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Pioneer Valley Regional School District

Gill-Montague, Franklin Tech, Pioneer in regionalization talks

Posted on Thursday, November 9th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Miranda Davis, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 11/8/2017
Link: Complete Article

TURNERS FALLS — The Gill-Montague Regional School Committee gave tentative approval to a set of grant proposals that would allow the district — along with the Pioneer Valley Regional School District and the Franklin County Technical School — to study the possibility of shared services and regionalization. The grants, which are offered by the state’s… [Read More]

Pioneer begins looking outside the box with supt. search

Posted on Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Shelby Ashline, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 10/20/2017
Link: Complete Article

NORTHFIELD — In their first meeting to discuss replacing Superintendent Ruth Miller, Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s Superintendent Search Committee decided to scope out the possibility of sharing administrators with another school district. The search committee was formed as a result of Miller’s June announcement that she won’t be looking to negotiate a new contract… [Read More]

Northfield Elementary sees uptick in enrollment, adds teacher

Posted on Friday, September 8th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Shelby Ashline, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 9/7/2017
Link: Complete Article

NORTHFIELD — When preparing this school year’s budget, Northfield Elementary School Principal Megan Desmarais was anticipating another year with declining enrollment, a steady trend for more than a decade. But as enrollment numbers took shape in August, Desmarais was surprised to see the slightest increase. The school currently has 188 students in pre-K through sixth… [Read More]

Pearl Rhodes principal resigns, Bernardston principal takes over

Posted on Friday, September 1st, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Shelby Ashline, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 8/31/2017
Link: Complete Article

LEYDEN — Bernardston Elementary School Principal Bob Clancy is taking on a new role this year, doubling as Pearl Rhodes Elementary School’s principal in neighboring Leyden. Clancy stepped in to replace former principal Deanna Leblanc, who announced last month she accepted another job and would not return for the 2017-2018 school year. Though efforts to… [Read More]

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

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]

Five Franklin county schools earn ‘Green Team’ awards

Posted on Monday, June 19th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/17/17
Link: Complete Article

Five Franklin County schools were recognized by the state for their outstanding work in an environmental education program. Greenfield High School, Federal Street School, Math and Science Academy, Bernardston Elementary School and Hawlemont Regional School in Charlemont were all honored by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for their efforts on the state’s “Green Team.”… [Read More]

Miller announces she’ll leave Pioneer school district

Posted on Thursday, June 15th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Shelby Ashline, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 7/14/2017
Link: Complete Article

NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School District Superintendent Ruth Miller has announced that after next school year, she won’t be continuing in her role. Miller said she first relayed the news in letters to School Committee members last week, saying she will not be looking to negotiate a new contract once her current three-year contract… [Read More]

Eight athletes show their skills at Pioneer Special Olympics

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

Source: Shelby Ashline, The Recorder
Date: 5/7/2017
Link: Complete Article

BERNARDSTON, MA — Eight students hurried around the Bernardston Elementary School gymnasium, throwing bean bags, crawling through plastic tunnels and wheeling around on scooters. With upbeat music playing, the students’ classmates, teachers and parents encouraged them from the sidelines, often joining them at the different stations to lend a helping hand. The hour-long flurry of… [Read More]

Community Foundation Grants given

Posted on Friday, February 17th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Recorder Staff, The Recorder
Date: 2/15/2017
Link: Complete Article

Just Roots, Clinical and Support Options and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts are among seven organizations awarded $300,000 in competitive “innovation” planning grants from the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. CSO’s $45,000 “Building Resilience by Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools” grant will be used to help schools around Franklin County plan training and policy review… [Read More]

Pioneer Special Olympics bowling group creates connections through fun

Posted on Saturday, February 11th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Shelby Ashline, The Recorder
Date: 2/10/2017
Link: Complete Article

ERVING, MA — Hand in hand, 11-year-old Quintin Stacy and his physical education teacher Sue Scott walked up to the lane, carrying a small black-and-white bowling ball. Glancing at the white pins with an eager smile, and with some help from Scott, Stacy let the ball roll and it whirred down the wooden floor. For… [Read More]