College Advisor of New England

Adam Metsch of College Advisor of New England of East Longmeadow and student advisee Samantha “Sam” Grodsky, a Sr. at Longmeadow HS, will discuss the college application process now facing many high school seniors and their...

Amherst Cinema

“See Hear and Feel Film” teaches 3rd graders the importance of visual literacy.  We visit the Amherst Cinema where they saw 1100 children from through out the Pioneer Valley visit recently....

MA Commission for the Blind

Janet LaBreck, Director Mass Commission for the Blind, created an award winning internship program that supports over 60 blind college students in job sites each summer. Also our guests: Ron Gallagher, Director, Region 1 (Western MA) Commission for the Blind. Luis...

We Still Live Here

Anne Makepeace will discuss her documentary “We Still Live Here: As Nutayunean” telling the story of Native American linguist Jessie Little Doe Baird and her efforts to save the native language of the Wampanoags which had not been spoken for over a...

Care Center of Holyoke

The Care Center is an alternative education program for pregnant and parenting teens who have dropped out of high school. Currently, between 70 and 85 percent of Care Center students who leave The Care Center with their GEDs go on to college....

Berkshire Museum

Carrie Saldo will discuss the 27th annual Festival of Trees at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield with Van Shields, museum director, and Donna Krenicki, co-chair, Festival of Trees committee. Shields, the museum’s newly appointed executive director will also...

In-Depth: Education (part 2)

Carrie Saldo sits down with Susan Hollins, Superintendent of Schools in Greenfield to discuss the “Virtual School at Greenfield”.  They are in their second year and this was the first Virtual School in the state....

In-Depth: Education (part 1)

Connecting Point Correspondent Carloee McGrath visits a few towns through out the region and talks with school administrators, finance people and parents to find out how different cities and towns are handling the cuts that had to be made to their budgets and how this...