Schools

Easthampton adults won’t buy alcohol for minors, survey says

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — As part of an experiment last week, teens age 16 to 18 stood outside Jim’s Package Store on Adams Street and asked customers, “If we gave you money, would you mind buying a six-pack for us?” But none of the 26 people approached agreed. That was exactly what the experiment’s organizers, the Easthampton Police Department and the Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition, wanted to … 0

William E. Collins, Norris Elementary School principal GORDON DANIELS

Norris School Principal William Collins leaves to work in higher education

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

SOUTHAMPTON — After nine years as the head of the William E. Norris School, Principal William E. Collins is leaving Aug. 2 to take a job in higher education. Collins will start Aug. 15 as coordinator of the graduate Educational Leadership Program at St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. “I’ll be teaching people … 0

Easthampton High School students dig into area history for June 24 ‘Local Lens’ event

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

EASTHAMPTON — In Kelley Brown’s Advanced Placement U.S. history class at Easthampton High School last week, students were bent over new classroom laptops putting the finishing touches on local history projects. Topics spanned the region’s past, from the 1874 Mill River flood to Easthampton veterans of World War II to anti-war activism of … 0