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Margaret Miller announces candidacy for Northampton School Committee’s Ward 6 seat > Published: 7/9/2021 4:49:46 PM NORTHAMPTON – A psychologist who serves on the board of directors of the Northampton Survival Center has announced her candidacy for the Ward 6 seat on the School Committee. So far, Margaret Miller is unopposed in November’s election for a seat on the nine-member committee. Ward 6 incumbent Lonnie Kaufman is not seeking reelection. Miller, a 27-year resident of Westhampton Road in Florence, is a licensed psychologist in private practice, working primarily with young people and their caregivers, and is the parent of two Northampton High School graduates. “I want to give back to the school system that educated both of my sons, now 21 and 25,” said Miller in a statement. “Schools are where kids grow, learn, and develop, and our district’s children, educators, administrators, and staff need to be supported by a focused and dedi ....
Grassroots creativity: NEF grants continue to enrich learning in Northampton schools > Leeds School third grade parent and volunteer Alissa Imre Geis, works with third graders Alex Bajracharya, left, Rosie Tauer and Rob Smith-Sullivan to help build a glass and ceramic tile mosaic for the lobby of the school on June 5, 2018, a project funded by the Northampton Education Foundation. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING Published: 7/1/2021 11:38:58 PM NORTHAMPTON – Lisa Papademetriou, president of the nonprofit Northampton Education Foundation (NEF), was searching for salamanders in her backyard a couple of years ago. Her daughter, then in third grade, had insisted upon it after conducting salamander research at school. They only found salamander eggs, but Papademetriou was ecstatic. ....
Published: 4/29/2021 12:24:22 PM Back before the plague, I used to volunteer in my son’s first-grade class at Leeds Elementary School on Fridays. This was a strenuous proposition a roomful of high-spirited 6- and 7-year-olds bursting with end-of-the-week energy meant that I often went home and had to lie down for a while in a dark room. The very best Fridays, however, were the ones when the Grow Food Kids program arrived with its cooking lesson cart, complete with kale and apples and knives for all. Then there was no question of trying to make kids sit on the rug or pay attention to the reading lesson on the smart screen; all the kids were automatically riveted by the prospect of making something edible, and learning something applied. ....