Partnerships for 2011-2012

Amherst College: Office of the President, Center for Community Engagement, Athletics Department, Museum of Natural History

Hampshire College: Childhood, Youth & Learning Program

Mount Holyoke College: Dept of Education & Psychology, Weissman Center for Leadership & the Liberal Arts

Smith College:  Dept of Education & Child Study, Smith College Museum

South Hadley Public Schools: On-line professional and post-secondary transitional planning

Springfield College: Sports Management Program

University of Massachusetts: Office of External Relations & University Events, School of Continuing Education,  Center for Educational Policy, Commonweatlh Honors College, Community Service Learning,  Isenberg School of Management, Athletics Department, Fine Arts Center

Westfield State University: Sports Management Program

Amherst Education Foundation: Independent, non-profit education fund committed to stimulating excellence, promoting equity, enhancing diversity and mobilizing broad community support for the Amherst Public Schools.

Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce: ARHS Business/Education Partnership and Scholarship Fund, Project Backpack 2011, First Day Celebration on the Amherst Town Common

Amherst Human Rights Commission: An organization which seeks to promote economic and social justice for all citizens through means of mediation, education, and enforcement of local, state, federal, and international human rights laws.

Amherst Human Services Network: Superintendent of Schools Community Mapping Project

Amherst Lions Club: Project Backpack 2011, Crocker Farm Winter Clothing Drive, Youth Speech Competition, Massachusetts Lions All-State Band, Peace Poster Contest, Eyeglasses Recycling Program, First Day Celebration on the Amherst Town Common

Amherst Rotary Club: Crocker Farm Playground, First Day Celebration on the Amherst Town Common

Amherst Media:  “Voices from Our Schools”  Superintendent’s bi-monthly program showcasing community members and organizations which support the Amherst Public Schools

A Better Chance (ABC House):  ABC is a national residential high school program which prepares academically talented and highly motivated African American, Latino, Asian, and Native American students from educationally underserved school districts for college and future leadership roles in the broader community. Since the program began, over 100 students have attended Amherst Regional High School which offers a rich college preparatory curriculum and a diverse array of extracurricular and sports activities. Graduates have attended more than 50 colleges and universities.

Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Hampshire County: BBBS provides one-to-one mentoring relationships to local children in need of positive adult influence and friendship. Supervised by a staff of professional case coordinators, volunteers spend time weekly with a child for at least one year developing a positive, trusting, and enriching friendship. A special person, such as a "big brother" or "big sister" can often be the one factor that can change the destiny of a child's life, providing the resources and encouragement to become a productive and healthy adult.
Center for New Americans: Community-based education and resource center for immigrants and refugees in the greater Amherst areap.

The Collaborative for Educational Services: Assists educators to become more effective by working together to reflect and create school-wide solutions to their instructional challenges. We help districts collaborate with each other to put resources where they’re needed most: back in the classroom.

Farm to Table: A partnership between Czajkowski’s Farm and ARPS/Whitson’s Food Service providing locally grown and healthy produce to ARPS students each day. The goal of this program is to provide fresh produce in school meals while educating students about the importance of supporting the local community and being environmentally responsible.

Five Colleges, Inc: A nonprofit educational consortium which promotes the broad educational and cultural objectives of its member institutions

Five College America Reads Tutor Program:  A collaborative effort of college administrators from five area campuses, and the Five Colleges, Inc. office, which strives to insure that all children in the community are reading independently by the end of the third grade. Enlisted students from Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts have joined together in the America Reads/America Counts Program to help area schools and agencies serving elementary age children to obtain math and reading tutors at no cost.

Interfaith Opportunities Network (ION): Lay interfaith network that strengthens communication among participating religious congregations for education and collaboration.

Jones Library: Crocker Farm Reading Program, Massachusetts Children’s Book Award, Summer Reading Program, Children’s Music Series, Every Child A Reader

Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN): A national coalition of multiracial, suburban-urban school districts which study achievement gaps that exist in their districts

School Reform Initiative: National network of school leaders and teachers committed to improving student achievement through collaboration and professional learning communities.

Town of Amherst LSSE: After School Programming at all Amherst elementary schools

Town of Pelham: Arts Lottery Grant

 

American Society for Engineering Education
Amherst Fire Department
Amherst Police Department
Amherst Regional High School Booster Club
Amherst Regional High School Friends of Performing Arts
Amherst Regional High School PGO
Amherst Regional Middle School FSP
Carnegie Mellon University
Coalition of Essential Schools
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
Crocker Farm Elementary PGO
Deerfield Teachers' Center
Ecological Society of America
Exxon-Mobil
Five Colleges Astronomy Club
Five Colleges Physics Club
Fort River Elementary PGO
Framingham State College
Geneticist-Educator Network of Alliances
Greater Boston School Leadership Network
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Institute for Training & Development
Institutional Biosafety Committee of Amherst College
Massachusetts Medical Society
National Environmental Education Foundation
National Science Foundation
Office of Northwestern District Attorney, David Sullivan
Office of MA Representative, Ellen Story
Pelham Elementary PGO
Ronald McDonald Charities
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Education Institute
Scientific Reasoning Research Institute
Stop & Shop A+ Bonus Program
Target Department Stores Take Charge of Education Program
Technology in Education Partnership
Town of Amherst
Town of Leverett
Town of Shutesbury
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
Wildwood Elementary PGO
Youth Action Coalition

Thank you to all individuals who generously contribute to our schools.