This morning’s all school meeting recognized students for the tireless work ethic & dedication to learning in any kind of circumstances with awards, honors and even a short story selection from Dr. Seuss as part of the celebration of Read Across America! #EBERocks @MASchoolsK12
Central Office, Wire Village and David Prouty High School are currently experiencing a power outage. Please be patient with us as National Grid works to restore power. Thank you!
A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change.
So let's all choose to challenge. How will you help forge a gender equal world? Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality. #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021
Please join us in recognizing Mr. Scott Nevers as Knox Trail Middle School’s “Faculty of the Month” for March 2021! Scott lends a helping hand to all; pays attention to details; and communicates well with students all the time! Thank you for all you do, Scott! #KnoxTrailRocks
Take a peak at our March SEL Newsletter.
Thank you to all members of the Spencer Emergency Management Agency for responding so quickly in opening up the emergency shelter this morning at Knox Trail Middle School. Your quick actions and care for the people affected by last evening’s power outages is appreciated.
No School Announcement! This is Superintendent of Schools, Paul Haughey. Due to extreme weather and damage to power lines, the Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School District will be closed today, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. As well, all of administrative offices will be closed. We are taking this action due to a number of power outages and in the interest of safety. Please stay home, off the roads, and remain safe. Thank you.
Dear Students & Families:
Just a reminder, the "Read-A-Thon" starts today and will run for 2 weeks. If you have not already done so, please create your read-a-thon page and log their reading hours. As of this morning, East Brookfield Elementary has $3000+ raised!! #EBERocks
Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history & contemporary society. It is celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom, & Australia, corresponding with International Women's Day on March 8!
Time to fly... #MondayMotivation
Mae Jemison wasn’t just the first African American woman who orbited into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour. She's also a physician, teacher, a Peace Corps volunteer, and president of tech company, the Jemison Group. She continues to work towards the advancement of young women of color getting more involved in technology, engineering, and math careers. #BlackHistoryMonth
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was the first Black general in the American military. He served for 50 years as a temporary first lieutenant at an all-Black unit during the Spanish American War. Throughout his service, Davis Sr. was as a professor of military science at Tuskegee and Wilberforce University, a commander of the 369th Regiment, New York National Guard, and special assistant to the Secretary of the Army. When he retired in 1948, President Harry Truman oversaw the public ceremony. Davis Sr. is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. #BlackHistoryMonth
Ethel Waters first entered the entertainment business in the 1920s as a blues singer, but she made history for her work in television. She was the first African American to star in her own TV show in 1939,and was nominated for her first Emmy in 1962. #BlackHistoryMonrh
Ashley Chevrette is East Brookfield Elementary's “Employee of the Month”
for the February 2021! Ashley has been the Cafeteria Mgr at our school for three years. During COVID, she has been essential & worked to make sure all families in our communities were able to receive meals.
Despite being the first licensed Black pilot in the world, Coleman wasn’t recognized as a pioneer in aviation until after her death. Though history has favored Amelia Earhart or the Wright brothers, Coleman—who went to flight school in France in 1919—paved the way for a new generation of diverse fliers like the Tuskegee airmen, Blackbirds, and Flying Hobos. #BlackHistoryMonth
Alvin Ailey was a dancer, director, choreographer, & activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. His work fused theater, modern dance, ballet, & jazz, creating hope-fueled choreography that spreads global awareness of black life in America. #BlackHistoryMonth
Sheryl Denise Swoopes is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA; was a three-time WNBA MVP; & was named one of the league's Top 15 Players of All-Time. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2016. #BlackHistoryMonth
Reading is a life skill! #Progress #Unity #Knowledge
Thurgood Marshall was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's first African-American justice. #BlackHistoryMonth
Learning about rollercoasters this week! How bout you?#ImaginationSTEAM
