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Back to School: Northampton
August 30, 2017August 30, 2017
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Back to School: Northampton

Jack Silverman, left, and Christopher Sella of Valley Home Improvement work on the exterior trim of the outdoor classroom being built at R.K. Finn Ryan Road School. GAZETTE STAFF / KEVIN GUTTING – Buy this Image NORTHAMPTON — In addition to a structural overhaul at the elementary school level, incoming students at Northampton public schools can expect...

Bringing STEM to life: In cross-pond collaboration, JFK students team up with counterparts in England on water quality projects
May 19, 2017August 22, 2017
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Bringing STEM to life: In cross-pond collaboration, JFK students team up with counterparts in England on water quality projects

NORTHAMPTON — Seventh-graders in the community room of JFK Middle School scoot their chairs toward the front of the room as three uniformed boys appear on a large screen. “Hello! Hello! Hola!” pipe voices from the screen. The American students wave in slow circles to their U.K. counterparts, and the uniformed boys in England mirror...

Northampton High School junior goes all-solar with lawn care business
May 19, 2017May 24, 2017
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Northampton High School junior goes all-solar with lawn care business

NORTHAMPTON — Worries about the environmental impact of maintaining a lawn, from keeping the turf green and healthy to the fumes and noise created when it needs to be cut, have caused some people to wonder whether there is sense in having manicured grass surrounding their homes. By expanding his zero-pollution lawn care enterprise this...

Northampton Middle School Students Take Flight
April 30, 2017May 24, 2017
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Northampton Middle School Students Take Flight

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...

NHS Students Produce Award-Winning Documentary
April 30, 2017May 24, 2017
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NHS Students Produce Award-Winning Documentary

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...