A thoughtful approach to student behavior...Part 1

As a community school, we take many important steps to make every student at our school feel valued and cherished. One such step is creating a detailed policy to serve as a guideline for student behavior.

A small three-person committee, made up of an administrator, faculty member, and lay leader, have been hard at work at creating this detailed, intricate, and thorough behavioral statement. There are many directions this policy can take, and when I talk to the committee members who are working on it, I am reassured that we will have a course of action that will embody the LGA mantra of “learning while learning to care.” I want to share with you the first four guiding principles on which this policy is based.

melyShalom (Peace) Students behave in a manner that maintains harmony and harmonious relations throughout the school. We all strive for this basic principle. At LGA, we show our students on a daily basis, in a myriad of places and events, what this means -- whether it is on the playground, when students negotiate play, or in the classroom, when classmates have differing opinions. We teach our students the concept of living, studying, and playing peacefully every day. Students start their day by greeting an administrator, working on the ability to interact in the adult social realm.

cqg Hesed (Kindness) Students are friendly, generous, and considerate of others. Often when prospective families tour our school, they tell us how friendly and warm our students are. This is something our faculty take many planned steps to embody. Our students are taught starting in the Gan the importance of others –- be it through community service, our buddies program, or baking challot on Fridays. They carry the concept of Hesed throughout their career at LGA when they see our community take social action, both locally and globally.

ceak Kavod (Respect) Students show regard for others and for the physical environment of the school. Earlier this year, the entire student body worked with Jonathan Kohrman on a mural that now adorns the side of our building facing the yard. It is beautiful! Students took pride in their work. When our current fourth- and fifth-graders helped come up with the concepts that Jonathan integrated into the design, they wanted to emulate the “learning while learning to care” slogan of LGA. They get what LGA is all about! In first grade, Morah Rana teaches explicitly to her students that everybody has something that they can work on about themselves, and that we must work together as a team. Our first-graders understand what respect means, and you can even sometimes hear students remind one another to be respectful. This policy focuses on this important concept.

zegiha B’tichut (Safety) Students behave to keep everyone in the school free from harm, danger, risk, or injury. This is an important one! If a student doesn’t feel safe in school, then we aren’t doing our job well. The committee will probably spend the most time on this concept. Children are impulsive. While I can appreciate that impulsiveness in many ways, it is also something that I struggle with when working with kids of all ages. We embrace it when children use their energy to think analytically and creatively, and sometimes an impulsive feeling creates really good work. We can all think of times in our own lives when we may have made an impulsive decision that turned out for the best. But impulsive behavior can become problematic when children are playing together, negotiating with one another, or when they aren’t getting what they want at that moment. It is the school’s job to teach children how to handle difficult or tense peer situations effectively. We have great (I daresay amazing) kids at our school who still need to be taught the many ways to interact with one another civilly.

I look forward to sharing with you the last four concepts in my next posting. Have a wonderful vacation.

You've got a friend...

There are many wonderful parts to an LGA education - the high standard of academics in both general and Judaic studies, the powerful ethics-based education and the strong sense of community that a student walks away with. One of the most powerful and meaningful parts of the LGA experience is our BUDDIES PROGRAM. Our youngest students in Kitot Gan and Alef (Kindergarten & Grade 1) are matched up with our oldest students in Kitot Hey and Vav (Grades 5 & 6).

The value of the BUDDIES program can not be underestimated. There are teachable moments at all levels. The faculty create purposeful moments for our students to participate in. Students in 6th grade take their leadership roles incredibly seriously. On Wednesday afternoons, students gather together for an hour to not only get to know each other but to learn together. There is always an aspect of learning that takes place. One afternoon, I witnessed pairs of students spread out all over the classroom and hallway working on creating a giant Noah's Ark. The Gan students were completely engrossed with their older buddy. More than just doing an art activity the students are studying together the story of Noah. They grapple with different concepts and have conversations that are quite inspiring. You wouldn't think that a 5 year old boy and a pre-teen young woman would have a lot to share with one another but they do.

These students eat together multiple times a week. They sit with each other at Kabbalat Shabbat. They read and learn together. They genuinely care about each other. In the morning, as I greet students, our Kindergartners and 1st graders will often be so excited to see their buddies. They are jumping out of their skin. They recant some episode with a lot of pride about how special their relationship is with this older student.

