Northampton Public Schools

Northampton Public Schools receive FRESH grant

Posted on Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: June 5, 2023
Link: Complete Article

The Northampton Public School District was one of 17 recipients of a Massachusetts Farming Reinforces Education and Student Health (FRESH) grant. Awards which total $300,000 to Expand Nutrition Learning Opportunities for Students were announced at the South Shore YMCA yesterday by the Healey-Driscoll administration. Northampton will receive $9,366. According to the press release, “these state-funded,… [Read More]

Northampton schools eye ‘science of reading’ model, backed by $323K in grants

Posted on Monday, May 15th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Alexander Macdougall, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: May 14, 2023
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON — At Ryan Road Elementary School, students in Diana Ramsden’s first grade class work on reading and writing using a mixture of phonics lessons already included in the school’s reading curriculum and new lessons being piloted from one of two programs the district is considering after receiving two grants totaling more than $300,000. As… [Read More]

Story exhibit on May 1st highlights action-oriented conversations around anti-racism

Posted on Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Ryan Feyre, Reminder
Date: 4/25/2023

NORTHAMPTON — An exhibit that aims to promote and spearhead “critical and compassionate” conversations around race, racism and anti-racism is set for May 1 from 6-8 p.m. at the JFK Middle school. The REAL Talk Story Exhibit was formulated by REAL Northampton with the help of Dr. Barbara Love, professor emeritus at the University of… [Read More]

Job posting set for interim Northampton school chief

Posted on Wednesday, June 15th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Brian Steele, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 6/14/2022
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee is “entertaining applications for an interim superintendent for the Northampton Public Schools,” vice chair Gwen Agna said during a special meeting held virtually on Tuesday night. The committee drafted a job posting to fill the interim role upon the departure of Superintendent John Provost, who will start as superintendent of… [Read More]

Baker-Polito Administration Awards $600,000 in Grants to High Schools to Support Innovation Pathways

Posted on Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: , Massachusetts Executive Office of Education
Date: 4/5/2022
Link: Complete Article

The Baker-Polito Administration awarded more than $600,000 to 22 school districts to help support Innovation Pathway programs, which provide high school students with opportunities to learn and gain experience in a particular industry through career exploration, technical courses and internships. Students are also able to enroll in post-secondary courses, at no cost to them, to… [Read More]

The people’s principal: Jackson Street School leader says goodbye after three decades in district

Posted on Monday, May 4th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Greta Jochem, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: 5/4/2020
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON — Gwen Agna initially hesitated when she was offered the role of interim principal at Bridge Street School in 1993. She stayed up all night writing a letter to then-school superintendent Bruce Willard “about all the things I couldn’t do,” she recalled. “I said, ‘I don’t yell at children. I don’t fix boilers,’” thinking that was how she would… [Read More]

Educators rising to remote learning challenges

Posted on Monday, April 6th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Chris Goudreau, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 4/4/2020
Link: Complete Article

Schools across the state, country and the globe are closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here in Massachusetts, schools are slated to reopen at the beginning of May, the state is now per Gov. Charlie Baker’s order. In the meantime, local educators in the Pioneer Valley are interacting with students on a daily basis remotely and… [Read More]

Schools pivot to remote learning – Educators try to provide ‘normalcy in this abnormal time’ amid school closures

Posted on Friday, March 20th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jacquelyn Voghel, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 3/20/2020
Link: Complete Article

NORTHAMPTON — With Massachusetts schools closed through at least April 7 as part of a state effort to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, school districts are adjusting to a remote learning experience. School officials interviewed by the Gazette say that while virtual education has its limits, learning over the next few weeks will ideally keep… [Read More]

Meal options for students during school closure

Posted on Friday, March 20th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Martha Maloney, Collaborative for Educational Services
Date: 3/20/2020
Link: Complete Article

Schools continue to think outside the box with meal delivery as well as pick up during this extended school closure. Franklin County Technical School, with the help of FM Kuzmeskus yellow or brown mini buses, is delivering meals for any FCTS student, prepared daily by kitchen staff to over 28 locations in 16 different towns… [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]