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Pittsfield Superintendent to Speak on Schools as Sanctuaries| 11:28AM / Friday, July 07, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Leadership Academy at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts on Saturday, July 8, welcomes Pittsfield Public Schools Superintendent Jason McCandless, who will speak on the topic of schools as sanctuaries, from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. in Murdock Hall. The event is free and open to the public. In his presentation, McCandless will look at the many types of "at-risk" students, the state of at-risk students in the Commonwealth, what Pittsfield Public Schools have done to become more "sanctu-arial," and the special care that immigrant and refugee children require. According to McCandless, because of current affairs, rhetoric and 0 Comments
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McCann Technical School's Freshmen Class Shaping UpBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
01:43AM / Monday, July 03, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School is looking forward to a solid number of freshman this coming school year. Principal Justin Kratz told the School Committee on Thursdsay he is currently looking at applications. "We are going to look at what numbers are, how much room we have left and what we have for incoming freshmen," he said. "The applications are still trickling in and overall we are in good shape for next year." He said there are even sophomores interested in going to McCann. "We have maybe 10 to 12 sophomores looking to come but is trickier for them because shops are not as open as they are for 1 Comment
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BArT Announces New Chair of Board of Trustees| 03:38PM / Friday, June 30, 2017 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — Trustees of the BART Charter Public School elected a new board chair and treasurer, Dianne M. Cutillo and Jennifer Kerwood, and a new trustee, Maura Delaney, at the board's June meeting.
Officers re-elected were Christopher Perkins, vice chair, and Geraldine Shen, secretary. In addition to electing Delaney to a first term of two years, the board approved a third three-year term for Perkins and a second three-year term for Cindy Brown, Cutillo and Kerwood.
"It is a privilege to serve BArT as a Trustee," Cutillo said. "The school's work makes such a difference for area students by helping them achieve academic success and prepare for college
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MCLA Adds Two New Health-Related Majors| 11:52AM / Friday, June 30, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is offering two new major programs in the Department of Biology, a bachelors of science degrees in health sciences and in community health education. These programs will launch in the fall of 2017.
Also starting this fall, the Biology Department will offer two new concentrations — pre-medical professions and pre-veterinary. In addition, new biology faculty members will join the campus in September.
MCLA President James F. Birge said he knew the college had to fast-track its already developing plan for new health care-oriented biology majors after hearing from the Berkshire health-care community about the need for
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Miss Hall's School Announces Head's List, Honor Roll| 12:08PM / Wednesday, June 28, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall's School has announced 47 local students among the 135 girls schoolwide named to the Head's List and Honor Roll for the second semester, which ended May 31.
For Head's List recognition, students must have taken five major, full-credit courses and must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 92, with no single grade below B-plus.
For Honor Roll recognition, students must have taken five major, full-credit courses and must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 86, with no single grade below B-minus. Head's List Jenna Crosier, Pittsfield; Rachel Freedman, East Chatham, N.Y.; Grace Guachione, Pittsfield; Gabriela Keator, Lenox; Mikala
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BCC Announces Spring Semester Dean's List| 12:39PM / Monday, June 26, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has announced its Spring 2017 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.
The following 136 students qualified for High Honors: Massachusetts Michael A. Corkins, Rebecca L.
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More Drury Student Art Added to Cascade BuildingBy Rebecca Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:29PM / Saturday, June 24, 2017 | |
Art teacher Phoebe Pepper poses with one of her student artists at the Cascade building in North Adams. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The masterpiece painting collaboration between Drury High School and Cascade School Supplies has turned a corner. Literally. After five years of large artwork being displayed on the street side of the old Brown Street factory building, two years' worth of slightly smaller but still colorful paintings now hang on the south side of the building along Grimes Street, near Cascade's front entrance. The second row of another 20 paintings was unveiled with a small ceremony on Thursday, marking the seventh year the students of Drury art teacher Phoebe Pepper
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Greylock School Teacher Presented Kelly AwardBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:51PM / Tuesday, June 20, 2017 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The everyone gathered in the auditorium at Greylock School on Wednesday afternoon, primarily for school-led play about the Statue of Liberty.
But as everyone got settled, Superintendent Barbara Malkas informed them that she had a "very, very important announcement."
It was that Michele Rondeau was this year's winner of the Marion B. Kelly Award.
"It is presented to teachers in recognition of their dedicated, skillful teaching and understanding of children and the exemplification of the ideal teacher," Malkas explained before a surprised Rondeau, seated in the back, was singled out.
Kelly had been an educator in the North Adams
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BArT Announces Third Trimester Honor Roll| 01:39PM / Monday, June 19, 2017 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School has announced the students who made honor roll for the third trimester of the 2016-2017 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.
Dion Bianco, Ivan Chen, Zy'Aira Cooper, Felee Davis,
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BCC Pinning Ceremony Recognizes Practical Nurse Graduates| 11:48AM / Monday, June 19, 2017 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Seventeen graduates of the practical nurse certificate program at Berkshire Community College were recognized June 15 during a pinning ceremony in the Robert Boland Theatre of the college's Koussevitzky Arts Center.
Chelise Rondeau
Salina Kiplagat
Megan Mahoney
Yormary Shogren
Angela Colson, Brittany Moore-Lusigan, Lindsay Ostellino
Samantha Andrews
Gregory Martin, Pamela Matson, Railea Rivera, Lesline Rostick
Stephanie Fredsall
Anna Owuor
Shauna Hoffman
Valentina Gavel
Natalya Sevostyanova
Lindsay Ostellino
Gregory Martin
Natalya Sevostyanova
Graduates of the 10-month program are eligible to sit for the Licensed Practical Nurse
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