This is another aspect of making a small school seem just a bit bigger. The multi-age aspect of the curriculum really takes that "Learning while learning to care" and makes it real for all involved. Kol Hakavod to all of our students who take their jobs so seriously.

If the walls could talk, they would say...

If you are so lucky to be able to visit LGA, park your car and walk around the side of the building by the playground. You will be pleasantly surprised to notice the beginning of the most beautiful mural our fair city of Northampton has seen in a long time. Thank you to LGA parent and professional muralist Jonathan Kohrman, for our school is soon to be the site of a magnificent piece of giant, colorful art. The most impressive part of the project is that it’s been completely collaborative, involving just about every member of our school -- students and faculty.

This past spring, Jonathan met with members of our admin team and our arts educator, Morah Kitty Marshall to discuss the mural. He envisioned a piece of art that would be not only eye-pleasing but also meaningful, conveying who LGA is and what we stand for. We all agreed that student participation would be a central focus. Moreh Aharon’s third- and fourth-grade (‘09-10) Judaics classes met with Jonathan to discuss which themes to include in the mural. Even after Jonathan’s initial conversation with the classes, the students were still highly engaged, thinking about what would make sense.

Jonathan took the students’ ideas and ran with them. I want to walk through just a few of the highlights of the mural. If you have a moment to check it out, I am sure that you will find other features that spark something within you.

First, a prominent feature is all the Hebrew letters scattered throughout the mural. A sofer (scribe) in the bottom right is creating letters that float in midair, symbolizing that Hebrew is a central part of our school and permeates much of what we do.

Also, notice the sailboat carrying children. Strikingly, one child is lifting another up into the boat, emulating the school’s mantra, “Learning While Learning to Care.” He is giving a helping hand to a friend in need.

And throughout, you’ll see that Jonathan and the students weaved a nature theme into the mural, paying homage to how fortunate we are to live in the beautiful Pioneer Valley.

Does something different stand out to you? I have attached a partial picture for you to take a look at. What stands out to you? I am sure it will spark great conversations.

Every student in the school has been involved in creating the mural; Morah Kitty has dedicated some of her art class time to work with Jonathan. As you walk into the LGA Oolam (Multi-Purpose Room), you’ll see a bulletin board detailing the many steps in the process: First, Jonathan and Kitty divided the entire mural into tiny boxes called a grid system. Students then learned how to trace a specific part of the mural as practice. From there they took it to the mural and finally painted their portion. It is our hope to complete the mural before our long winter sets in.

Thank you to Jonathan and Kitty for all your hard work on this project, and thanks to our students for taking it so seriously. The process that happened here emulates what makes LGA such a special learning environment.

Whispers with chickens...

Last Wednesday, I received the most unbelievable joy in accompanying the LGA Kitah Gan (Kindergarten) over to one of the student's houses to witness a young person's version of kapporot. For those of you who don't know what kapporot is. It is the ancient tradition at Yom Kippur where a person seeks atonement for their sins via a chicken. The chicken from what I understand is waved above a person's head and the following blessing is recited: "This is in exchange for me, this is instead of me, this is my atonement. This Rooster (or Hen) shall go to its death, and I shall enter in and go to a good, long life and to peace."

Now, I am sure some people are thinking how could we teach a class of 5 and 6 year olds about killing another living thing and rest assured nothing was killed last Wednesday. As a matter of fact, quite the opposite happened. We spent the afternoon really respecting animal life!

The Gan faculty taught the kids an age-appropriate version of kapporot. Their lead teacher, Amy approached me about doing this and explained that Rabbi Susan Schnur explained to her a modern-day approach to kapporot which involves whispering things you want to atone for from the past year into a chicken's ear therefore confiding all of your "sins" in a chicken, who the last time I knew would keep your secrets quite safe.

On a beautiful and cloudless day, the entire class caravanned over to their classmate's house in the center of Northampton. Now while I have explained that the valley is more or less a rural place, there are many parts that are quite built up especially nearer to the town center. Houses are close together and you are in the middle of a densely populated neighborhood (for where we live). So there we were traipsing through the back yard to a chicken coop where our confidantes lived.

