Mohawk Trail Regional School District

Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, 01370

Last updated on July 6, 2025
Grant awarded by
TPS Eastern Region
Region
East
Organization Type
Public School District
Congressional District(s)
1, 2
Fiscal Year Of First Grant
FY 2024 [10/01/23 - 09/30/24]
Contributing Organization(s)
Collaborative for Educational Services, Buckland Historical Society, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, Ohketeau Cultural Center
Organization description

Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional School Districts are combined districts representing 8 small rural towns (Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Hawley, Heath, Plainfield, Shelburne) in rural northwestern Massachusetts. We currently operate 4 elementary schools (Colrain Central School, Sanderson Academy, Buckland Shelburne Elementary, and Hawlemont Elementary) and a 7-12 Middle/High School (Mohawk Trail Regional School). Our district is the largest in the state geographically, with one of the smallest populations. Our district contains a business and tourist district in Shelburne Falls, along with farming, recreation, and the arts.

Project description

Our ultimate project goal is to increase our students’ interest and engagement in their communities. We plan to do this by  engaging teachers around our region in learning about our local history and integrating it into their classrooms across grade levels and subject areas, through workshops where they’ll create or modify classroom activities to involve community stories and organizations. We began in the Mohawk Trail/Hawlemont District with a school-based workshop after which a few brave teachers signed up for a longer project. After working through that process, the workshop was redeveloped for a regional audience. It was run in Spring 2025 with a small cohort and will be running again in July 2025 to finish out the grant cycle.
TPS project focus
  • Academic Courses
  • Curriculum
  • Teaching Materials
  • Workshops
Content focus
  • Civics
  • English Language Arts
  • General Studies
  • Geography
  • History
  • Journalism
  • Library/Media Studies
  • Research
  • Science
  • Technology
Audience
  • Administrators
  • Archivists
  • Artists
  • Classroom teachers
  • Community members
  • Librarians/Media specialists
  • Students
  • Teacher candidates/Student teachers
Level(s)
  • 3 - 5
  • 6 - 8
  • 9 - 12
  • K-5
  • Pre-K - 2nd
Population focus
  • African Americans
  • Low income
  • Native American/Indigenous
  • Rural
Organization Contact
Sarah Jetzon
sjetzon@mtrsd.org
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