Feeling Like a Million...Almost!

We are almost there!

As of Saturday, March 30th, Belchertown Public Schools students and Clapp Library patrons have logged a total of 952,106 minutes of reading. This week is the final push to reach our goal of 1,000,000 minutes. Help us by reading books, magazines, newspapers, web sites, etc. We believe we can reach this goal by April vacation and we hope to celebrate by having a Millionaires Dress-up Day in our schools! Check our web site for progress toward our goal by the end of this week! You can turn in your minutes to any one of the five schools, the Superintendent's Office, or Clapp Memorial Library to add to our tally.

Belchertown Teachers of Excellence Recognized

On March 4th, I wrote about our Belchertown Teachers of Excellence in this blog. At the March 25th School Committee meeting, they were invited with their families to celebrate their accomplishments! Each teacher of excellence received a certificate and a small bouquet of flowers. After the presentation ceremony, the awardees and their families enjoyed a celebratory moment with some cake while the School Committee took a brief recess. Congratulations to all our teachers of excellence!

Belchertown Teachers of Excellence
Back row, L-R: Karl Quist, Ryan Butler, Brendan McCarthy
Front row, L-R: Louise Levy, Christine Holesovsky, Stephanie Davies

Christine Holesovsky, Stephanie Davies, and Brendan McCarthy are the Pioneer Valley Teachers of Excellence Awardees and will be honored at a ceremony hosted by the Grinspoon Foundation and other partners at the Log Cabin on April 25th. Congratulations these teachers for being honored regionally with their colleagues from Hampshire County!

As always, if you have any questions or comments about this blog, feel free to contact me at 413.323.0423 or email me at superintendent@belchertown.org.

Best regards, Dr. Judith Houle, Superintendent of Schools