Mr. W explained to the class about the chickens and allowed the class to pet them. Rabbi Riqi came and helped the kids contextualize what they were about to do. And then one by one, each student (and the adults!) whispered in the chicken's ears. After the confessional was complete, there was a tzedekah box for us to put a few pennies in the pushke. Our youngest students most definitely had an experience they won't forget any time soon. For them, Judaism was brought alive in a completely different way. They interacted with an ancient ritual in a completely age-appropriate yet significant and creative way. Thank you Rabbi Schnur for sharing your ritual with our LGA kindergartners!

I can only imagine the stories those three chickens told each other later that day. I sure hope my secret is safe with them!

The great pumpkin!

When I first moved to the Pioneer Valley, I was living in Amherst which is across the Connecticut River from Northampton. I had a commute of about twenty minutes and would take back roads to avoid the traffic on the main through fare connecting Amherst to Northampton. One late summer morning, I was looking out over the Holyoke Range to one side of me and driving through an arch of corn fields and thought to myself it is awesome to see, smell, and feel the nature surroundings all around me and that we were quite fortunate to have this beauty so close at our finger tips.

Students at LGA interact with nature all during the year. It is just a part of the milieu of what makes this Jewish day school so unique. Two summers ago, a master gardener approached me about having a small garden in the back yard of the school. I jumped on the idea and imagined Kindergarten students frolicking in the garden as they learned about all the different vegetables, fruits and flowers that were planted. I envisioned 5th and 6th graders studying about plant life and having the garden as a real-time laboratory where they would experiment in different ways. I dreamt of art classes designing placards for the garden and spending time just thinking about art amongst the flowers. I imagined 2nd and 3rd graders classifying species of insects and bugs that they witnessed in the garden and finally I could see a 4th grade Judaics class harvesting and picking all the vegetables and making a big pot of soup to walk over to our next door neighbors at the Northampton Survival Center. Well much to my joy and chagrin, some of this happened and some just became a dream!

This year, Amy, our new Kindergarten teacher, approached me about having Margaret, the master gardener come back and help her create a pumpkin patch for her students. This spring, Amy put a call out to our community to help get the garden done. On a beautiful Sunday morning, a whole lot of families arrived ready to dig, till, plow, and plant all with the goal of having a beautiful pumpkin patch for our students. Over the summer, I would walk into school and have the privilege of watching the pumpkins grow and grow.

Last week, right before Rosh Hashanah, our Gan students got the lucky privilege of picking the pumpkins. Pumpkins and gourds of all different shapes and sizes are now sitting in the classroom. Science lessons abound and the eventual cooking and eating the seeds is holding everyones excitement.

Less you think the garden will lay dormant, Morah Caitlin, our Kindergarten teaching fellow and an avid farmer, took our students out and planted a whole bunch of veggies that can grow in the autumn. Who knows we could have quite a nice bounty for Thanksgiving!

Gmar Chatima Tovah! May you be inscribed for a good year!

Nothing like the first day of school...

I start the school year with a renewed interest in blogging. I will attempt to post something once a week.

As a child I remember very clearly the night before the first day of school. There wasn't a lot of sleep happening those evenings. Thoughts would run through my head about all of the exciting things I was going to be doing over the next year. Having a vivid imagination, I would concoct elaborate scenarios about my new teachers, new and old classmates, and the overall blast I was going to have with the routine of being a student again.

Now as the person who leads the charge, I still get that incredible jolt on the first of August when I think about our students coming back to fill the classrooms in not such a long time. The first day of school brings fresh new clothes and supplies, a twinkle in many a students eye, and refreshed and rejuvenated educators ready for another fantastic year of learning.

Most mornings at LGA, I get the opportunity to greet students with a handshake and a Boker Tov (good morning). We look at each other in the eye and get to acknowledge each other in a real way. This past Wednesday morning, our first day of school at LGA, I again walked out and greeted every student. But on that day, I took my time with each student finishing up my duty well beyond the 8:15 start of school, because I wanted to hear every single story that our students had to share with me.

Returning students to LGA are comfortable sharing a quick line and know that it is a unique trait of LGA that I (or another administrator) stand out there no matter what the weather is and focus on them even if just for thirty seconds. New students quickly get into the habit and often by week two no longer need to be cajoled to shake my hand. These kind of one-on-one moments is what make Jewish day schools so special. This personal interaction carries throughout the day for students at LGA because they know that every adult working in the building cares about them on all levels from the top down.

