|
North Adams Elementary Pupils, Storey Publish Book on LeadershipBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
02:05PM / Friday, June 08, 2018 | |
Eleven North Adams pupils participated in the book project. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Storey Publishing unveiled a new book about leadership this week that was written by 11 students from Brayton, Greylock and Colegrove elementary schools. Students involved in the after-school community service learning project program gathered at Storey's headquarters on the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art campus on Monday with family, teachers and Storey staff to reveal "The Road to Leadership" that features biographies on known leaders as well as interviews with local and school leaders. "Kids have a voice more so then we think, and I think 1 Comment
>> Read More |
Drury High Graduates Ready to Make Lemonade Out of LifeBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:08AM / Friday, June 08, 2018 | |
Valedictorian Cady Denning tells the class that Drury has taught them the ingredients they need to make lemonade out of what life throws them. See more photos here. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The class of 2018 first entered Drury High School unsure of what to expect, and perhaps a little disappointed at first. It wasn't anything like "High School Musical," complained class valedictorian Cady Denning. No one was breaking out in a musical numbers in the hallways, no one was dancing on the tables. But what the class did get was preparation for the "so-called real world" among the science experiments, math lessons, music and 0 Comments
>> Read More |
Drury High School Names Valedictorian, Salutatorian for 2018| 04:51PM / Thursday, June 07, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Drury High School has named Cady Aileen Denning and Allison Zoito as the top students for the class of 2018. Both will speak at the graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 7, at 7 p.m. in the high school's gymnasium. Denning, daughter of Donna Brule Denning and of Mark Denning, both of North Adams, has been named valedictorian for the Class of 2018. During her time at Drury, she has taken a full honors course load including five Advanced Placement courses as well as a dual enrollment course offered by Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She has been inducted into both the Nu Sigma and the Pro Merito honor societies and has received several awards 1 Comment
>> Read More |
North Berkshire School Union Offers Superintendent Post to FranzoniBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:24AM / Thursday, June 07, 2018 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The North Berkshire School Union Committee took less than five minutes to select John Franzoni as its next superintendent. Franzoni, principal of Brayton Elementary School in North Adams, was the last of three formal interviews the committee held this week. On Wednesday night, just minutes after he'd left Clarksburg School, the committee voted for him 10-2 on a roll call vote. "It would be a long-term commitment and I'd really like to emphasize it would be my priority if I was able to get this opportunity," Franzoni said in his closing statement. "I have a good 10 years left in my education career, I have experience, 5 Comments
>> Read More |
McCann Graduates Prepared For The World By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
08:55PM / Wednesday, June 06, 2018 | |
Valedictorian Aimee Dowling recalls the good times and the bad at McCann Tech's graduation ceremony on Wednesday night. See more photos here. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The McCann Technical School class of 2018 reflected on memories of the past and were told to go forward with grit and determination. Just over 100 graduates moved across the stage Wednesday during the school's graduation ceremony held in the Amsler Campus Center at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and valedictorian Aimee Dowling felt it was a good time if any to reminisce. "Remember those nights where you were up until 2 a.m. cramming for a project and remember the days sitting 1 Comment
>> Read More |
North Adams Schools Say Goodbye to Longtime Administrative AssistantBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
04:03AM / Wednesday, June 06, 2018 | |
Ellen Sutherland, right, delivering homemade cupcakes in December for a Northern Berkshire United Way donation. She has been a driving force behind the district's donations and was honored last spring for her efforts. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee said goodbye to longtime administrative assistant Ellen Sutherland, who is to retire. At the last regularly scheduled meeting of the school year Tuesday, officials gave Sutherland a proper send-off after almost 25 years of service to the district. "It has really been my privilege to work here but it is time to go," Sutherland said. Mayor and Chairman of the School Committee Thomas Bernard told
6 Comments
>> Read More |
North Berkshire School Union Begins Superintendent InterviewsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:18AM / Tuesday, June 05, 2018 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — North Berkshire School Union 43 began interviews with finalists on Monday in the search for its new superintendent. Heidi Dugal, principal of Gabriel Abbott Memorial School, a member of the school union, answered questions for about an hour on Monday evening after first visiting with staff and parents at a short reception. William Bazyk, superintendent of the Battenkill Valley School Union in Arlington, Vt., will be interviewed on Tuesday night and John R. Franzoni, principal of Brayton Elementary School in North Adams, will be interviewed on Wednesday. Both interviews will be at 6 p.m. at Clarksburg School and are open to the 0 Comments
>> Read More |
Miss Hall's School Graduates 56 in Class of 2018, Community Submission
03:28PM / Monday, June 04, 2018 | |
The private girls' high school included 18 area students in this year's graduating class. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Fifty-six students, including 18 from Berkshire County and nearby communities, graduated on Sunday, June 3, during Miss Hall's School's 120th commencement. Ceremonies took place under a large tent on the front lawn of the school's Holmes Road campus. Vanessa Stair, corporate relations officer for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and a member of the Miss Hall's School Class of 2006, delivered this year's commencement address. Among the Class of 2018 graduates are the following local 1 Comment
>> Read More |
Legendary Newsman Schieffer Tells Williams Grads to Think About Public ServiceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:49PM / Sunday, June 03, 2018 | |
Newsman Bob Schieffer urges the graduates to put their talents to good use by becoming involved in politics for altruistic reasons. See more photos here. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College's Class of 2018 Sunday was encouraged to make the world their classroom and use the ideals that they learn in service to the world. Commencement speaker Bob Schieffer exhorted the grads to dive into public service and reverse what he described as a troubling trend of professionalization in the political class. After telling the story of his first brush with politicians in his Texas hometown in 1948, Schieffer explained that the Lyndon B. Johnson rally he attended as 1 Comment
>> Read More |
Star Power: BArT Graduates Class of 2018By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:33PM / Saturday, June 02, 2018 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — For years, the members of Berkshire Arts & Technology Public Charter School's Class of 2018 walked into school across a sidewalk emblazoned with the school's ubiquitous star-shaped logo. Before walking out of the school one last time on Saturday morning, the graduates heard just how appropriate that logo really is. "Many other elements are inside of us," the school's Executive Director James White told the graduates at the start of Saturday's commencement. "They're in the food that we eat. They're in the drinks that we have. They're in the air that we breathe. "As the years advanced, 1 Comment
>> Read More |
|
|
MEMBER SIGN IN
