Swift River Elementary School

Belchertown teacher named Grammy Music Educator Award finalist

Posted on Thursday, January 23rd, 2020 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jacquelyn Voghel, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 1/23/2020
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BELCHERTOWN — Swift River Elementary School teacher Geoffrey Gould is in the running to take home Grammy gold on Sunday after being chosen as a finalist for the Grammy Music Educator Award. Gould, who was nominated for the award by a colleague, found out last year that he had been chosen from a pool of over 3,300… [Read More]

Belchertown teacher a quarterfinalist for music educator Grammy Award

Posted on Sunday, July 21st, 2019 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jacquelyn Voghel, Hampshire Daily Gazette
Date: 7/21/2019
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BELCHERTOWN — A Belchertown music teacher has been selected as a quarterfinalist for the 2020 Grammy Music Educator Award. Geoffrey Gould, a music teacher at Swift River Elementary School, is one of 189 teachers nationwide to make the cut for the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were chosen from a pool of more than 3,300 nominees. “It’s… [Read More]

Raising the bar: Belchertown elementary school to provide piano education to all students

Posted on Monday, October 29th, 2018 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Jacquelyn Voghel, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Date: October 28, 2018
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BELCHERTOWN — A new piano lab set to be installed at Swift River Elementary School will provide all students with a basic piano education by the time they finish third grade. The collegiate level piano lab, which is planned to open at the school in February, will include 12 Yamaha Clavinova CLP-635 pianos. The pianos… [Read More]

Let them eat kale: Belchertown students plant, harvest the vegetable for cafeteria

Posted on Wednesday, September 13th, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Megan Bantle, The Gazette
Date: 9/12/2017
Link: Complete Article

BELCHERTOWN — With the sun streaming down and a slight autumn breeze in the air on Monday, it is not that surprising that the teachers at Swift River Elementary School wanted to get their students outside. What is more surprising is that they did not just go outside for recess, but to harvest kale that… [Read More]