Amherst school committees instruct superintendent to plan in-person learning
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AMHERST Students throughout the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools should have an opportunity to attend school in person starting in April.
The three school committees voted unanimously on March 3 to instruct Superintendent Michael Morris to develop a plan in which “all students who want it” will be able to finish the school year with instruction at the elementary schools, the middle school and the high school.
Just two days later, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved emergency regulations Friday giving Commissioner Jeff Riley the authority to decide when full and partial remote schooling will no longer count toward student learning time requirements. The following Tuesday, DESE decreed that all public elementary schools in Massachusetts will be required to open for full-time, in-person learning by April 5, while middle schools will be required
A howling good time on Leverett Pond
Leverett residents howl into the night while gathered in front of the First Congregational Church of Leverett on Sunday. Every Sunday at 8 p.m., participating residents howl here and from their homes and can be heard across Leverett Pond. FOR THE RECORDER/DAN LITTLE
Leverett residents howl into the night while gathered in front of the First Congregational Church of Leverett on Sunday. FOR THE RECORDER/DAN LITTLE
Published: 3/9/2021 12:42:15 PM
LEVERETT In the darkness, something vaguely like a coyote’s howl, but not quite, rings out over Leverett Pond. It is quickly followed by another, coming from somewhere nearby. Then more. They’re answering one another.
Reading, writing and no indoor plumbing: New book recounts history of Leverett’s one-room schoolhouses
Children at Leverett Center School. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Children at Long Plain School in Leverett. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Children at Moore’s Corner School in Leverett. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Published: 3/7/2021 2:00:16 PM
LEVERETT Reflections from students who attended Leverett’s one-room schoolhouses, which often had no indoor plumbing and heat provided only by wood stoves, are included in a recently published book available for checkout through the Leverett Library.
“10-to-1, Interviews with Leverett Scholars Who Attended One-Room Schoolhouses” is a 319-page book printed by Off The Common Books/Levellers Press.
Amherst school committees instruct superintendent to plan in-person learning
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Published: 3/4/2021 7:35:46 PM
AMHERST Students throughout the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools should have an opportunity to attend school in person starting in April.
The three school committees Wednesday voted unanimously to instruct Superintendent Michael Morris to develop a plan in which “all students who want it” will be able to finish the school year with instruction at the elementary schools, the middle school and the high school.
Allison McDonald, chairwoman of the Amherst and Regional school committees, said the votes restate a commitment to provide the right education for all students and to give parents and guardians the choice of continuing remote instruction, which has been the main method of learning for most students for about a year, or to have their children return to classrooms for the first time since March 2020.
Amherst Regional High School, middle school will have later start time
Amherst-Pelham Regional High School
Published: 3/3/2021 8:43:31 PM
AMHERST Students at Amherst Regional middle and high schools will begin their school days later in the mornings when the next school year begins in the fall, when most of them will return for in-person education for the first time since last March.
A unanimous vote by the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional school committees Tuesday adopts a plan that essentially flips the schedules for the elementary and secondary schools from when buildings were fully open during the 2019-20 school year.
“This shift to a later start time for our secondary students will have a tremendous positive impact on their overall wellness and academic performance, and after this challenging school year is even more important,” said Allison McDonald, chairwoman of the Amherst and regional committees.