Wild Oats Market Presents Healthy Meals for Hot Summer Nights

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -  Wild Oats Market, a cooperatively-owned market focusing on local and organic foods, will host its second cooking and nutrition class, with local dietitians Deborah Blood and Sheri Iodice, on Thursday evening, June 25, from 7 to 8 pm.

Thursday night’s class will concentrate on easy ways to prepare delicious, healthy dishes for summer dining. “Whether it’s for company, family, or a potluck gathering, summer meals should be simple to prepare. And with all the local foods available at this time of year, there are many creative ways to prepare easy meals made with the fresh, local, organic ingredients found at Wild Oats,” said Deborah.

The class will cover new and different ways to use fresh seasonal produce, quick meals that can be prepared ahead of time, and ways to combine leftovers into delicious and fun family meals. Since summer is picnic season, Deborah and Sheri will offer festive ideas for inexpensive, tasty, health-conscious picnic fare. At the end of the evening, the class will have a chance to sample some of Deborah’s and Sheri’s scrumptious recipes (prepared by Wild Oats).

The evening is free to all. Please sign up at Wild Oats Market, 320 Main Street, Williamstown, or call the store at 413-458-8060.

Wild Oats Market is a member-owned, cooperative-based whole foods market that buys extensively from local and regional natural and organic food producers. One need not be a member to shop at Wild Oats, although membership offers several benefits. The market carries a wide selection of organic and naturally-made products, including: meats, eggs, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, breads, pastas, oils, cereals, juices and chocolate, and has an in-house bakery and prepared foods department. Wild Oats Market also carries healthful supplements and body care products, as well as environmentally-friendly household supplies.
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Williamstown Elementary Principal Making Plans to Use New Math Position

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williamstown Elementary School's principal last week told the Mount Greylock Regional School Committee that the best use of an additional $120,000 in the fiscal year 2027 budget is to hire a math interventionist for the school.
 
Benjamin Torres on Wednesday gave the board an update on the school with a focus on the need to address instruction in mathematics.
 
Those concerns prompted a request from the WES School Council to include the full-time math interventionist position in the FY27 budget.
 
School councils are committees of staff and community members in each building of a regional school district that are charged with assessing and advocating for the needs of individual schools.
 
Although funding for the position was not included in what district administrators characterized as a "level services" budget that it sent to both member towns, some Williamstown parents took their case directly to town meeting, which voted to amend the town's assessment to the district, adding the additional $120,000 to cover salary and benefits for new position.
 
Torres last week reminded the School Committee of the arguments he made for an interventionist when he presented the School Council's report back in February.
 
"My goal is to highlight the amazing growth we've seen with our students and the amazing work being done by our teachers, but also highlight there's a small group of students who are not closing the gaps quickly enough to be prepared to be successful at the upcoming grade level," Torres said. "This is why the School Council has been advocating not just for an interventionist but for a more systematic approach when it comes to interventions."
 
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