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‘A place to call home’: South Hadley grads celebrate, reflect

Posted on Monday, June 10th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jacquelyn Voghel, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 6/8/2019
Link: Complete Article

‘A place to call home’: South Hadley grads celebrate, reflect

SOUTH HADLEY — When Michael Zhou first came to South Hadley High School two years ago, he said that he initially felt he did not belong and missed his previous home in China. But the people he met at the school “didn’t take long to convince me that there was no need to be afraid”… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: graduates, Graduation, South Hadley High School

AMHERST REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Grads urged to ‘change the world’

Posted on Monday, June 10th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dusty Crhistensen, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 6/8/2019

AMHERST REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL  Grads urged to ‘change the world’

AMHERST — Bob Keiter vividly remembers taking his granddaughter, Malina Kern, to Rhode Island’s Block Island when she was little. He said that he used to take Malina out into the water and the two would watch as the waves came crashing in — some big and some small. “I’d say, ‘Over or under, and she’d… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Amherst Regional High School, Amherst-Pelham Regional School District, graduates, Graduation

‘We’re ready to pave our paths’: Frontier graduates 97

Posted on Monday, June 10th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Anita Fritz, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 6/8/2019
Link: Complete Article

‘We’re ready to pave our paths’: Frontier graduates 97

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Retired history teacher Thomas Prew told graduating seniors Friday night to always incorporate four things into everything they do in life: perseverance, imagination, humility and kindness. Then, he gave them a final history lesson. “Be determined,” Prew said. “Foster your imagination. Imagine what might be. Be modest, respectful and humble, not arrogant.”… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Frontier Regional School, graduates, Graduation

Strong bonds at Granby High: ‘We will always have each other’

Posted on Monday, June 10th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Luis Feldman, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 6/8/2019
Link: Complete Article

Strong bonds at Granby High: ‘We will always have each other’

GRANBY — The strong bond that members of the Granby Junior Senior High School Class of 2019 have forged over the years was emphasized at the commencement ceremony Saturday morning. “We have learned to count on each other for smiles and laughs when the going gets tough,” class President Dylan Gordon told claPreview (opens in… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: graduates, Graduation, Granby High School, Granby Public Schools

Turners Falls grads proud of new commencement choices

Posted on Sunday, June 9th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Andy Castillo, Greenfield Reorder
Date: 6/7/2019
Link: Complete Article

Turners Falls grads proud of new commencement choices

TURNERS FALLS — Joyce Phillips and Carol Gloski of the Gill-Montague Education Fund gave out about 50 cut pink roses to the same number of graduates who walked across the stage at Turners Falls High School’s 2019 commencement ceremony Friday. The evening, like the graduates, according to Senior Class President John Putala, ranged from humorous… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Gill-Montague Regional School District, graduates, Graduation, Turners Falls High School

HEC Academy holds graduation ceremony at Smith College

Posted on Friday, June 7th, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 6/7/2019

HEC Academy holds graduation ceremony at Smith College

Senator Jo Comerford (D) was the keynote commencement speaker at HEC Academy graduation services, held the morning of June 7th, 2019 at Smith College’s Sage Hall in Northampton. “Your education has been like a spark, and your job now is to turn that spark into a torch,” Comerford told the students. “Don’t let anybody tell… [Read More]

Filed Under: CES Stories, Local News Tagged With: graduates, Graduation, HEC Academy, Jo Comerford

Mohawk Trail grads: On to something new and exciting

Posted on Monday, June 3rd, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/3/2019
Link: Complete Article

Mohawk Trail grads: On to something new and exciting

BUCKLAND — The graduating class of 63 students filed into the gym to “Pomp and Circumstance” at Mohawk Trail Regional School’s commencement Sunday. Co-Principal Lynn Dole initiated the ceremony, and Salutatorian Jackson Hicks gave a speech focusing on learning to appreciate the present moment, with its apparent imperfections, despite the hopes and expectations for the… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: graduates, Graduation, Mohawk, Mohawk Trail Regional School

NHS graduating class makes itself heard

Posted on Monday, June 3rd, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jacquelyn Voghel, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 6/2/2019
Link: Complete Article

NHS graduating class makes itself heard

NORTHAMPTON — From activism to academic achievements, the Northampton High School Class of 2019 has never sat quietly, speakers reflected Sunday afternoon. “When we felt unheard, we screamed louder,” class vice president Cailin Young said to the audience. “When we felt small, we became bigger together.” Around 220 graduates crossed the stage at Smith College’s… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: graduates, Graduation, Northampton High School, Northampton Public Schools

A cross-generational message Mahar graduates hear meaningful message from school’s namesake

Posted on Monday, June 3rd, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: David McLellan, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 5/31/2019
Link: Complete Article

A cross-generational message  Mahar graduates hear meaningful message from school’s namesake

ORANGE — It was at the Mahar Regional School graduation ceremony of 1962, when state Sen. Ralph C. Mahar, the school’s namesake, gave some words of advice to the graduating seniors: “May you always have faith in yourselves, whatever hardships may develop in the years ahead. May you be individuals in the sense that you… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: graduates, Graduation, Ralph C. Mahar, Ralph C. Mahar Regional School

Memories to guide Smith Academy graduates into life’s next stage

Posted on Saturday, June 1st, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Michael Connors, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 6/1/2019
Link: Complete Article

Memories to guide Smith Academy graduates into life’s next stage

HATFIELD — There are three main features of Smith Academy that Class of 2019 valedictorian Maia Seetal said she will always remember. The first, she said, were cheap $3 school lunches. The second, a water fountain in the school’s main lobby, which counted how many plastic bottles students saved when filling up reusable containers. “I… [Read More]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: graduates, Graduation, Hatfield Public Schools, Smith Academy

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