Category: Staff Recognitions

Jackson Street – A Day in the Life of Kindergarten
November 22, 2019November 22, 2019
Post

Jackson Street – A Day in the Life of Kindergarten

Kindergarten Snapshot ​Wondering what happens all day in kindergarten?  KJM Video & R. Herskovitz Consulting spent time with the kindergarten ​classrooms at Jackson Street School to document the rich learning and activities that happen there. The crew spent a whole day following the teachers and students in classrooms and on the playground.  They were able...

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018
Post

Voting at Jackson Street

Learning to Vote Ms. Cowhey, JSS math teacher, showed 2nd graders how to vote today – authentically since she actually cast her ballot with them as her “shadow”!

Jackson Street Teacher Wins Grinspoon Award
May 2, 2018May 2, 2018
Post

Jackson Street Teacher Wins Grinspoon Award

Kim Gerould, JSS 3rd grade teacher, was awarded a Grinspoon Excellence in Teaching Award at a ceremony and dinner at the Log Cabin on April 26, 2018.  The award honors outstanding Western Massachusetts educators in Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties and seeks to motivate teachers at all stages of their careers to aspire to excellence. Kim...

A week of Awards for Leeds Elementary Teachers – Hannah Kristek and Mary Jo Nagle
April 30, 2018April 30, 2018
Post

A week of Awards for Leeds Elementary Teachers – Hannah Kristek and Mary Jo Nagle

On April 26, at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, teachers from Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties were awarded The Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation.  Among those outstanding teachers, was Leeds Elementary 4th grade teacher, Hannah Kristek.  Principal Canata sings Ms. Kristek’s praises, “A very well deserved honor. She is...

Bridge Street School’s Ugly Sweater Day!
December 21, 2017December 21, 2017
Post

Bridge Street School’s Ugly Sweater Day!

Ugly Sweaters and Blue Hair   In honor of Bridge Street School students working toward the school-wide read-athon goal Principal Choquette dyed her hair blue!  To celebrate the final day of school in 2017 many staff and faculty also joined Principal Choquette in wearing their most festive sweaters.  

The New Jackson Street Greenhouse
December 18, 2017December 18, 2017
Post

The New Jackson Street Greenhouse

THE JSS GREENHOUSE IS BUILT!  Click here for the full album of photos. The new JSS Greenhouse is built and beautiful and ready for the winter!  Classes took tours of our new space in early December, and there were lots of “Oohs” and “Aahs” on the part of children and adults alike.  In early spring...

Principal’s Weekly Update—Week of November 20
November 20, 2017November 20, 2017
Post

Principal’s Weekly Update—Week of November 20

Happy Thanksgiving to you! I am so thankful to our wonderful families at R.K. Finn Ryan Road School!! Happy Retirement, Mr. Owen! Bill Owen, our kind and thoughtful School Adjustment Counselor, will be retiring at Thanksgiving. We will all miss his calm, good humor, and steady devotion to our school community. The PTO bought him...

Special Olympics
June 2, 2017June 2, 2017
Post

Special Olympics

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,...