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Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition is recipient of $100,000 grant for substance abuse prevention

Posted on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services

NORTHAMPTON, MA – The SPIFFY Coalition, administered by the Collaborative for Educational Services, is pleased to announce the award of a $100,000 (renewable for up to four years) Massachusetts Substance Abuse Prevention Collaborative (SAPC) grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH), Bureau of Substance Abuse Services (BSAS.) Funding comes from the Substance Abuse… [Read More]

Daughter to receive same civil rights award as mother

Posted on Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dave Eisenstadter, Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/26/15
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST, MA — Alicia Lopez of Amherst went through school knowing that whatever her life path would be, there was one career she would avoid at all costs — teaching. Both her parents were teachers, and even seeing her mother, Sonia Nieto, win the prestigious Massachusetts Teachers Association Lifetime Civil Rights Award did not convince… [Read More]

Notable swan song: Alumni return for retiring Frontier band director’s final show

Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Tom Relihan, The Recorder
Date: 5/15/15
Link: Complete Article

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MA — In musical notation, a coda signifies the end of a piece, and that’s what Thursday night’s spring concert at Frontier Regional School was for long-time band director Karen Atherton, who will retire in June after 28 years with the school. With the help of Atherton’s fiercely loyal students, however, the night… [Read More]

Buckland-Shelburne Elementary climbs from a ‘lowest-’ to a ‘highest-performing’ school

Posted on Monday, May 11th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Diane Broncaccio, The Recorder
Date: May 11, 2015
Link: Complete Article

SHELBURNE FALLS, MA — In 2011, the Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School MCAS scores caused the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to declare BSE a “Level 3” school, which meant it was among the lowest-performing 20 percent of schools and districts. That’s when the Mohawk Trail Regional School District sought help from a state agency… [Read More]

SPIFFY Coalition to hold town hall meeting on underage drinking

Posted on Monday, May 11th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Collaborative for Educational Services

NORTHAMPTON, MA – The Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition will its annual coalition meeting in conjunction with a Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking on Friday May 29th, 2015, from 11am – 1pm, on underage drinking. The meeting will be held at the Collaborative for Educational Services at 97 Hawley Street… [Read More]

Local educators celebrate Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Awards

Posted on Friday, May 8th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services

On Wednesday evening, April 29th, Franklin and Hampshire county educational leaders celebrated the thirty-nine local teachers and educators who have been recognized for their excellence in teaching with a Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award, from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Recipients are nominated and chosen within their district based on teaching practices, professional development, good… [Read More]

Collaborative for Educational Services participates in social justice and equity retreat

Posted on Thursday, May 7th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services

NORTHAMPTON, MA – The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) has begun the process of heightening awareness of what social justice and equity means to CES employees, to the work of our organization, and how this ties to our mission and core values. Thirty participants, including members of the CES leadership team and the Social Justice and… [Read More]

Making the Transition to Kindergarten Resource a Success

Posted on Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 5/5/15

NORTHAMPTON, MA – In March, we shared that our resource “Making the Transition to Kindergarten” was available for schools to use with parents of children starting Kindergarten. Since then, we have received requests to share this resource from schools in all of our 17 CFCE communities as well as from the eastern part of the… [Read More]

Turners Falls schools get new principal

Posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Recorder Staff, The Recorder
Date: 4/22/15
Link: Complete Article

TURNERS FALLS, MA — A former assistant principal in Amherst and London, Annie Leonard of Amherst will have the helm of the Great Falls Middle School and Turners Falls High School, with Earl McGraw returning to the district as assistant principal. Gill-Montague Regional School District Superintendent Michael Sullivan announced Tuesday that he has picked Leonard… [Read More]

Frontier, elementary school committees approve early release schedule

Posted on Saturday, April 11th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Tom Relihan, The Recorder
Date: 4/11/15
Link: Complete Article

SOUTH DEERFIELD, MA — Students in the Frontier Regional and Union 38 School District will be going home a bit earlier on Fridays next year. The regional and elementary school committees approved an early release schedule at a joint meeting Thursday night that would provide more time for professional development among the staff. The plan… [Read More]