intentional Community
…hyperlink Episode Powered By Collaborative for Educational Services, a non-profit educational agency committed to reaching and educating learners of all ages. Find out more by visiting https://www.collaborative.org/ Resources Check out…
Diane Long
…last seven years. She began as an Instructional Coach within the Department of Youth Services, County Houses of Correction, and Department of Mental Health supporting teachers and students and has…
Western MA Prevention Professionals Meet with Cannabis Control Commissioners
…public health and youth substance-abuse prevention interests met in-person with staff and commissioners from the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC). The goal of this meeting was to build relationships with CCC…
‘It feels good to do good’: Greenfield High School students participate in Community Service Learning Day
GREENFIELD — In honor of the season of giving, Greenfield High School students spent Friday morning doing activities for Community Service Learning Day. This is the fourth year that students…
Lynan Cerruti joins Mount Tom Academy
…around the Holyoke Community College (HCC), and the HCC gym, as part of a push towards self understanding and connection between physical and mental health. In meetings with students, Lynan…
A ‘new approach’ to teaching computer science: Get rid of the computer
…During a weeklong workshop earlier this month at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke, 15 teachers took their first steps in spreading a new wave of computer…
How Children Can Become Caring Community Members
…bringing parents and children together to teach them about important character strengths, from empathy to generosity, and then co-creating experiences for those families to practice the skills in the real…
Mount Tom Academy awards diplomas to eleven
…Trinity Rackliffe spoke movingly of the health struggles that brought her to Mount Tom, and the community she found there which gave her the opportunity to complete her school work…