The Westfield News
Education
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3.4KUniversity, middle school pen pals meet in person for 1st time
WESTFIELD — A new project this year is bringing college students and middle school students together in an old-fashioned way; through writing...
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1.5KGrant will boost support for students experiencing homelessness
WESTFIELD — Student Interventions and Safety Administrator Christopher Rogers, who also administers the McKinney-Vento Title I program in the Westfield Public Schools,...
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1.9KParents continue to bring masking concerns to school board
WESTFIELD — For months, ever since the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education mandated wearing masks in school, a small group of...
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1.6KClassroom staffing shortages have administrators filling in
WESTFIELD — Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski had to use a rerun from September for his Dec. 2 Superintendent’s Spotlight on WSKB Radio and...
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1.3KCouncilors push back on state’s school reimbursement cap
WESTFIELD — Taking one more step before the City Council votes to approve financing for the new elementary school, estimated to cost...
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1.4KBombers parent raffling a PS5 for new football uniforms
WESTFIELD — When Cooper McNamara made the Westfield High School varsity football team as a freshman this year, he came home with...
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1.2KSchools see unexpected enrollment dip for 2nd year
SOUTHWICK — Superintendent Jennifer Willard told a joint budget roundtable meeting of town officials from Southwick, Tolland and Granville on Thursday evening...
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1.2KRather than canceling, band ‘toughs it out’ under stars
WESTFIELD — When it looked like rising COVID-19 numbers might interfere with plans to hold their holiday concert, Westfield Middle School Band...
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1.5KDiocese grants to fund technology, repairs at St. Mary’s schools
WESTFIELD — St. Mary’s elementary and high schools will receive funding from the Future of Hope Campaign for the 2021-22 school year,...
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1.7KResident donates 6-foot telescope to middle school
WESTFIELD — A recent donation to the Westfield Middle School will have the whole student body reaching for the stars. Principal Jessica...
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3.2KSuperintendent, police address ‘epidemic’ of school fights
WESTFIELD — Student fights in Westfield schools have become a weekly occurrence, Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski said last week, though he said progress...
