TURNERS FALLS, MA — Classes started this week at Franklin County Technical School for the 38th time, but for the first time with advanced college placement classes. The Technical School…
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‘We don’t come with the house’ FCTS students built Erving home with help from GSB Foundation
…going to be a legacy for this school.” The bank established Franklin Technical School Building Society Inc. after Ken Vautrin, one of the carpentry instructors at the school, approached President…
Warwick Community School Improv Club puts creativity to test with annual performance
WARWICK — Warwick Community School students let their imaginations run wild on Tuesday, pretending to be animals and creating spontaneous stories during an Improv Club performance at Town Hall. The…
School suspensions don’t work. It’s time for something better.
Cindy sits across from me in what is now called The Justice Center at Turners Falls High School in Montague, about 20 miles north of Amherst. The room is brightly…
Afterschool and Out-of-School Programs Woefully Underfunded
…children without access to the afterschool and summer learning programs that would help them reach their fullest potential. In a comprehensive report, Recommendations of the Afterschool and Out-Of-School Time Coordinating…
CES Workforce Programs lead to multiple opportunities
…for anything that was offered. Krish Poudel of Amherst Regional High school, then a sophomore, says that he signed up for these offerings because “getting these skills down was a…
Excellence In Education Awards: Living Our Guiding Principles award winners for February and March
…including regional specialists is excellent.” “Drew does an incredible job of working with residents who have a tough time going to school and have limited schooling history. He has a…
Graduating During the Pandemic
…unique senior year. “Nothing like this has happened in a long, long time,” said Andrew Logan, 18, a senior at Frontier Regional School in South Deerfield, referring to the COVID-19…
Amherst Regional superintendent to serve on statewide Racial Imbalance Advisory Council
AMHERST — Superintendent Michael Morris has been appointed for a three-year term to a statewide advisory council on racial imbalance in the commonwealth’s schools. The Racial Imbalance Advisory Council will…
Eight athletes show their skills at Pioneer Special Olympics
…School, Warwick Community School and Bernardston Elementary School, and also oversees Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s Special Olympics program. Scott organized the inaugural Special Olympics Young Athletes event last spring,…