The first days of school signify change in routine. We go from the lazy days of summer back to many planned and plan-full moments. This transition can be hard for everyone. There are new expectations put on us that weren't there when we ended school last year and there are some different routines that we have to get used to. Keeping those thoughts in our mind should help us navigate transitions back to a new school year.

Shanah Tovah u'Metukah. Here's to a sweet and good new year!

The hardest thing about riding is the ground...

About two weeks ago, LGA held its graduation. It was a magical evening and one that none of the 6th graders will forget any time soon. I was moved by all of the speeches but one of them by one of the girls, Dvora P., really stood out. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did listening to it. Made all the hard work feel really good!

The hardest thing about riding is the ground

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This quote means you can’t give up when times get hard. Bumps in the road are like falls from a horse. No matter how much it hurts, you have to pick yourself up, make yourself get going and trek on. Sometimes I have trouble getting back up, but somehow I always manage to do it.

The beginning of my first year at LGA was not my favorite. I was the new kid in 5^th grade. I had never been in that situation before and nobody seemed to like me. I didn’t know many people and the people I did know didn’t seem too excited to be my friend. I was alone at recess and people gossiped about me. Then one day I accepted the fact I was going to school here and if no one was going to reach out to me, I was going to reach out to them. I started hanging out with the two other girls in my class, Becca and Abby, outside of school, and from that point on things got better, a lot better.

And now I have a confession to make. I don’t want to leave. I love the way our class has bonded to each other. We may not always get along, but in the end it’s like we’re one big family. In fact that’s how the whole school is.

I feel like LGA has given me a place to really discover who I am and to grow as a person. A lot of people have told me the school’s not the same when I’m not here. Every time I hear this it makes me feel really good. Many people have also told me they’re gonna miss me; I am going to miss everybody here too.

I am going to JFK next year. I will be going from a school with less than 100 students to one with over 400. I feel ready because of all the social and study skills I have learned here at LGA.

They say you’re not a real cowgirl until you’ve fallen off your horse three times. Believe me, I’m a real cowgirl! Falling lets you know you’ve taken on harder and harder challenges with your horse. It teaches you to roll so you don’t get hurt and trust your horse to protect you. In my two years at LGA I’ve done a lot of rolling and learning to trust the people here to protect me and help me get ready to take on bigger challenges.

Fizz, Slime, Goo, and a hypothesis...

A week ago I had the pleasure of taking part in LGA's first ever science fair. It was enriching on so many levels! Every student in grades 3-6 was required to participate and students in k-2 were given the option and many of them took us up on the offer to show off their scientific prowess.

For the most part this was a home-based science fair but many of our general studies teachers put in hours of time to make sure that their students were ready for scientific success. Earlier in the spring when we introduced the science fair to the students, I didn't know what their response was going to be. Would it be met with disdain? Would teachers get a lot of eye rolling from their students because there was an expectation of outside work over and beyond homework? Would parents buy into this home based project learning? I am glad to say the answers were no, no, and YES!

Science is an important part of the week at LGA and many other Jewish day schools throughout the country. Cramming many subjects into a seven hour school day can often lead to making tough curricular choices and too often science loses out. As head of this school, I want to see all of our subject areas get equal billing but realize that sometimes that just isn't possible.

This is where supplementing the curriculum with home based learning can be key. Parent after parent came up to me and told me that they appreciated the chance and opportunity to work with their child for the science fair. And what work it was!

Students charted, they graphed progress, they hypothesized about potential outcomes, they exprimented with new products and tested their scientific selves to create a fair that was both enlightening for all that attended and a lot of FUN for kids and adults.

Some of the creative science projects included (but definitely not limited to.):

• Can people read mixed up words?
• Magnetic soccer
• How different flowers are related?
• Endothermic reaction
• A dutch rabbi experiment
• The chemistry of slime
• Color changing carnations

We really gave our students an opportunity to explore their passion! Yasher Koach to all of our LGA students. The pictures above are from the science fair. One of the most creative projects came from a 6th grade student who created a hovercraft. It really worked as he lifted his sister up off the ground. The crowd cheered...

We are so GLEEful...

