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Greenfield Public Schools

Gail Healy retires after 39 years in Franklin County

Posted on Thursday, April 19th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Max Marcus, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 4/17/2018
Link: Complete Article

NORTHFIELD — Gail Healy will be leaving her job as assistant superintendent of Pioneer Valley Regional School District on Sept. 7, ending a 39-year education career in Franklin County that she described as “morally, ethically and, I think, educationally pretty successful.” Healy has been assistant superintendent for Pioneer since 2008. Her longest tenure, however, was… [Read More]

GHS starts its first ice cream social to celebrate its honor roll students

Posted on Monday, November 20th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 11/20/2017
Link: Complete Article

GREENFIELD — How can an ice cream for a job well done start to shift a culture? That’s one way Greenfield High School hopes to recognize the hard work of its high-achieving students. “We have almost 200 students who invest their daily lives into doing well academically,” Principal Karin Patenaude said. “But we don’t do… [Read More]

Greenfield teacher wins national award for sharing personal story

Posted on Thursday, October 26th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, The Greenfield Recorder
Date: 10/25/2017
Link: Complete Article

GREENFIELD — Her essay began with short, simple sentences about fifth grade, sentences like, “I was terrified. Absolutely and utterly terrified.” It was a national award-winning essay that was read aloud in the Newton School gymnasium — written not by a current fifth grader but by a Newton School teacher about when she was in… [Read More]

Interim GHS principal steps into permanent post

Posted on Thursday, September 21st, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 9/20/2017
Link: Complete Article

GREENFIELD — As she left college, Karin Patenaude wondered what to do with an English degree. She would try the field of law, working as a paralegal. Unfulfilled, she went back to school to get a degree so that she could become a teacher. Teaching high school English in Palmer, she developed a passion for… [Read More]

Greenfield mulls how to fund school technology needs

Posted on Friday, September 8th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Shelby Ashline, The Greenfield Recorder
Date: 9/7/2017
Link: Complete Article

GREENFIELD — How Greenfield should look to fund the school district’s constantly growing technology needs provoked a robust conservation at an afternoon school subcommittee meeting this week. Quickly it was agreed that the current ways to pay for new technology, like computers and software for students and staff, was not a sustainable approach. In recent… [Read More]

Greenfield High “acting” principal now full-time

Posted on Saturday, July 29th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 7/28/2017
Link: Complete Article

GREENFIELD — When the school year rolls around, students and faculty will recognize a familiar face at the helm of the town’s high school. Karin Patenaude is the new principal of Greenfield High School, after Superintendent Jordana Harper lifted the “acting” title Friday afternoon. “I would like to extend my sincere gratitude for this opportunity… [Read More]

Five Franklin county schools earn ‘Green Team’ awards

Posted on Monday, June 19th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 6/17/17
Link: Complete Article

Five Franklin County schools were recognized by the state for their outstanding work in an environmental education program. Greenfield High School, Federal Street School, Math and Science Academy, Bernardston Elementary School and Hawlemont Regional School in Charlemont were all honored by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for their efforts on the state’s “Green Team.”… [Read More]

Working toward a drug-free culture

Posted on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, The Recorder
Date: 3/29/2017
Link: Complete Article

GREENFIELD, MA — Standing on a stage full of middle school students from across the region, a dozen spoke about what it means to be “STRONG” — which stands for “sports, theater, respect, original, nice and giving.” It was an opportunity for leaders in their schools, from Greenfield Middle School to White Brook Middle School… [Read More]

Community Foundation Grants given

Posted on Friday, February 17th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Recorder Staff, The Recorder
Date: 2/15/2017
Link: Complete Article

Just Roots, Clinical and Support Options and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts are among seven organizations awarded $300,000 in competitive “innovation” planning grants from the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. CSO’s $45,000 “Building Resilience by Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools” grant will be used to help schools around Franklin County plan training and policy review… [Read More]

Greenfield Middle School prepares for Math & Science Academy arrival

Posted on Friday, February 17th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Joshua Solomon, The Recorder
Date: 2/16/2017
Link: Complete Article

GREENFIELD, MA — When the new school year starts in fall, the Math & Science Academy will no longer be housed in an independent building, but rather will be a part of Greenfield Middle School. At a Wednesday afternoon transition advisory meeting at the middle school, Principal Gary Tashjian met with about a dozen parents… [Read More]