The graduation celebration for Mount Tom Academy’s class of 2026 was held in the Fine & Performing Arts Building in the Leslie Phillips Theater on the Holyoke Community College Campus. The ceremony took place on Tuesday morning, June 2nd. This year’s graduates included nine students, from East Longmeadow, Granby High School, Minnechaug High School, Greenfield High School, Easthampton High School, and Hampshire Regional High School. Speaking at the graduation were Maureen Binienda, Interim Executive Director of the Collaborative for Educational Services; Karen Reuter, Deputy...
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Mount Tom Academy Graduates Class of 2026
The graduation celebration for Mount Tom Academy’s class of 2026 was held in the Fine & Performing Arts Building in the Leslie Phillips Theater on the Holyoke Community College Campus. The ceremony took place on Tuesday morning, June 2nd. This year’s graduates...
CES Partners with Sandwich Public Schools to Strengthen Early Education Through CPPI Grant
Sandwich, MA — The Collaborative for Educational Services Early Childhood Department (CES-ECD) is proud to continue its partnership with Sandwich Public Schools (SPS) through the Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative (CPPI), a statewide grant program funded...
Caucus of superintendents makes $60M in rural school aid top priority
The Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (MASS) has launched a new rural caucus with five established legislative priorities, chief of which is securing $60 million in rural school aid. Sheryl Stanton, superintendent of the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont...
Collaborative for Educational Services Announces Selection of New Executive Director
Northampton, MA – The Board of Directors of the Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) in Northampton has named Dr. Portia Bonner as the new Executive Director of the Massachusetts collaborative. Dr. Bonner will join the agency effective July 1, 2026,...
Mountain View School Middle School Brown Paper Studio Theater Club
This year, Sabine Denise Jacques and Mariah Lapiroff from the CES Joy and Justice team have been facilitating a theater club in Easthampton that centers self- and social-awareness, embodied connection, and belonging and joy for 6th & 7th graders. They have been...
Food policy council wins grant to turn hunger stories into policy advocacy
Food insecurity, language barriers and a lack of transportation access are buzzwords that might feel abstract, especially given how often the terms are thrown around. But to give these pervasive struggles names and faces, a Northampton nonprofit founded at the...
HEC Academy Students and Faculty Present at 2026 MA Farm & Sea to School Conference
On March 18, 2026, Mass. Farm to School will host its 8th statewide gathering, the Massachusetts Farm & Sea to School Conference, bringing together farm and sea to school advocates from across the Commonwealth for a full day of learning, collaboration, and...
New Resource on AI Literacy for Educators
Massachusetts education officials have released statewide guidance urging schools to use the technology thoughtfully, with an emphasis on equity, transparency, academic integrity and human oversight. “AI already surrounds young people. It is baked into the devices...
Children of migrant farm workers lose vital education services amid funding freeze
SPRINGFIELD —Nine-year-old Ery Perez Gutierrez focused last summer on sharpening his academic skills at Boland Elementary School, under a program that provides additional education to the children of migrant farm and fishery workers. The jobs, which require...
CES appoints interim Executive Director as current Executive Director steps down
The Collaborative for Educational Services today announced the appointment of Karen Reuter as Interim Executive Director, following Todd H. Gazda’s decision to step down from the Executive Director role in order to take the...
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