They call Northampton, "Paradise City" for many different reasons. It is quite a unique place to live. The richness of living in an area where there is a plethora of academia has its' privileges. The arts and culture that pervades many different parts of this valley is prevalent everywhere. We get many performers that much larger metropolitan areas don't because of the intimacy of our space.

LGA has taken advantage of this by hosting an evening called A Night Around the Table: Dinners and conversations with local luminaries. It is modeled after Boston's Jewish Community Day School's Matters of Taste. For this annual fundraiser, members and friends of the LGA community open their homes for an evening of delicious food and enlightening conversation in a more intimate gathering of usually 10-20 people depending on the size of the space. The hosts of the events went all out for their guests and provided unique menus.

Last Sunday, LGA hosted nine dinners. This list of acclaimed speakers captured guests minds and hearts in what can be classified as just a "great night out on behalf of LGA" was so impressive:

Lou Cove, executive director of Reboot

John Darnton, Pulitzer prize winning reporter for The New York Times

Rabbi Art Green, a preeminent scholar of Jewish spirituality and mysticism

Fraidy Katz, Performer of classic Yiddish songs

Patricia MacLachlan, award-winning author of picture books and novels for children (including Sarah, Plain and Tall)

Richard Michelson, Prizewinning poet and children's book author, and art gallery owner

Estela Olevsky, Internationally acclaimed pianist

Eugene Pogany, author of In My Brother's Image

Ilan Stavans, cultural critic, who has been dubbed "the czar of Latino culture in the U.S."

The highlight of the evening for me was the premiere of a new LGA pictorial that LGA board member and executive director of Avoda Arts (a national Jewish arts and culture educational organization), Debbie Krivoy and her partner, Jen Einhorn, who is director of marketing at the Clarke School for the Deaf. Shana Sureck who is a new parent in the school and a professional photographer really got the right shots to make this presentation pop! Marla Shelasky, who is LGA's admissions and marketing professional also got a lot of great shots and lent her advise and eye to the final production. It was a collaborative effort. This short 3 minute presentation captures the school so unbelievably well!

It captures the essence of what I am trying to do...build a community school that highlights educational excellence in a Jewish atmosphere.

Thank you Debbie, Jen, Shana and Marla for helping me memorialize the vision. I hope you enjoy the presentation!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTtQzpQL-bE

Tree, tree, beautiful tree...

This past Friday at our Mi dor la dor (Grandparents/special visitors day), I had the privilege of watching for a second year the 1st grade marionette show focusing on fables. Like last year, to say it was outstanding would be an understatement. The amount of effort and time that went into this grand production was clearly apparent. It is so much more than just your typical 1st grade play. Let's just say the kvell factor was high! The marionette show has become a tradition at LGA that is quite unique to our school. There has become a cult following (ok maybe I am exaggerating a bit and I am the only one obsessed with it...) amongst the students and faculty waiting to see what the show will be like.

Starting months ago, Rana, the 1st grade teacher sits down with her students and introduces the class to fables. They read different fables. They learn about what makes a good fable. And finally with much anticipation they hear which fables they will be reenacting for the LGA community.

It would be enough if that was the only part of the show but what happens next is even more special. Each student carefully and meticulously designs their own marionette character. Rana sits down with each child and helps them design and think through what their puppet should look like. It is quite fascinating to watch as each child comes to it with a bit of a different spin. The students discuss costume design. Many of the fable characters are animals and students study about that animal to make sure they depict it correctly.

Rana works with each individual student on their lines. She carefully helps each student analyze and really "get into character." Students learn about what it means to be articulate and to annunciate every line. She coaches each student on specific words to give them the right dramatic flair they need for that just perfect stage presence. One parent of a child with stage freight remarked to me that her daughter who wouldn't take part in last year's Kindergarten group performance easily and with grace was EXCITED to be performing. Her mom credits Rana for giving her child the confidence to succeed.

Kitty, our art teacher works with Rana to design a marionette curtain that is easy for the kids to use and that captures the essence of all of the fables.

On the day of the show, students line up in all black and assemble back stage after many a run through and a dress rehearsal just for preschool students (they are an easy crowd to perform for!) our students excitingly start the show for the large assembled crowd. We are not a school with a fancy sound system and we don't have enough microphones to go around so students need to really project. And project they do...one visitor remarks how impressed he was with the fact that every student spoke clearly and loudly. No small fete for 6 and 7 year olds.

