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Sen. Adam Hinds talks about environment, plastic straws at Conway Grammar School

Posted on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Domenic Poli, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 3/9/2020
Link: Complete Article

CONWAY — Sen. Adam G. Hinds was visibly shocked and appalled Monday when he was informed the equivalent of one garbage truck full of plastic is dumped into the planet’s oceans each minute, totaling 1,440 garbage trucks of plastic every day. He seemed equally taken aback when he learned 9.2 billion tons of plastic have… [Read More]

Frontier, Union 38 school districts announce Grinspoon recipients

Posted on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dominic Poli, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 3/10/2020
Link: Complete Article

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A first-grade teacher and a math educator have been named the Frontier Regional and Union 38 school districts’ winners of the 2020 Excellence in Teaching Awards. Suzanne Wells, at Sunderland Elementary School, and Steven Blinder, at Frontier Regional School, will be honored at a banquet at The Log Cabin in Holyoke on… [Read More]

Franklin County schools, public and private, plan for COVID-19

Posted on Tuesday, March 10th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Anita Fritz, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 3/8/2020
Link: Complete Article

School superintendents across Franklin County are doing like everyone else when it comes to COVID-19: trying not to overreact while doing everything they can to keep their students, teachers and staff safe. As more reports came in last week that cases of the novel coronavirus had reached 13 states across the United States, superintendents sent… [Read More]

Conway Grammar School hosts guest readers for Dr. Seuss’ birthday

Posted on Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Domenic Poli, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 3/3/2020
Link: Complete Article

CONWAY — Monday would have been the 116th birthday of Springfield native Theodor Seuss Geisel. You know him as Dr. Seuss, and for 83 years children have pored over his more than 60 illustrated books for lessons on life, in poetic meter. To celebrate the legend’s birthday, Conway Grammar School and others across the country… [Read More]

A meeting of the minds: Sunderland sixth-graders interview UMass graduate students for podcasts

Posted on Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Franz, DeLuca, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 3/3/2020
Link: Complete Article

SUNDERLAND — Ryan Copeland, a sixth-grade teacher at Sunderland Elementary School, wanted to bring the traditional school report or essay more into alignment with the way his students interact with information on the internet. So, instead of having his students write a report the traditional way, he is having them present their research by recording… [Read More]

Government 101: Primary voting explained by a high school teacher

Posted on Friday, February 28th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 2/29/2020
Link: Complete Article

SOUTH DEERFIELD — What’s a primary? What’s a superdelegate? Why is Iowa such a big deal? What are we voting for, again? American democracy is complicated. Laura Moore, who teaches government at Frontier Regional School, understands this completely. In fact, she has been getting a lot of practice lately. Moore also teaches classes on U.S…. [Read More]

Meet Mack: Gill-Montague’s school comfort dog

Posted on Thursday, February 27th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 2/27/2020
Link: Complete Article

TURNERS FALLS — A 5-week-old chocolate Labrador named Mack is headed to the Gill-Montague Regional School District next month to become the first full-time school comfort dog in Franklin County. Mack will work with School Resource Officer Dan Miner to establish stronger rapport with students, and to help in difficult situations involving emotional trauma or… [Read More]

Warwick Community School Improv Club puts creativity to test with annual performance

Posted on Thursday, February 20th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Zack DeLuca, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 2/20/2020
Link: Complete Article

WARWICK — Warwick Community School students let their imaginations run wild on Tuesday, pretending to be animals and creating spontaneous stories during an Improv Club performance at Town Hall. The 15 students in the school’s Improv Club gave a 30-minute demonstration, sponsored by the Warwick Arts Council, under the direction of Jonathan Mirin, co-founder of Piti… [Read More]

Teacher Lauren Brown set to temporarily lead Northampton’s Jackson Street School

Posted on Thursday, February 20th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Greta Jochem, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 2/20/2019
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON — A fifth grade teacher who is training to be a school leader has been named Jackson Street School’s interim principal for next school year. Superintendent John Provost announced earlier this month that he intends to appoint Lauren Brown to temporarily succeed longtime principal Gwen Agna, who will retire at the end of the… [Read More]

School panel takes aim at gun violence

Posted on Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dusty Christensen, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 2/12/2020
Link: Complete Article

HATFIELD — In 1992, Anne Thalheimer was a teenager in her second year at Bard College at Simon’s Rock when her life changed. “I was writing a paper for his class … and then the phone rang, a voice telling us to turn out the lights, lock the door and get down on the floor,”… [Read More]