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Healthy Hampshire sends team to Johns Hopkins initiative

Posted on Monday, July 19th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 7/19/2021

Healthy Hampshire County Food Policy Council Startup Circle members Talya Sogoba and Kia Aoki have been chosen to participate in the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Food Policy Council Community Invest in racially and economically just food systems community of practice. Participating as a team, Talya and Kia become part of a two… [Read More]

CES After School program receives grant for Dexter Park Elementary in Orange

Posted on Thursday, July 8th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: July 8, 2021

The Collaborative for Educational Services After School program has been awarded a five year grant of $200,000 per year to develop and run a new 21st Century Community Learning Center After School program for Dexter Park Elementary School within the Orange Public Schools. A highly competitive process, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education… [Read More]

Massachusetts Special Education Surrogate Parent Program Transitions to Collaborative for Educational Services

Posted on Thursday, July 1st, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: July 1, 2021

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has awarded the statewide Massachusetts Special Education Surrogate Parent (SESP) Program contract to Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), effective July 1, 2021. CES is a non-profit educational services agency located in Northampton, MA, committed to reaching and educating learners of all ages. CES works in the… [Read More]

Mobile markets make local food accessible

Posted on Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Alexis Breiteneicher, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 6/16/2021

As summer approaches, several nonprofits are cleaning out their vans, mapping out routes, and coordinating with farmers for the start of their mobile markets. It is exactly what you’d imagine — a small farmers market packed up in a van and driven around to communities. Caitlin Marquis, of the nonprofit Healthy Hampshire, which is supporting… [Read More]

HEC Academy in Northampton Graduates Class of 2021

Posted on Monday, June 7th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Date: 06-07-2021

Northampton, MA — Nine students graduated from HEC Academy in an in-person ceremony held at Union Station on Friday, June 4th. The Academy is an alternative learning program run by the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) on Pleasant Street in Northampton, MA. Each graduate sat at their own table with invited friends and family. Commencement… [Read More]

Mount Tom Academy Class of 2021

Posted on Monday, June 7th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Date: 06-07-2021

Photo courtesy of Daily Hampshire Gazette Staff Photographer, Kevin Gutting. Mount Tom Academy, an alternative learning program run by the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) and hosted by Holyoke Community College, graduated four students in an in-person ceremony held at Look Park on Thursday. About 30 friends, family and staff at the school gathered at… [Read More]

Gazda named director of region’s educational resource center

Posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Steve Pfarrer, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/31/2021
Link: Complete Article

Todd H. Gazda, the new executive director for the Collaborative for Educational Services, got a somewhat late start in education, as he first worked as a contract attorney after earning a law degree in the mid 1990s. But the Middlefield native later became a social studies and English teacher at Gateway Regional Middle School in… [Read More]

Gazda named as new Executive Director

Posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: May 27, 2021

The Board of Directors of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton has named Todd H. Gazda, Ed.D., J.D., as the new Executive Director of the Massachusetts collaborative. Dr. Gazda will join the agency effective July 1, 2021, succeeding William Diehl, who retired from the post in December of 2020 after serving 10 years… [Read More]

Youth substance abuse prevention programs get state funding

Posted on Wednesday, April 21st, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Amy Phillips, WWLP
Date: 4/20/2021
Link: Complete Article

BOSTON (WWLP)–Youth substance use prevention programs across the state will receive grant funding through a state health initiative.  The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and the Department of Public Health (DPH) announced $3.8 million in annual grants to 31 programs. This is the third Massachusetts Collaborative for Action, Leadership, and Learning (MassCALL3) award… [Read More]

The Amherst Mobile Market finishes first year, planning for the future

Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: March 23, 2021

After two years of planning, the Amherst Mobile Market had a very successful first year, closing out the series of weekly markets in October, 2020. The market met initial goals and received strong feedback from participants to begin planning for future seasons. Working to fulfill nutritional needs while reducing transportation and distribution gaps felt by… [Read More]