The CES Newsroom

HEC Academy students add nutrition education to their weekly schedule

Posted on Thursday, September 21st, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: September 21, 2023

A new focus has been added to the work of the HEC Academy students over the past year, and they are responding and finding rewards in inspirational ways. Lessons in food and nutrition last year led students to develop a proposal to include weekly food education as part of the curriculum at HEC.  School administrators… [Read More]

Johnson-Mussad brings experience and care to consulting work

Posted on Monday, September 18th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathy Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: September 18, 2023

On a spring morning in 2023, Albert Johnson-Mussad welcomes educators to his classroom in his usual way, with a joyful “Welcome, good people!” Johnson-Mussad begins each training, and each day, by checking in to make sure that each of the participants has what they may individually need to be fully present. This sets the stage… [Read More]

Increased rural school aid ‘a tremendous win,’ administrators and legislators say

Posted on Monday, August 21st, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Chris Larabee, Recorder
Date: 8/18/2023
Link: Complete Article

Months after Gov. Maura Healey’s initial budget proposal showed a moderate increase to rural school aid, that line item has nearly tripled in the approved budget, in what area administrators say is a step in the right direction toward equitable education in rural districts. Signed earlier this month by Healey, the final fiscal year 2024… [Read More]

‘A really big part of our lives’: State commits $15.5M to early education and care programs 

Posted on Thursday, August 17th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 8/16/2023
Link: Complete Article

LEVERETT — Upon moving to Shutesbury in 2017, Samantha Spisiak discovered a weekly story time at M.N. Spear Memorial Library, often bringing her toddler to the get-together with other families. “This has been a really big part of our lives,” Spisiak said as she joined several other parents and caregivers at the Leverett Public Library… [Read More]

State Environmental Officials Announce Student and School Recipients of Green Team Awards: MassDEP Recognizes HEC Academy and others

Posted on Tuesday, June 20th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Date: 5/24/2023
Link: Complete Article

BOSTON — State environmental officials today recognized students from 48 schools across Massachusetts for outstanding environmental actions as members of the Green Team, a statewide environmental education program sponsored by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). “The Healey-Driscoll Administration is implementing ambitious climate and environmental goals… [Read More]

Northampton Public Schools receive FRESH grant

Posted on Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: June 5, 2023
Link: Complete Article

The Northampton Public School District was one of 17 recipients of a Massachusetts Farming Reinforces Education and Student Health (FRESH) grant.  Awards which total $300,000 to Expand Nutrition Learning Opportunities for Students were announced at the South Shore YMCA yesterday by the Healey-Driscoll administration. Northampton will receive $9,366. According to the press release, “these state-funded,… [Read More]

HEC Academy Graduates Four

Posted on Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathy Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: June 7, 2023

CES celebrated this year’s HEC Academy graduates at a ceremony last Friday, June 2nd, at Union Station in Northampton. Families, friends, and teachers gathered to congratulate Noah Fahmy, Jonathan Freeman, Jade Chaffee, and Lily Heaton.  This year’s keynote speaker was Jordana Starr. Jordana is the President of the Western Mass Rabbit Rescue, a nonprofit domestic… [Read More]

Students focus on peers’ struggles: Getting to Y pilot program at Easthampton High seeks to address concerns raised in health survey

Posted on Thursday, June 1st, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Emily Thurlow, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/31/23
Link: Complete Article

EASTHAMPTON — A yearlong pilot program called “Getting to Y” is helping a group of city high school students gain a better understanding of what their peers are going through when it comes to a variety of health-related concerns, ranging from suicidal thoughts and the unfair treatment of students of color to perceptions of substance use…. [Read More]

Northampton schools eye ‘science of reading’ model, backed by $323K in grants

Posted on Monday, May 15th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Alexander Macdougall, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: May 14, 2023
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON — At Ryan Road Elementary School, students in Diana Ramsden’s first grade class work on reading and writing using a mixture of phonics lessons already included in the school’s reading curriculum and new lessons being piloted from one of two programs the district is considering after receiving two grants totaling more than $300,000. As… [Read More]

Green Room 21st Century Community Learning Center after school program continues to thrive 

Posted on Monday, May 15th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 5/15/2023

It’s a busy Tuesday at the Green Room. As Dan Sullivan, site coordinator, explains the different offerings each day of the week, he fields a steady stream of questions from adults and students starting their afterschool day. All are quickly answered and everyone moves to the day’s activities. The Green Room at Greenfield High School… [Read More]