Sanderson Academy

Sanderson Academy teacher receives grant for remote education efforts

Posted on Friday, September 4th, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Mary Byrne, Greenfield Recorder
Date: 9/2/2020
Link: Complete Article

ASHFIELD — A local kindergarten teacher has been awarded a COVID-19 Relief Grant from the Association of American Educators Foundation (AAEF) for her efforts to improve access to remote education. “(Remote learning) is very different than in-person learning,” said Sanderson Academy teacher Sarah Forbes. “But with some careful planning you can still give kids an… [Read More]

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]

In the big-kids school: Preschoolers welcomed into Sanderson Academy

Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2015 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: DIANE BRONCACCIO, The Recorder
Date: 9/10/2015
Link: Complete Article

ASHFIELD, MA — A Sanderson Academy custom has been to hold a “boo-hoo” breakfast for new kindergartners and their parents on the starting day of school; so Wednesday, the first day of preschool, the PTO held a “boo-hoo reception” for preschoolers and their parents. The reception had all the fixin’s but one: no tears on… [Read More]