Multilingual learners from other countries rising in schools
AGAWAM — Agawam is a diverse school district that rivals some urban districts in terms of language and country of origin for students.
Repairing veterans’ graves honors their service
WESTFIELD — For Gene Theroux, one of the three staff working for the Westfield Veterans Services, nearly every day is Veterans Day. The city’s graves officer, he’s always at one of the city’s nine cemeteries checking conditions of veterans’ gravestones or repairing them.
School psychologist’s book takes novel approach to anxiety
AGAWAM — There are many books written about how to help kids deal with anxiety, but one of the newest takes a different approach than most.
Coaches, players reminisce on 100 years of Agawam football
AGAWAM — It was a night of Agawam High School gridiron memories as 125 people — coaches, players and supporters — gathered to celebrate the centennial of Brownies football.
Agawam high schoolers working to improve academics, behavior
Marlene DeJesus, the district’s director of social emotional learning, and Sadie Petta, an English teacher at Agawam High School, told the School Committee at its Oct. 15 meeting that the project, Caught in the ACT, is an initiative centered around giving students a voice and being involved in some decision making.