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Former assistant principal Darius Modestow will become principal of Frontier Regional School, starting July 1. KATHLEEN McKIERNAN

Asst. principal named new Frontier boss

Monday, May 6, 2013

DEERFIELD — The assistant principal at the Frontier Regional School will serve as Martha Barrett’s successor. Starting July 1, Darius Modestow will become principal for the 607 students at the regional school. He will succeed Barrett, the current principal who has been named incoming superintendent of schools for the Frontier Regional and Union 38 school districts. On Friday, Modestow penned … 0

Recorder/Beth Reynolds Paul Calcari,director of Music K-12 for Greenfield Public Schools, who is retiring this year, conducted his final concert on Saturday.

Ending on a high note

Sunday, May 5, 2013

GREENFIELD — Slamming his fingers down onto an electrical keyboard one final time, Paul Calcari broke into a smile as a packed Greenfield High School auditorium rose to their feet in applause. It was the 57-year-old retiring music director’s last moment on the high school stage — the conclusion to a three-hour “music … 0

Greenfield High School seniors Mike Duclos and Josh Brandl are each taking five advanced placement courses this year. (Recorder/Chris Shores)

No cruise control for their year

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Like many high school seniors, Greenfield residents Mike Duclos and Josh Brandl are each taking five different classes this school year. But unlike most, every single one of those classes is at an advanced placement level. From the time they arrive at school until they leave, with the exception of a physical education … 0

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UMass awarded $11.2 million to help build Afghan ‘community college’

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

AMHERST — The School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has signed at $11.2 million agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development to expand and extend efforts to improve higher education in Afghanistan. The agreement more than doubles funding for the School of Education’s Center … 0

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