By G. Michael Dobbs
Feb. 1, 2013
http://www.thereminder.com/localnews/holyoke/mentoringprogramsh/

HOLYOKE — Mayor Alex Morse benefitted from having a mentor and he thinks others young people from the Paper City could benefit as well.

Morse announced a proclamation that made January in Holyoke as “Mentoring Month” at a press conference on Jan. 28 at Holyoke Health Center that focused on several mentoring programs that are already operating in the city as part of Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP), a statewide organization.
Eileen Cavanaugh, the executive director of the Boys and Girls Club referenced the pilot program her organization is running with students from William Dean Technical High School in conjunction with the Holyoke Health Center (HHC) as an example. The Dean Tech Career Pathways Mentoring Program matches students who are in the health careers program at Dean Tech and places them with mentors from HHC.

By Mike Plaisance, The Republican
on January 09, 2013 at 8:47 PM, updated January 09, 2013

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/holyoke_high_schools_get_20000.html

HOLYOKE — Dean Technical High School and Holyoke High School will share a $200,000 grant for science programs and equipment.

The grant is from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, an agency in Waltham the state Legislature established in 2006 to promote such science.

At Dean, the grant will help pay for robotics-related equipment used in engineering, biology and technology classes. At Holyoke High, the grant will pay for a marine biology course and related equipment like aquariums, said a press release from the Collaborative for Educational Services.

By Mike Plaisance, The Republican

http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2013/01/holyoke_youth_football_celebrates_spectacular_season_with_awards_dinner_at_dean_tech.html
on January 01, 2013

HOLYOKE — Holyoke Youth Football players, cheerleaders and families celebrated the end of the 2012 football season at Dean Technical High School recently.

More than 300 people attended the banquet on Nov. 8 to congratulate the players and cheerleaders, who are in grades two to eight, on a “spectacular” run in the Suburban Amateur Football League, said Mark A. Lubold, Holyoke Youth Football president.

Peewee and senior football teams made the Super Bowl and the junior team went undefeated in the regular season, he said.

“It was hard fought season and the kids can all be proud of their effort and sportsmanship,” Lubold said.

Dean students in the culinary arts program run by Marty Fullwood cooked up more than 80 pounds of meatballs, pasta, salad, homemade rolls and cake for the event, he said.

“The kids cooked all day and some stayed late to help us serve the kids and their families,” Fullwood said. “It was a great Holyoke event.”

Holyoke, MA

October, 2012

The Holyoke Community College Foundation has been awarded a $200,000 grant from Urban Research Park CDE to launch a technology career pathways program in partnership with Dean Technical High School and the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center.

The collaborative project, called Career Pathways in Technology for Holyoke, is designed to enhance technology education for Holyoke and area residents by establishing a CISCO Academy at Holyoke Community and Dean, while leveraging educational opportunities through the new computing center.

Classes are expected to begin in January, with the program in full operation at both Dean and HCC by next September. One of the goals of the program is to create an educational pathway from Dean Tech to both the credit and non-credit opportunities available at HCC and ultimately into the workforce or toward further educational opportunities.