Hampshire Regional School

When Your Remote Classroom Is Your Car: How Some Rural Students Without Broadband Are Connecting

Posted on Friday, May 8th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Carrie Jung, WBUR
Date: 5/8/2020
Link: Complete Article

Even though school is closed, on a given day there are about a dozen cars lined up in the parking lot of Sanderson Academy in Ashfield with people using the school’s WiFi. Natalie Szewczyk is one of them. The 18-year-old has turned her Toyota Corolla into a mobile work station. “I stay in my driver’s… [Read More]

Hampshire COG, Franklin CDC, to offer local foods to schools

Posted on Friday, August 11th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Richie Davis, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 8/10/2017
Link: Complete Article

As students at Leverett and Erving elementary schools dig into their vegetables this fall, they may be getting a taste of local farms thanks to a new collaboration of the Franklin County Community Development Corp. and the Hampshire Regional Council of Governments. HCOG’s Purchasing Cooperative and the CDC have announced a Pioneer Valley Vegetable Venture… [Read More]

3 Western Massachusetts teachers win White House award for excellence in science, math teaching

Posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2016 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Patrick Johnson, Masslive
Date: 8/22/2016
Link: Complete Article

Two elementary school teachers in Williamsburg and a high school science teacher from Springfield were among some 200 teachers nationwide selected as recipients of the 2016 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the White House announced Monday. Science teacher John Heffernan and math teacher Karen Schweitzer of the Anne T. Dunphy School… [Read More]

Hampshire Regional eighth-graders explore intersection of art and science during Smith College field trip

Posted on Thursday, March 19th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Chris Lindahl, Hampshire Gazette
Date: 3/19/15
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON, MA — Nearly 60 eighth-graders from Hampshire Regional Middle School descended on the Smith College campus Wednesday to spill water, melt plastic and spin on office chairs until dizzy — all in the name of science. The field trip was just one step in the students’ exploration of the intersection of science and art… [Read More]