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Rep. Blais takes the bus to bring awareness about funding, ride times for students

Posted on Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Anita Fritz, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/15/2019
Link: Complete Article

Rep. Natalie Blais wanted to better understand what children endure to get to and from school each day, so she did what seemed most logical — she got on a bus with them. The 1st Franklin District Democrat from Sunderland recently rode from Chesterfield to Hampshire Regional High School to raise awareness about the amount of time children in… [Read More]

Orange Teacher Receives National Recognition

Posted on Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/15/2019

Kathleen Koonz, a fifthgrade special education teacher from the Dexter Park Innovation School in Orange, has been selected as an National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar to attend one of 32 summer seminars and institutes supported by the organization. The National Endowment for the Humanities is a federal agency that, each summer, supports these enrichment… [Read More]

Hadley schools land financial literacy education grant

Posted on Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 5/15/2019

HADLEY — Hopkins Academy held a personal finance fair for students and parents Monday night as part of a program funded by a state grant. Earlier this year, the Baker-Polito administration and state Treasurer Deb Goldberg’s Office announced the recipients of a Financial Education Innovation grant. Hopkins Academy was one of 43 Massachusetts schools to… [Read More]

CROSS-CULTURAL BONDS Inside a French foreign exchange program at Hampshire Regional High School

Posted on Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Greta Jochem, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 5/15/2019

On a recent Monday morning at Hampshire Regional High School, Greg Reynolds asked his eighth grade students to come up with some stereotypes of French people. But this was no typical day in class. In fact, several French students were actually in the room visiting, along with three of their teachers, and would be able… [Read More]

Drawing attention: Author-illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka visits Norris Elementary School

Posted on Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Luis Fieldman, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/11/2019
Link: Complete Article

SOUTHAMPTON — Fifth graders at Norris Elementary School were silent as they listened attentively to author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka recounting the very first picture book he made in third grade. As students sat in the school’s library on Friday morning, Krosoczka used a projector to show pictures of “The Owl Who Thought He Was the Best… [Read More]

Cameron named superintendent of Belchertown schools

Posted on Thursday, May 9th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jacquelyn Voghel, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 5/8/2019
Link: Complete Article

BELCHERTOWN — The Belchertown School Committee voted on Tuesday night to appoint Brian Cameron, the district’s current assistant superintendent and director of Student Support Services, as the next superintendent of Belchertown Public Schools. He succeeds Karol Coffin. Cameron has worked in the district for 13 years, having previously served as the assistant principal and principal… [Read More]

Leeds Elementary principal announces departure

Posted on Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Great Jochem, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 5/7/2019
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON — This school year will be Sal Canata’s last as principal of Leeds Elementary School. He announced Tuesday that he is leaving to be principal of Holyoke STEM Academy, a public middle school, starting July 1. “I weighed the decision. I wavered quite a bit,” Canata told the Gazette. “I came to the conclusion… [Read More]

Virginia educator chosen as next ARHS principal

Posted on Friday, May 3rd, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Greta Jochem, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 5/2/2019
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST — Gene T. Jones, an education consultant from Virginia, was named principal of Amherst-Pelham Regional High School Thursday morning. Jones was selected for the position from among three finalists and will start on July 1. He succeeds Mark Jackson, who retired abruptly in the fall. Jones, 59, lives in Chesterfield, Virginia, and grew up… [Read More]

Schools chief Tari Thomas to retire

Posted on Friday, April 26th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: David McLellan, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 4/25/2019
Link: Complete Article

ORANGE — After nearly eight years on the job, Superintendent Tari Thomas has announced her retirement. In a letter sent to colleagues last week, Thomas, superintendent of the Orange Elementary Schools, Ralph C. Mahar Regional School and Petersham consolidated school districts, said she is entering her last year in education, and her retirement will be… [Read More]

Easthampton students learn about Caribbean culture through poetry, history

Posted on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Luis Feldman, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 4/23/2019
Link: Complete Article

EASTHAMPTON – At the start of a lesson on African Caribbean history, Jodi Alatalo asked students, “How many of you have heard of the Caribbean?” Hands belonging to fourth graders shot up in the air in the Maple School’s basement library. “How many know where the Caribbean is?” Alatalo asked, and most hands fell back… [Read More]