The mission of the health services department of the Northampton Public Schools is to promote and protect the physical and emotional health of students and staff. The Health Services Department, through the School Nurses, provides comprehensive health programs that advance the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of all students. “You cannot educate an unhealthy...
By Dusty Christensen Staff Writer Monday, March 06, 2017 NORTHAMPTON — Amid the piles of brightly colored building blocks, Barbara Black, 66, kneels comfortably among several 4- and 5-year-olds on the floor of a Bridge Street School classroom. “What’s this one?” she asks each child, her seeing-eye dog, Ms. Pie, wagging its tail patiently at...
By JAMIE CUSHMAN For the Gazette Thursday, April 27, 2017 NORTHAMPTON — Buster Douglas over Mike Tyson. USA hockey over the Soviet Union. Northampton High School girls ultimate over Amherst Regional. The Blue Devils’ 12-9 victory over the Hurricanes on Thursday might not rank quite as high as the first two upsets,...
By AMANDA LEVENSON For the Gazette Friday, October 21, 2016 NORTHAMPTON — Ellen Kennedy teaches her JFK Middle School students that they are capable of saving the day, a pursuit which has gotten her the title of 2016 Fire and Life Safety Educator of the Year from the state Department of Fire Services. Kennedy was...
By Kait Walsh Published: April 24, 2017, 6:05 pm Updated: April 24, 2017, 6:44 pm NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Dreams took flight for 17 students at Northampton Airport Monday morning. For ten weeks, the select 8th graders from JFK Middle School in Northampton learned about aviation in an after school program known as Northampton Airport...
Marissa Tousey-Pfarrer—mtouseyp2@gmail.com By Nicole DeFeudis For the Gazette Tuesday, April 18, 2017 NORTHAMPTON — Two Northampton High School students, Phoebe Jessup and Elena Frogameni, don’t just read the news — they participate in it. The students received honorable mention for their documentary submission in C-SPAN’s national 2017 StudentCam competition. With their documentary, titled “Trust...
