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Preschool loses home of 75 years on Amherst College campus

Friday, May 17, 2013

AMHERST — As 18 girls and boys left the brick schoolhouse, they found small chairs and performed songs for spectators on a lawn. After receiving certificates and praise, they ran to parents and relatives and joined in a buffet to celebrate the conclusion of the school year. In that way, Thursday’s ceremony at the Little Red Schoolhouse resembled many before it. But it may have been more emotional for parents … 0

JFK Middle School students win national writing awards

Friday, May 17, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — You know you’re in the presence of a real writer when she talks to you about her craft in Latin. Asked about a short story for which she recently won a national Scholastic writing award, Mairead Blatner, an eighth-grader at JFK Middle School, explained that it begins “in medias res, when … 0

Excerpts from award-winning stories by JFK Middle School students

Friday, May 17, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Below are excerpts from stories by two JFK Middle School eighth graders who won silver in this year’s national Scholastic writing awards. Mairead Blatner, 14, of Northampton, won in the science fiction category for her short story “Pro Bono” about a mysterious attorney. Her essay “Perfect” won in a special themed category on aging, illness and death at the statewide Scholastics … 0