A big factor in the success of this type of production is no doubt our teachers at LGA. Rana and all of the other teachers who create these type of shows with our students give so much effort and time outside of the classroom to make these events memorable for our students. This commitment to our students is another factor that makes our school so different and special. I thank all of them for sharing a vision of educational excellence and creating powerful learning moments.

So why is this posting named, "Tree, tree, beautiful tree...?" you'll have to wait until the end of the production to find out. It's about 20 minutes long but well worth it. You can skip over my introduction. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I do...

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/e41daee166f23efeb2df76583ed6c498/video/13144432

I met Gandhi and Cleopatra (and 17 other famous people yesterday)...

That's right, yesterday I not only met them but I learned about the bravery of Ruby Bridges, I mingled with Eleanor Roosevelt. I heard about the daring life of Amelia Earhart. Met sports greats like Derek Jeter and Jackie Robinson. Learned what made John Lennon and Paul McCartney's music so good. Listened with much intent as Anne Frank, Helen Keller and Florence Nightingale told me their stories of bravery and wisdom. I asked Walt Disney how he became so famous and questioned Alexander Graham Bell about his inventions. I listened to Suzuki. Did some art with Georgia O'Keefe. And finally, King Tut and Homer dropped by to tell us about their famous lives.

Yesterday at LGA, I had the extreme pleasure of attending the 2nd annual 3rd grade Biography Fair. Words can't describe the excitement that was in the building yesterday morning for these 19 students. Our 3rd grade students led by their amazing teacher, Julie, prepared a world-class learning experience for our students integrating almost many different core curriculum areas for our students.

The most gratifying part for me as head of school was that it was so much more than this one brief morning for the students. This was truly a culmination of months of work for our students. Students each started by selecting a person that they wanted to learn about or admired, they then with the help of their teacher found an age-appropriate biography, wrote and rewrote their own biography, thought about how they wanted to present their "characters", researched and planned out their own costumes, rehearsed public speaking and reading out loud to one another, finally the big day came and they each transformed into their new persona.

Wow! That is all I have to say. Our students were lively, fun, engaging, engaged, and overall impressive with their knowledge. The fact that each student could research someone that meant something to them and piqued their interest somehow just shows the high level of engagement that our teachers have with our students. The creativity that our school shows with this type of project-based learning is what makes LGA such a special place.

Who knows who I'll meet next year?!?

Jews really do live there AKA what's this blog all about?

So here goes...this is my first official blog entry. Don't know how often I am going to do this or how brilliant I will be but I thought that I would give it a shot.

What am I going to be blogging about you may ask? Who is this person?

The short answer to the first question is I am going to be blogging about what Jewish life is like in a relatively small yet growing and vibrant Jewish community and the second answer is a much more complicated one.

Yes, they really do exist. Jewish people live outside of urban centers and create vibrant Jewish life.

I hope that people will forward my entries around to others and see that living in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts can be a really great place to be Jewishly. Northampton and Amherst and the surrounding communities are like no place in the states. Really, really unique!

There are many aspects of Judaism that shape my being. I love being Jewish and part of this very dynamic global community. My wife, Rebecca and I moved to Northampton (aka Noho) a year and a half ago because I received the wonderful opportunity to become the head of school at Lander~Grinspoon Academy, the Solomon Schechter School of the Pioneer Valley.

I have a hard job! But it is the most rewarding job in the Jewish world (in my opinion). Down to my core, I believe that Jewish day school education is one of the most important paths to Jewish continuity that we as a community have. Jewish day school graduates are articulate communicators of Jewish life and history. I am not saying that every single graduate has a positive attitude about the experience they had but they have a knowledge base that their Jewish peers who didn't go to day school don't have.

Before I came to LGA, I worked for many years as director of the high school of Prozdor Hebrew High School at Hebrew College in Newton, Mass. It was AMAZING for many reasons. I loved every minute of that school and experience. I helped shape a new generation of Jewish leaders and do believe that when supplementary education is done well, it can be unbelievably life-changing.

So, my blog is going to be about my experience of working in a small Jewish community, life in a small Jewish day school, and the charismatic and endearing characters and experiences that I come into contact with on a daily basis. I hope that I will inspire someone else to want to move to the Pioneer Valley and join our community.

Enjoy! Comment! Forward!