SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Bryant University is pleased to recognize Elijah Rocheleau from Petersham for their unwavering commitment to academic excellence and achievement by naming Elijah to the fall 2022 Deans’ List. To earn a place on the Deans’ List students must have a GPA of 3.4 or better for at least 12 semester hours of work.
For nearly 160 years, Bryant University has been at the forefront of delivering an exceptional education that anticipates the future and prepares students to be innovative leaders of character in a changing world. Bryant delivers an innovative and uniquely integrated business and liberal arts education that inspires students to excel.
FRANKLIN COUNTY — Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution (FCCPR) will host an online forum Tuesday, March 14 at 7 p.m. to demystify Massachusetts’ educational funding process, to better understand the role the state plays in the funding our schools receive, and to discuss how to can secure full funding for the schools. With a focus on challenges perennially facing Greenfield Public Schools, the issues explored are true for many other districts around the state as well.
A slide show will outline the basics of school funding and reveal the chronic gaps between the actual costs of educating children and the money provided by the state’s funding formulas. This will be followed by a breakout session, and then the whole group will come back together to have a discussion with a panel of state educators and education funding advocates. This presentation will close by identifying action steps and organizing ourselves to take those steps, in the short run and for the long term.
Doug Selwyn, forum host, stated “Year after year, we are told that there is not enough money to pay and retain teachers, instructional assistants, and administrators. Not enough money to bring up to date technology to our children, not enough to offer our young people the quality education that they deserve. We live in an incredibly wealthy state in the wealthiest country in the history of the world and by this summer our state’s rainy day fund is projected to hit a record-breaking $8.4 billion.”
Paul Jablon, retired educator and member of FCCPR’s Education Task Force added, “When it comes to public education, it’s raining now and has been for many years. It’s time to use that rainy day money to secure our children’s futures.”
Come to the FCCPR forum to gather a better understanding of school funding, and plan together to take action on behalf of our children and schools. To register for this forum, visit https://bit.ly/3mlIom5.
WORCESTER — Following are names of local students whose outstanding academic performance earned them a place on Clark University’s Fall 2022 Dean’s List:
Siobhan E. Davis, of Orange, was named to first honors.
Jude F. Cook, of New Salem, was named to second honors.
Students must have a GPA of 3.8 or above for first honors or a GPA between 3.50 and 3.79 for second honors. Founded in 1887, Clark University is a liberal arts-based research university that prepares its students to meet tomorrow’s most daunting challenges and embrace its greatest opportunities.
ORANGE — A presentation will be held at the Orange Senior Center on Tuesday, March 21, at 1 p.m. The senior center is located at 62 Cheney Street, Orange. Information that will be included is stroke awareness, Advanced Care Directives, and the Swing Bed Program at Athol Hospital. Presented by Heywood Healthcare speakers Tina Griffin and Marie King.