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New superintendent named for Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont Regional School Districts

Posted on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Nancy Asiamah, WWLP.com
Date: 6/2/2020
Link: Complete Article

BUCKLAND, Mass. (WWLP) – Committees of the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional School Districts on Tuesday selected a new superintendent during a virtual joint meeting. In a unanimous vote, the districts selected Sheryl Stanton to serve as the next superintendent of schools. Stanton was among two other candidates who interviewed for the position. The committee… [Read More]

Individualized ceremonies to be edited into video of Mohawk Trail Regional School’s graduation

Posted on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/1/2020
Link: Complete Article

BUCKLAND — While it might be traditional for a speaker to thank everyone who attends a graduation ceremony, in a socially distant commencement on Sunday, Mohawk Trail Regional School Salutatorian Zane Kitchen Lipski thanked those who had stayed home. “Ask not what your country can do for you,” Kitchen Lipski said, citing former President John… [Read More]

Diego Sharon named new principal of Amherst Regional Middle School

Posted on Monday, June 1st, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/28/2020
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST — Diego Sharon, dean of students at Amherst Regional Middle School, will begin his tenure as the school’s new principal on July 1. On Thursday, Superintendent Michael Morris named Sharon to the position, following a national search and positive feedback from the school community. Sharon, one of three finalists to become the first permanent… [Read More]

Greenfield High School honors 2020 graduates with fairgrounds ceremony

Posted on Sunday, May 31st, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Mary Byrne, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/31/2020
Link: Complete Article

GREENFIELD — Crossing a stage at the Franklin County Fairgrounds on Saturday wasn’t quite the “final exit” Greenfield High School seniors had imagined for themselves when the school year started. “I don’t think any of us could have possibly imagined graduation in the middle of a horse track, yet here we are,” said Class President… [Read More]

‘History found you’: Mahar graduates 88 in virtual ceremony, subsequent parade

Posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Domenic Poli, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/30/2020
Link: Complete Article

ORANGE — Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s Class of 2020 was one of firsts. Its members were the first to take algebra in middle school and sign language in high school. And on May 26, they became the first class of Senators to graduate during a pandemic. A virtual ceremony was recorded inside and outside… [Read More]

Williamstown Elementary, Mount Greylock Principals Named

Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Stephen Dravis, iberkshires.com
Date: 5/29/2020
Link: Complete Article

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Faced with two strong contenders or a single principal position, the Mount Greylock Regional School District hired them both. Superintendent Kimberley Grady on Thursday afternoon announced she has named Jake Schutz to be the principal at Mount Greylock Regional School and Kristen Thompson to the corner office at Williamstown Elementary. Schutz is… [Read More]

Unusual Amherst Regional graduation ceremony ‘meant something to us’

Posted on Friday, May 29th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/27/2020
Link: Complete Article

AMHERST — As music played and spectators clapped and used various noisemakers, including their car horns, more than 200 Amherst Regional High School seniors made their way across a makeshift stage set up in front of the school Wednesday. Staying at least six feet apart to maintain proper social distancing during the daylong graduation procession, some… [Read More]

Graduating During the Pandemic

Posted on Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Byrne, Poli, Fritz, DeLuca, Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/24/2020
Link: Complete Article

When schools first closed in mid-March, seniors across the county weren’t sure when or if they would be returning to classes to finish up their final semester, making for a unique senior year. “Nothing like this has happened in a long, long time,” said Andrew Logan, 18, a senior at Frontier Regional School in South Deerfield, referring to… [Read More]

Graduating junior firefighters recognized by Colrain Firefighters’ Association with signs

Posted on Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Mary Byrne, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/22/2020
Link: Complete Article

COLRAIN — The Colrain Firefighters’ Association is recognizing four junior firefighters who are graduating from high school this year. Signs were posted on the Fire Station on Monday for KC Mattson of Frontier Regional School; Matt Colby of Franklin County Technical School; Megan Dyer of Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School; and Tyler Broughton of… [Read More]

Mohawk Trail Regional School receives $375,000 Mass IDEAS Implementation Grant

Posted on Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Carla Potts, Mohawk Trail Regional School
Date: 5/18/2020
Link: Complete Article

Implementation Grant from Mass IDEAS (Innovating Design in Education for All Students), an initiative of Next Generation Learning Challenges at Tides, with generous funding provided by the Barr and Nellie Mae Education Foundations. Funding from this grant will allow MTRS to continue with plans for an all-school redesign, which began last year with funding via a $150,000… [Read More]