Local News

South Hadley names Bonneville interim schools chief

Posted on Wednesday, December 18th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jacquelyn Voghel, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 12/18/2019
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SOUTH HADLEY — Former high school principal Diana Bonneville will serve as interim superintendent throughout the remainder of the school year as the district navigates an abrupt leadership change and budget shortfall. Earlier this month, the School Committee unanimously selected Bonneville as the district’s acting superintendent following the sudden retirement of former Superintendent Nicholas Young, who announced… [Read More]

GHS students participating in Community Service Learning Day

Posted on Tuesday, December 17th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Anita Fritz, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 12/17/2019
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GREENFIELD — Greenfield High School students in grades eight through 12 will have the opportunity on Friday to do everything from work with elementary school students, provide music programs and make neck scarves out of recycled T-shirts, all as part of Community Service Learning Day. The students will go out into their community from 8… [Read More]

Holyoke, Amherst schools get grants to diversify teaching staffs

Posted on Monday, December 16th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 12/16/2019
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Two local school districts are receiving part of $1.8 million in state and federal money to support enhancing the diversity of their classroom teachers through both recruitment and retention. Holyoke public schools and the Amherst-Pelham Regional School were both awarded grants through the District Teacher Diversification Pilot program, which will benefit about 500 individuals in… [Read More]

Area students salute veterans for their service

Posted on Monday, November 11th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: O'Reilly, Poli, Franz, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 11/9/2019
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A circle is a symbol of eternity and wholeness, with no beginning and no end. This makes it fitting that dozens of veterans, service members and Sunderland Elementary School students and staff lined the ring-shaped Veterans Memorial and Park on Friday, standing as proof that even in the most divisive political times, Americans can come… [Read More]

Gill-Montague superintendent announces retirement

Posted on Wednesday, November 6th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 11/6/2019
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Gill-Montague Regional School District Superintendent Michael Sullivan has announced his retirement, effective June 30, 2020. Sullivan emphasized that his departure is not related to any dissatisfaction with the Gill-Montague district, but has to do with circumstances of his personal life. “Although this has been my most difficult career decision, I am clear in my heart… [Read More]

New sensory walkway at Bernardston Elementary School to encourage motor skill development

Posted on Saturday, October 26th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Zack DeLuca, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 10/25/2019
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BERNARDSTON — Students are already jumping, tip-toeing and leap-frogging across the new sensory walkway, installed at Bernardston Elementary School over Columbus Day weekend. Sensory walkways are colorful, creative ways for children to strengthen their sensory pathways — connections in the brain that are responsible for sight, touch, sound and other senses that enable children to… [Read More]

Melissa Zeitz receives government’s highest honor for teaching mathematics or science in grades K-12.

Posted on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jennette Barnes, South Coast Today
Date: 10/21/2019
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DARTMOUTH — Dartmouth native Melissa Zeitz has received the government’s highest honor for teaching mathematics or science in grades K-12. “I am still in awe,” she said Wednesday from Washington, D.C., where she received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Zeitz, 40, teaches computer science in the Springfield public schools and… [Read More]

Franklin County Tech hosts ‘Tradeswomen of Tomorrow’ panel for freshmen girls

Posted on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 10/16/2019
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MONTAGUE — As freshmen girls at Franklin County Technical School weigh which trade they want to study for the rest of their high school years, school administrators are urging them to consider fields that are often seen as being only for men. On Tuesday morning, Franklin Tech hosted a panel of women working in fields… [Read More]

The vocational surge: Smith Voc, South Hadley schools experiencing increased demand

Posted on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Greta Jochem, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 10/15/2019
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Carlos Rivera knew several years ago as a middle school student that he wanted to attend Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. At the time, Rivera said he didn’t like the school work while at JFK Middle School, and was looking for a hands-on education that he knew he could get at the vocational in… [Read More]

Franklin County has two Schools of Recognition

Posted on Saturday, October 12th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Domenic Poli, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 10/11/2019
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Two Franklin County schools are among the 67 recognized by the state for strong MCAS achievement or for exceeding their performance targets. Whately Elementary School and Swift River School in New Salem were named as Schools of Recognition in the “High Growth” category by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and their principals… [Read More]