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Greenfield’s Federal Street School teacher plans gardening curriculum for English language learners

Posted on Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Anita Fritz, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 9/8/20202
Link: Complete Article

GREENFIELD — José Colón Martínez headed up the hill behind the Leyden Woods office building last week holding an umbrella overhead and donning a huge smile. José, 9, a fourth-grader at Federal Street School, and Daiangeliss Mercado, 8, a third-grader there, are among the English-as-a-second-language learners participating in teacher Karen Malley’s gardening project. “Wait until… [Read More]

Colrain Central School wins 2020 Green Difference Awards for trout repopulation, reusable bags

Posted on Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Staff Report, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/9/2020
Link: Complete Article

COLRAIN — Colrain Central School’s reusable bag program and efforts to replenish the local trout population are garnering attention from Project Green Schools, a Plymouth-based organization that seeks to develop the next generation of environmental leaders. Project Green Schools has named Colrain Central School a 2020 Green Difference Award winner in the Land, Air, Natural… [Read More]

Turners Falls High School seniors surprised with parade

Posted on Sunday, April 26th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 4/24/2020
Link: Complete Article

MONTAGUE — The Class of 2020 is grappling with what has become an unusual graduation season, due to restrictions on large public gatherings that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. Seniors at Turners Falls High School, probably like at most other high schools, are reportedly less than thrilled. “They’re heartbroken,” said Jen Luciano, a seventh-grade… [Read More]

Not country — but a great teacher: Kayla Werlin of Hadley wins Country Music Association Award as a top music instructor

Posted on Thursday, March 26th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: 2/25/2020, Steve Pfarrer
Date: 2/25/2020
Link: Complete Article

Country music might not be Kayla Werlin’s area of expertise. But that hasn’t stopped the Country Music Association (CMA), the trade organization formed in 1958 to promote country music, from recognizing Werlin this year as one of the top public school music teachers in the nation. Werlin, who lives in Hadley and chairs the Music Department… [Read More]

Despite Claims, PVCICS is Not a Model of Integrated K-12 Public Education

Posted on Friday, December 7th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

On Thursday, November 15, the Hampshire Gazette published a guest editorial by Richard Alcorn, the executive director of the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School (PVCICS). PVCICS has applied to the state Board of Education to expand its numbers, even though they have not filled the slots they currently have and have certainly not met… [Read More]

Pioneer picks Miller as new superintendent

Posted on Thursday, April 9th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: David Rainville, The Recorder
Date: 4/9/15
Link: Complete Article

NORTHFIELD, MA — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District has picked a new superintendent. The School Committee will soon begin to work out a contract with Ruth Miller, the current superintendent of the Narragansett Regional School District. Miller has 21 years in education. She’s been superintendent of Narragansett for three years, and was associate superintendent… [Read More]