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 using the Brown Paper Studio theater practice to support collaborative thinking and play. Brown Paper Studio is an arts methodology designed to awaken creativity within individuals and groups and to utilize the resulting creative energy for peaceful social transformation; and a unique theater practice that uses art, games,...
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Feb
2026
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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...
Feb
2026
17
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...
Feb
2026
11
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...
Aug
2025
26
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...
Jul
2025
22
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...
Jul
2025
8
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...
Jun
2025
24
Mohawk Trail Regional School District educators start dialogue on hate speech
SHELBURNE — A group of Mohawk Trail Regional School District teachers is pondering the question of how to address hate speech in school environments. Led by an ad hoc committee of teachers and staff, the district welcomed educators, School Committee members and...
Jun
2025
6
HEC Academy is one of 8 Massachusetts Green Team Program Grand Prize Winners
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) today acknowledged students from 475 classrooms across the state who participated in the Green Team program, making the 2024-2025 school year the highest registration in the program's...
Apr
2025
17
The Special Education Team Leader Role is More Important Now Than Ever
Laurel Peltier, Ed.D. is a Curriculum and Instruction Specialist in Special Education at the Collaborative for Educational Services. Her work focuses on special education leaders and leadership, and particularly on facilitating the IEP team process with people...
Apr
2025
16
Massachusetts DESE Responds to USED Request for Certification
In a message from Interim Commissioner Patrick Tutwiler and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on April 9, 2025, the Department responded to the recent USED Request for Certification. Following is the DESE message to Superintendents,...
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