Ordering Classroom Newspapers: Rates, Order Information, FAQ
The Republican's Newspaper in Education program makes newspapers available to accredited K-12 classrooms, literacy centers, and career centers at more than 50% off the cover price. Teachers can now...
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Smith College Professor Justin Cammy remembers Abraham Sutzkever, the most...
Smith’s Justin Cammy said Sutzkever saw the Nazis could not destroy a “perfectly executed poem.” Photo by BRIAN TEDDERJustin D. Cammy, assistant professor of Jewish Studies at Smith College in...
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Holocaust survivors Pola and Samuel Fuchs found happiness in Springfield’s...
Samuel managed to survive Plashow, the concentration camp in "Schindler's List." Springfield residents Pola and Samuel Fuchs celebrate their son Simon's bar mitzvah in 1960. Former Springfield...
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Other Pioneer Valley events for Holocaust Remembrance Day
Anne Frank on PBS; "Defiance" film in Amherst. “The Diary of Anne Frank” will air April 11 on WGBY-TV, Channel 57. This file photo of Anne Frank is from the Anne Frank Center, USA The showing of the...
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Catholic candlelighter Martin Pion of Elms College inspired by others who...
Professor sees many lessons for today in Holocaust. Republican file photoProfessor Martin J. Pion of Elms College in Chicopee Martin J. Pion is director of the Institution for Theology and Pastoral...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 11 provides a time to respect and reflect
Sinai Temple observance recalls what happened before and after the Nazis. Republican photo by MICHAEL S. GORDONRabbi Mark Shapiro of Sinai Temple in Springfield, which will hold a Holocaust...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day: "May their memories instead shine brightly tonight"
Rabbi Mark Shapiro of Sinai Temple in Springfield, asks the murdered be liberated from history. Staff photo by MANON MIRABELLI David Karolinski, grandson of Polish-born Bernice Rosentzweig Karolinski,...
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Vote: Should summer vacation be two months or should vacation be based on 45...
Many students still like their summer beak. Republican file photo by DON TREEGERStudents enjoy a spring day on the campus of Westfield State College. Should vacation be based on 45 days of school then...
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Author says young voters see parties as 'brands'
Study says students don't vote as monolithic group. Associated PressMany young voters in the 2008 presidential election saw a brand they liked in Barack Obama. By RYAN MIGEED, Cathedral High for...
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Talented Teens in the Arts, 2010
This year, we've profiled some 82 students from 22 schools and four dance and music studios. Photo by John Suchocki / The RepublicanDavid G. Sam For the seventh year, The Republican salutes area...
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Newspaper-in-Education feature: A daughter remembers Jewish immigration life...
Hanna Marcus came here with her mother to start a better life in 1949. Photo courtesy of Hanna MarcusHanna Perlstein Marcus and her mother Sidonia Perlstein at the corner of Osgood and Dwight Street...
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The Republican Student of Character Marguerite Pratt awarded American...
Four-year funding worth more than $100,000 for Southwick-Tolland graduate. Republican photo by MICHAEL S. GORDONSouthwick-Tolland Regional High School graduate Marguerite L. Pratt, 18, one of The...
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The Republican's UNlisted board wants teen contributors like YOU!
Writers and artists sought in grades seven through 12. Republican photo by DON TREEGERUNlisted board members meet monthly at The Republican. From left, back row standing, Liam Shea of West Springfield...
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Netherlands' student gets to compare educational systems
Shanna Jansen van Jorksveld surprised by all the after-school activities. Republican photo by MICHAEL S. GORDDONNetherlands' student Shanna Jansen van Jorksveld got to spent five days at The...
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'Youth in Revolt' worth the long read
Book is a fictional series of a teen's diary entries. Republican photoKevin March Many people agree that teenage romances in the 21st century tend to be dramatic, lustful and cruel. Because of the...
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Immigrants often faced hostility upon arrival
Irish, Chinese, Russian Jews all found obstacles to making their home here. Immigrants from the German steamship Princess Irene disembark to the West Side Manhattan pier in 1911. At entry points to...
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A STEP in the right direction
Holyoke after-school program helps kids achieve in and outside school. Holyoke High's Becca Deleporte takes part in the ropes course as a tutor in the Holyoke-based Skills, Training and Enrichment...
View ArticleUseful Constitution Day classroom resources
Teachers, check out these great deas on teaching about the Constitution! Here are some great resources that can help you utilize the newspaper and the media to teach about the Constitution: New...
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Music brought him back to his other culture
Newspaper in Education celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Photo by DAVID MOLNARWilliam Cumpiano, of Northampton has been a luthier for 35 years. Here he is with some of the examples of the guitars he...
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Train ride to servitude: Area author writes about plight of unwanted children
Book chronicles what happened to Judith Kappenman's grandfather. Photo courtesy Sister of St. Joseph Judith Kappenman John and T. Elizabeth Craig Donahue, and their children, Terence, second from...
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