Greylock School Project Garnering Interest From BiddersBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:47AM / Thursday, December 18, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A recent walkthrough of the Greylock School site turned out more interest than expected, which school officials and project managers hope will translate into multiple bids. The project includes the demolition of the 60-year-old elementary school and the construction of a new two-story school directly to its north. "We don't always expect a lot of them to show when a building is going to be demolished. There's not a lot for them to see," said Tim Alix of Collier's International, the owner's project manager, told the School Building Committee on Tuesday. "But just putting eyes on the site, seeing where the >> Read More |
RFP Ready for North County High School Study By Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
04:01PM / Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The working group for the Northern Berkshire Educational Collaborative last week approved a request for proposals to study secondary education regional models. The members on Tuesday fine-tuned the RFP and set a date of Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 4 p.m. to submit bids. The bids must be paper documents and will be accepted at the Northern Berkshire School Union offices on Union Street. Some members had penned in the first week of January but Timothy Callahan, superintendent for the North Adams schools, thought that wasn't enough time, especially over the holidays. "I think that's too short of a window if you really want bids," he >> Read More |
BArT Student Recognized for Superior Academic Achievement| 02:03PM / Friday, December 12, 2025 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) announced student Emily M Rivenburg from North Adams has been selected to become a member of the organization. The Society recognizes top scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, scholarship, and community commitment. The announcement was made by NSHSS Co-founder and President James W. Lewis. "On behalf of NSHSS and our co-founder Claes Nobel, a member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes, I am honored to recognize the hard work, passion, and commitment that Emily has demonstrated to achieve this exceptional level of academic excellence," said Lewis. "Emily >> Read More |
Candidates Sought for Vacant North Adams School Committee SeatBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
02:59PM / Friday, December 05, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee is seeking candidates to fill a vacancy on the committee. Letters of interest should be submitted to Bobbi Tassone, administrative assistant to the superintendent, at btassone@napsk12.org by 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6. The School Committee and City Council will hear from candidates and vote for the new committee member at the council's regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13. The schedule presented by Mayor Jennifer Macksey was approved at the School Committee's meeting on Tuesday. The successful candidate will fill the four-year seat won by Chelsey Lyn Ciolkowski in the Nov. 4 election. >> Read More |
North Adams Schools' Food Service Being Spotlighted by DESEBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:07AM / Thursday, December 04, 2025 | |
A photographer from DESE captures an employee serving lunch. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The public schools' food service department is being featured in a video by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The marketing department at DESE visited Drury High School the week of Thanksgiving to showcase the district's farm-to-school food initiatives and look at student attendance. Food Service Director Thomas Lark, in a presentation to the School Committee on Tuesday, said the district is in line for grant funding, but he couldn't release details just yet. "We did secure some grant funding to do some farm-to-school >> Read More |
Drury High School Announces Winners Of John And Abigail Adams Scholarship| 08:14AM / Wednesday, December 03, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Drury High School announced that 13 students from the Class of 2026 have earned the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship. This merit-based award grants recipients a tuition credit for up to eight semesters of undergraduate study at any Massachusetts state college or university. To qualify for this scholarship, students must achieve both an Advanced score on one of the MCAS assessments in English Language Arts, Mathematics, or STE subjects (Biology, Chemistry, Introductory Physics, or Technology/Engineering) and earn Proficient or Advanced scores on the other two assessments and rank within the top 25 percent of their district, based on combined >> Read More |
North Berkshire Secondary Schools Study Group Hones RFP to Find ConsultantBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:16AM / Sunday, November 23, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Northern Berkshire Secondary Sustainability task force Tuesday finalized the objectives it wants addressed in a study it plans to commission this winter. Representatives from three North County school districts plus the school union serving elementary schools in Clarksburg, Florida, Rowe and Savoy met for about an hour and a quarter in a City Hall conference room to craft the request for proposals they plan to issue to education consultants. The group of administrators and school committee members from North Adams, Hoosac Valley, Mount Greylock and the North Berkshire School Union agreed to meet again on Tuesday, Dec.9, at 4:30 to finalize the >> Read More |
McCann Tea Room Provides Real World Culinary ExperienceBy Breanna Steele, iBerkshires Staff
06:54AM / Saturday, November 22, 2025 | |
The fall entrees include Philly cheese steak sandwiches and chicken Parmesan. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Culinary students at McCann Technical School are serving up delicious meals for the community while learning essential skills. The McCann Tea Room opened for its 64th year this fall. It offers a lunch menu to the public twice a month during the school year. Offerings range from baked stuffed shrimp and chicken Parmesan, to soup and salad, and grilled sandwiches. The students learn essential skills that will aid them in a career in the food industry. "Our students are learning a lot of sanitation and safety skills that they'll carry >> Read More |
North Adams ADU Challenge Winners Focus on Cost, SustainabilityBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:48PM / Monday, November 17, 2025 | |
Jenny Wright of the North Adams Partnership explains the challenge at the awards ceremony on Nov. 6 at Hotel Downstreet. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sustainability, aging in place and cost effectiveness were the focus of the winning ADU designs in the North Adams Partnership's Small & Smart Design Competition. Grace Perrault and Ryleigh Holland of McCann Technical School, and Ruth Estien Garcia of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst were the top student designers. Estein Garcia of Springfield, an architecture student at UMass, said her experience working with older people had really informed her light-filled design, which incorporated >> Read More |
MCLA Shows Off Mark Hopkins' Needs to Lieutenant GovernorBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:26PM / Saturday, November 15, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The outdated lockers are painted over, large air conditioners are in the windows, and professors are still using chalkboards and projectors in the classrooms. The last significant work on Mark Hopkins was done in the 1980s, and its last "sprucing up" was years ago. "The building has great bones," President Jamie Birge told Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, as they stood in a third-floor classroom on Friday afternoon. "The envelope needs to be worked on, sure, but it's stable, so it's usable — but it just isn't usable in this form." The "new" Mark Hopkins School opened in 1940 on >> Read More |
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