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By SAM FERLAND

GREENFIELD — Four Rivers Charter Public School celebrated the conclusion of the 33 graduates’ high school adventure on Saturday, a ceremony marked by two seniors who shared a heartfelt metaphor.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In an instance of a national effort gaining traction locally, 75 junior and senior students at Four Rivers Charter Public School were given hands-on instruction on how to respond to, and potentially reverse, a drug overdose during a three-hour training session this week.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

TURNERS FALLS — Members of Four Rivers Charter Public School’s Drama Club are putting their set design skills to the test this year by opting to perform an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate adventure story “Treasure Island.”

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — The public is invited to the Garden Cinemas Thursday evening for the premiere of “Rethinking Recovery,” a documentary that Four Rivers Charter Public School’s senior class has been working to produce for the past five months.

By DOUG SELWYN

Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka recently stated that she was hearing from senators around the state that schools within their districts were badly underfunded and so it was time to re-examine the state’s approach to funding, which is welcome news. I hope that President Spilka and her colleagues take the time to listen to and take seriously the stories that those actually working in the schools have to tell about the impact of underfunding on the children and education workers across the state. It is one thing to look at funding formulas, and quite another to realize that the numbers on the page carry a real impact on the lives of real children. That became very clear to me at a recent Zoom on educational funding.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In an effort to keep the homeless warm as temperatures drop this season, Heather Perna, a nurse with RegalCare at Greenfield, is collecting sleeping bags to distribute in advance of Thanksgiving.Perna has partnered with Pastor Floyd...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, Four Rivers Charter Public School invited Madison Curbelo, a Westfield native and semi-finalist on NBC’s “The Voice,” to perform for the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — To say that Sam Whitney likes to play sports might be something of an understatement.At the Four Rivers Charter Public School in Greenfield, where Whitney graduated this spring, he played soccer, basketball, and the school’s signature...

By DOUG SELWYN

Our public school system — the backbone of democracy, the great equalizer, the means by which we can level the playing field — is itself unequal, undemocratic, and badly underfunded. Though education is one of the most significant responsibilities of...

By DOUG SELWYN

This is part two of an interview with University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor Jack Schneider, who heads two organizations focused on helping educators develop assessment approaches that serve the goals and values of their classrooms, schools and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — In an effort to raise further awareness of climate change and the power of collective action, the new Climate Club at Four Rivers Charter Public School held a day of action this week with a speaker panel and trash pickup around the...

By DOUG SELWYN

One of the responsibilities and challenges of every society is to educate their young people so they are ready to assume their roles as adults in the community. There is not one way to do this, and societies make choices based on their values, their...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield School Department will begin the 2024-2025 school year with Stephen Sullivan as its new assistant superintendent of teaching and learning.Sullivan is currently serving his third year as superintendent of schools in Granby...

By LIESEL NYGARD

TURNERS FALLS — Members of the Four Rivers Charter Public School Drama Club will take to the Shea Theater Arts Center stage this weekend to perform “Once Upon a Mattress,” a retelling of the story “The Princess and the Pea.” Director Leah Plath said...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Over the last several months, Four Rivers Charter Public School students have traveled around New England, documenting stories of formerly incarcerated people and their roles in green reentry programs.The result is “Roots of Change,” a...