S'Update 2026-8
August 2026 S'Update
Check out my license plate: EDUKTR
As the Superintendent of the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional School Districts, I am classified as an "administrator." But what I'd like for this community to know is that, first, I am an educator, as my license plate proclaims.
The best part of any work day is when I get to read a book to our youngest learners, observe ah-ha moments during a mathematics lesson, or hear deep discussion in an English class. I am here for the teaching and learning. I am here for the struggles and strides. I am here for the growth of each student in our districts.
There is real momentum to build on. Our grade 6 math redesign produced some of the strongest student growth we've seen in years. Our literacy work — school improvement goals for writing grades K–12, the thinkSRSD rollout across K–8, targeted small-group instruction K–6 — is sharpening how every student learns to think and write clearly. New inquiry-based curriculum in science and social studies is pushing our students to think critically about the world around them. Our instructional leadership teams and expanded principal coaching are giving teachers more consistent, more useful support in their own classrooms. And our anti-bias curriculum, growing this year into every K–9 classroom, along with the first steps of Portrait of a Graduate work, reflects something I'm proud of: we don't just teach content here; we teach students to think, to belong, and to lead.
As summer winds down, I have to admit, this is a favorite time of year for me. I look forward to everything that a new year brings and welcoming our staff, students and their families back to school.
The Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional School Districts' bus schedules are now available for the 2026-2027 school year. Visit the transportation page for contacts, rider rules, and routes here:
Download the App to Stay in the Know
The Bright Arrow messaging application is the tool we are using across the districts for mass communications. This service provides a platform to communicate from our schools to our families through email, texts, phone calls and a central app called Bright Arrow ParentHub. You may download it here or scan the QR code to access the app. Messages will still come via text, email, and/or phone call as determined by the sender AND appear in the app. Messaging is most effective when all of YOUR contact information is updated.
One benefit to using the app is that it centralizes messages, no matter the way they have been sent, so that they don’t get missed in your email inbox or text threads. You will notice that the sender is clearly labeled on each message. Another feature is that, when the message is open, the app indicates its original format - an email, text or call - with identifying icons at the top.
The app will ask you to create a login (or log in with your Google account), and then add your other email addresses and phone numbers to which you may receive communications. A verification protocol follows in which a code is sent that you will then copy and paste into the app. You may make updates inside the app under Menu - Settings - My Phones and Emails.
Note: Users are encouraged to download the latest version called Bright Arrow ParentHub. In your list of apps, it will organize itself under the name “ParentHub” - look for it under “P” not “B.”
Colrain Central's Ice Cream Social: Friday, August 28, 5 p.m.
Sanderson Academy's Ice Cream Social: Tuesday, September 1, 2 p.m.
BSE's Watermelon Social: Tuesday, September 1, 3 p.m.
Sanderson Academy's Fall Fundraiser
BSE's Fall Fundraiser
Colrain Central's Fall Fundraiser
Hawlemont's September Happenings
SEPAC Calendar
