Students from Northampton High School were guided to the gym this past Tuesday by this years kindergarteners. The 38 graduates were met with applause from the school and the Jackson Street students sang “Inch by Inch, Row by Row” to them. The high school students then shared with the younger students stories about their time at...
NORTHAMPTON — A tall, lanky 15-year-old approaches a hurdle made of rope strung between plastic cones. An athlete at a Special Olympics track and field event, he is guided by an aide to step over one hurdle after another. Cheers of “We got it!” and “Yes!” come from watching teachers, peers and parents, as the boy,...
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 — 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...
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...
