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Clarksburg Sets Vote for School Merger ProposalBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
03:59AM / Thursday, July 18, 2019 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Select Board on Wednesday afternoon set the date for a special town meeting to vote on the next steps toward a school district merger with Stamford, Vt. The special town meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 31, at 6:30 p.m. at Clarksburg School. Stamford last week voted overwhelmingly to continue research on what it would take to merge the two schools. The vote was for the so-called Option 3 — a recommendation by Public Consulting Group and school officials in both towns to fully merge to better utilize both school buildings. That decision, however, raised some protest in Stamford where town meeting voters questioned 1 Comment
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Drury Announces Fourth Quarter Honor Roll| 11:07AM / Monday, July 15, 2019 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Drury High School has announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2018-19 school year. Grade 12 Alicandri, Vincienza Mai; Bolte, Cynthia Ann; Boucher, Sydney Patricia; Callahan, Andrew Chan; Callander, Corey Joseph; Caproni, Abby Kate; Cartmill, Hali Dawn; DeMarsico, Leigha Renae; DiGennaro, McKensie Brooke; Dix, Anna Belle; Gardner, Alana Marie; Giron, Maya Jocelyn; Haley, Kelsey Helen; Holland, Sabrina Marie; Koperek, Yvonne Lee; Lawson, Helen Kathleen; LeSage, Kelby Berk; Macksey, Ashley Lynn; Marceau, Erin Elizabeth; O'Connor, Quinn Joseph; Piekos, Lauren Elizabeth; Scrivens, Nicole Elizabeth; Smith, Abigail Rose; Tatro, Caitlin Rose; Thibert,
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McCann Announces Fourth Quarter Honor Roll| 10:49AM / Monday, July 15, 2019 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical High School has announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2018-19 school year. High Honors Andrews, Mitchell; Beany, Jeremy; Bedini II, Raffaele; Blake, Hope; Brown, Lauren; Cote, Robert; Devito, Cortney; Furlon, Krista; Guiden, James; Knapp, Evan; Marino, Emma; McGrory, Matthew; Parks, Samuel; Rondeau, Caleb; Tetlow, Aubrey; Therrien, Victoria; Vanuni, Kalley.
Blevins, Macie; Canales, Dana; Carpenter, Emma; Charron, Jessica; Daigneault, Casey; Daigneault, Mya; DeBlois, Morgan; Dolle, Allison; Gazaille, Bree; Goodell, Madison; Hardee, Dylynn; Harrington, Vanessa; Howland, Ethan; Kupiec, Kiera; Larabee, Brooke; Levesque, Andrew;
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Stamford Votes to Continue School Merger ProcessBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:02AM / Tuesday, July 09, 2019 | |
William Levine opens the special town meeting with School Board Chairwoman Cynthia Lamore. STAMFORD, Vt. — Stamford voters on Monday gave the go-ahead to continue down the path toward a potential school district merger with Clarksburg, Mass. In a vote of 58-29-1, the special town meeting approved by paper ballot a continuing with Option 3 — a recommendation by the private consultants and the Interstate Merger Committee to create a unified district. Also on a motion by Nancy Bushika, town meeting approved putting funding for the merger research on the annual town meeting warrant should the grant funds run out. Clarksburg's Select 0 Comments
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BCC Announces Spring Semester Dean's List| 11:30AM / Monday, July 08, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has announced its spring 2019 Dean's List.
To be eligible for the list, full-time students must have declared a major; completed a minimum of 12 non-repeated, traditionally graded credit hours during the spring semester; and achieved a 3.250 to 3.749 grade point average for Honors, or a 3.750 to 4.000 grade point average for High Honors. Part-time students are eligible for the list if they meet the same requirements, except that their credit hours may have been completed during the fall and spring semesters of one academic year. Massachusetts Victoria Lehtonen
Jasmine Hyatt, Megan Meczywor, Samantha Rodriguez, Andrea Roya, Keira
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UNICO Awards Scholarships to Berkshire County Students| 11:42AM / Friday, July 05, 2019 | |
 The Pittsfield Chapter of UNICO National and its Scholarship Committee awarded $14,000 in scholarships to local high school graduates who are continuing their post secondary education. The students are: * Sarah Aitken of Pittsfield High School received the Francis Sanginetti Scholarship. Sarah will be attending the University of Massachusetts, where she will study nursing. She is the daughter of Daniel and Tammy Aitken of Pittsfield. * Timothy Clayton of Wahconah Regional High School received the Brian Piccolo Scholarship. He will be attending Endicott College. He is the son of Steven and Kimberly Clayton of Dalton. * Joseph Cracolici of Pittsfield High School received a
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Stamford Advisory Vote on School Merger Slated July 8By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:33AM / Tuesday, July 02, 2019 | |
 STAMFORD, Vt. — Stamford voters will be the first to decide whether to pursue a school district merger with Clarksburg, Mass.; Clarksburg is expected to hold its own special town meeting on the matter by late July. The special town meeting will be held on Monday, July 8, at 7 p.m. at Stamford School. Voters will be deciding whether they want to take the next steps and in form the proposed merger should take. The two small communities — separated by an arbitrary state line — began down the path toward a groundbreaking merger two years ago. The idea was prompted by Vermont's passage of Act 46, a measure designed to streamline governance and 0 Comments
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Three Nursing Students Awarded Fosser Scholarship By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
03:35PM / Monday, July 01, 2019 | |
The McCann School Committee meets in the library on Thursday. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Three practical nursing students were awarded the Fay Ellen Fosser Scholarship. The Fosser family presented Jennifer Feliciano, Michelle O'Brien, and Rachel Seklar with $500 scholarships at Thursday night's McCann School Committee meeting. "We are very proud to be part of this program," John Fosser said. "We get so much out of this when we do this every year and meet the candidates so thank you." Fosser, from Clarksburg, graduated from the McCann licensed practical nursing program in 1976. She worked throughout the county as an LPN and 0 Comments
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BArT Announces Fourth Quarter Honor Roll| 11:27AM / Monday, June 24, 2019 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School has announced the students who made honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2018-19 school year.
Students who earned 80 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "Honors." Students who earned 90 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "High Honors."
Academic courses at BArT are aligned with the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks for the appropriate grade level and include all standards deemed necessary for a complete, college-preparatory, middle and high school education. Grade Six Persephone Clark, Tucker Danylin, Sascha Ehrlich,
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North Adams School Officials Give Superintendent High MarksBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
02:16AM / Wednesday, June 19, 2019 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee on Tuesday gave high marks to the superintendent as she completes her third year leading the North Adams Public Schools. In their evaluation, committee members gave Barbara Malkas marks of proficient in all but one standard, where they gave her an "exemplary" rating. The annual evaluation is given through a standardized rubric focusing on instructional leadership, management and operations, family and community engagement and professional culture. Each standard had subcategories that were marked as unsatisfactory, needs improvement, proficient or exemplary. Malkas provided the documentation to 1 Comment
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