CES Stories

Occupational Therapy Center develops new strategies

Posted on Monday, April 4th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathy Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: April 1, 2022

As Occupational Therapy Month begins this April, Noel Kesselheim, OTR/L, has thought a lot about how the pandemic has changed both the nature of the challenges for her clients, and the ways in which the Collaborative for Educational Services’ Occupational Therapy Center (OTC) in Northampton has expanded their practice to help. “Although it’s been stressful… [Read More]

Excellence In Education: Living our Guiding Principles Awards – December and January winners announced

Posted on Friday, March 25th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 3/25/2022

The Collaborative for Educational Services is pleased to announce the December and January winners of our regional Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Award! We honor those educators across the DYS workforce who embody one or more of the Guiding Principles including: College, Career, and Civic Readiness; Culture and Purpose; and Social Justice and… [Read More]

CES continues its strong Partnership with BreakFree Education

Posted on Friday, March 18th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: March 18, 2022

The DYS Education Initiative continues its strong Partnership with BreakFree Education, a national organization that partners directly with juvenile justice agencies across the country, providing the resources, training, and networks they need to make school relevant and meaningful. DYS youth find these learning activities engaging and teachers leverage these interdisciplinary resources to teach across content… [Read More]

Lynan Cerruti joins Mount Tom Academy

Posted on Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: March 7, 2022

Lynan Cerruti brings over 20 years of teaching experience to her new role as Program Director at the Mount Tom Academy. She also has a background in elementary, middle and high school levels as an inclusion teacher, and had been working for several years as an Education Team Leader (ETL). Lynan began the new role … [Read More]

Wanted: Members for Hampshire County Food Policy Council

Posted on Thursday, February 24th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Emily Thurlow, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 2/22/22
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON — A food policy council for Hampshire County is seeking members to join its fledgling group, established two years ago as a means to address regional food insecurity and a systemic lack of access to healthy food. The goal of the Hampshire County Food Policy Council, funded by a state grant, is to give… [Read More]

Palmer-Monson Family Network offers a “great, fun, safe place” for kids and parents

Posted on Friday, February 11th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jonah Snowden, The Journal Register
Date: 2/10/22
Link: Complete Article

THREE RIVERS – Residents of Palmer and Monson who are looking to get their child involved in a playgroup, exchange or donate clothes, enjoy some fun bonding and enrichment time or even connect with various resources have an option with the Palmer-Monson Family Network. It’s a free service, too. The PMFN is a Collaborative for… [Read More]

Department of Youth Services Guiding Principles awards for November

Posted on Friday, January 21st, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: January 21, 2022

The Collaborative for Educational Services is pleased to announce the November winners of our regional Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Award! We continue to honor those educators across the DYS workforce who embody one or more of the Guiding Principles including: College, Career, and Civic Readiness; Culture and Purpose; and Social Justice and… [Read More]

For the Hampshire County Food Policy Council (HCFPC), community leadership is at the heart of their work.

Posted on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 1/5/2022

The mission is to cultivate shared governance and a county-wide network that builds the power of community voice to make food policies more equitable, honor diverse cultures, and help local food economies to flourish. As a result, developing a new and very different approach to governance for the Council has been critically important work for… [Read More]

First Annual Excellence in Education: Living our Guiding Principles Monthly Award

Posted on Monday, November 15th, 2021 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Kathryn Levesque, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 11/15/2021

Collaborative for Educational Services educators working with youth in the care of the MA Department of Youth Services (DYS) do tremendous work facilitating youth success across a range of outcomes. They do so, in part, by embodying the guiding principles that the organization has embraced in their work with DYS. To recognize these educators, CES… [Read More]