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Mohawk Trail Regional School District

Florence middle school teacher named Mohawk Trail’s new assistant principal

Posted on Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Grace Bird, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 7/7/2019
Link: Complete Article

Florence middle school teacher named Mohawk Trail’s new assistant principal

BUCKLAND — Come fall, Mohawk Trail Regional School students will see a new face in the classroom and around the halls. Diane Zamer started as Mohawk Trail’s new assistant principal on July 1. Zamer comes to Mohawk Trail from John F. Kennedy Middle School in Florence, having taught sixth grade there for several years. She… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Assistant Principal, Mohawk Trail Regional School District

Driving Through Mud: How Rural Mass. Schools Are Coping With Rising Transportation Costs

Posted on Friday, April 12th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Carrie Jung, WBUR
Date: 3/12/2019
Link: Complete Article

Driving Through Mud: How Rural Mass. Schools Are Coping With Rising Transportation Costs

It’s hard for rural schools in Massachusetts to get kids to and from class every day — especially now, in muddy season, when the snow has melted and the rain begins. “This is mud and ruts and a mess,” says bus driver Joanne Deady as she points to the narrow, unpaved road on her route… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News, State News Tagged With: Mohawk Trail Regional School District, rural school aid, rural schools, rurality factor funding formula, transportation costs

Mohawk to add instruction on Native American history, issues

Posted on Friday, April 12th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Grace Bird, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 4/11/2019
Link: Complete Article

Mohawk to add instruction on Native American history, issues

BUCKLAND — Mohawk Trail Regional School District is planning to incorporate more Native American instruction in its history and social studies courses. There are two main reasons for this renewed push: a new state social studies framework was released last June and the school recently proposed to remove final images of its Native American mascot. “I think this conversation in terms of… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Civics Education, Mohawk Trail Regional School District

Buckland-Shelburne students camp out with Dr. Seuss

Posted on Thursday, March 14th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Grace Bird, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 3/13/2019
Link: Complete Article

Buckland-Shelburne students camp out with Dr. Seuss

SHELBURNE FALLS — The second-grade classroom hummed with chatter as students dressed appropriately in pajamas huddled in tents to read Dr. Seuss’ “Sleep Book.” “It’s really fun,” second-grader Brody Cole said from inside a tent. Brody especially liked wearing pyjamas to class – though he admitted may have done so before, on days when he is running late for school. It’s “literacy spirit week” at… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Buckland Shelburne Elementary School, Mohawk Trail Regional School District

State Senate OKs rural school aid for county districts

Posted on Friday, May 25th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Diane Broncaccio, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/24/2018
Link: Complete Article

State Senate OKs rural school aid for county districts

After years of state, school and town officials beating the drum for rural school aid, rural districts, including Mohawk, Frontier, Pioneer Valley, and the 19 member-town Franklin County Technical School District, could see $100 per student in rural school aid from the state. Sen. Adam G. Hinds, D-Pittsfield, said Wednesday that the state Senate adopted… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Adam Hinds, Franklin County Technical School, Frontier Regional School District, Mohawk Trail Regional School District, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, rural school aid, Rural School Aid Bill, rural schools, state senate

Mohawk aims to move sixth grade in 2019

Posted on Monday, January 15th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Diane Broncaccio, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 1/14/2018
Link: Complete Article

Mohawk aims to move sixth grade in 2019

BUCKLAND — If the Mohawk Trail Regional School District’s plan to move sixth-graders to the middle school is approved by member towns, today’s fourth-grade classes at Sanderson Academy, Buckland-Shelburne and Colrain Central could become the first sixth-graders to go to Mohawk Trail Regional School in the fall of 2019. Community meetings have recently been held… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: 6th grade, Mohawk Trail Regional School District

Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont plan blizzard bag study

Posted on Monday, January 15th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Diane Broncaccio, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 1/12/2018
Link: Complete Article

Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont plan blizzard bag study

BUCKLAND — The Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont regional school districts now have enough volunteers for a study committee to research a Blizzard Bag Program, which would enable students in all grades to keep up their academic programs during “snow days” without having to make up school days lost during winter storms. An organizational meeting is… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Blizzard Bags, Hawlemont School, Mohawk Trail Regional School District, snow day work

‘It’s my favorite school in the whole world’: Kids bid farewell to Heath School

Posted on Monday, June 26th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Diane Broncaccio, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/23/2017
Link: Complete Article

‘It’s my favorite school in the whole world’: Kids bid farewell to Heath School

HEATH — The child chatter in the half-filled cafeteria on the last day of school was seemingly cheery, until you asked if they were looking forward to their summer vacation. One little girl hesitated, then nodded her head. “Yes,” she said solemnly. “But I’m sad to leave this school.” “I’m sad that the school is… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Franklin County, Hawlemont Regional School, Heath School, Mohawk Trail Regional School District, rural schools

School transportation costs a burden to Mohawk Trail

Posted on Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Richie Davis, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/22/2017
Link: Complete Article

School transportation costs a burden to Mohawk Trail

Those yellow school buses, big and small, may look pretty much the same, but the 530 miles of roads they travel vary across the roughly 253 square miles served by the Mohawk Trail Regional School district — the largest, geographically, of any regional school district in Massachusetts. As their odometers click forward, logging the miles… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Franklin County Technical School, Frontier Regional School, Mahar Regional School, Mohawk Trail Regional School District, Pioneer Valley Regional School District, rural schools, State transportation reimbursements, transportation

Heath Elementary School will close

Posted on Monday, May 8th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Andy Castillo, The Recorder
Date: 5/6/2017
Link: Complete Article

Heath Elementary School will close

HEATH — Faced with declining enrollment and rising per-pupil costs at the Elementary School, annual town meeting voters passed an emotional 94 to 10 vote Saturday in favor of permanently closing the school’s doors. “We, as a town, are in a difficult situation and we have a really tough decision to make this morning. Through… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Heath Elementary School, Mohawk Trail Regional School District, rural schools

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