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College Notes: July & August 2018| 04:16PM / Thursday, July 12, 2018 | |
Tiffany-Rae Robinson of Dalton was selected as orientation group leader (OGL) for the 2018 Summer Orientation and Registration (SOAR) program at SOAR helps set the stage for academic readiness and successful community integration to Western New England University and leaders help new students transition by providing entering students and parents with information and structure for effective adjustment to the university environment. OGLs are students who have consistently modeled solid citizenship and active participation in the Western New England Community. They are selected for their strong communication skills, their leadership qualities, and their ability to build 0 Comments
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Berkshire Community College Awarded $5.5M for Student Center| 05:20PM / Tuesday, July 10, 2018 | |
 We are here in Westfield to celebrate the signing of our capital investment bond bill worth nearly $4 billion. Included in this plan is $950 million towards public higher education to address the deferred maintenance backlog and to support workforce skills needs. pic.twitter.com/f4T0JxqWr3 — Charlie Baker (@MassGovernor) July 10, 2018 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has been awarded $5.5 million for a project that will transform the first floor of the Field Administration building into a One Stop Student Success Center. Gov. Charlie Baker announced this award on Tuesday at Westfield State University. The funding is part of a five-year $190 million 0 Comments
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McCann Students Collect Can Tabs For Shriners By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
02:30PM / Saturday, July 07, 2018 | |
The students collected some 400,000 can tabs to donate to the Shriners. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – McCann students collected near 400,000 aluminum can tabs and donated them to the Shriners Hospital in memory of longtime Shriner Mark Feder. In just a quick three weeks, McCann students were able to collect approximately 225 pounds of aluminum can tabs to be donated and scrapped to help Shriners Hospitals continue their work. "The students did a real nice job and I am really proud of them," Principal Justin Kratz said. "They stepped up, so we are looking forward to doing it again next year." Mark Feder, who passed away in 2017, was a fixture 2 Comments
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More Drury Student Art Installed on Cascade BuildingBy Rebecca Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:58AM / Tuesday, July 03, 2018 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — This was the seventh year new artwork by Drury High School students has been installed on the side of the Cascade School Supplies building on Brown Street.
"Again we stand here in awe," Cascade President Pete Cote said Monday during a brief ceremony.
This was the first year that Mayor Thomas Bernard was on hand during the ceremony to see the art and a handful of the artists first-hand.
"It's incredible," Bernard said.
And this was the last year that Drury High art teacher Phoebe Pepper posed with the students whom she shepherded through the process and accepted the annual monetary donation from Cascade, which also donates the wood
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BArT Announces Junior Book Awards| 12:18PM / Friday, June 29, 2018 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School presented Junior Book Awards during a ceremony on Friday, June 15, at an all-school assembly.
Ruth Bristol
Darrel Lynch
Thomas Cook
Isaiah Albright
Natalie Celebi
Hannah Stringer
Joshua Doubiago & Johnyce Lanphear-Dyer
Johnyce Lanphear-Dyer
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McCann Receives Almost $200,000 in Grant Funds By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
02:30AM / Friday, June 22, 2018 | |
Superintendent James Brosnan, center, poses with Gov. Charlie Baker and North Adams Mayor Thomas Bernard at Wednesday's grant presentation at Salem High School. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School has received a $195,873 in state Skills Capital Grant funds to purchase new advanced manufacturing equipment. Superintendent James Brosnan was happy to tell the School Committee on Thursday that he recently visited Salem High School, where Gov. Charlie Baker awarded grant. "Had a great day today," he said. "This is really exciting we are flying high." Some $10.9 million was given out to 33 high schools and educational institutions on Wednesday.
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Berkshire Country Day School Holds Grade 8 Awards Ceremony| 04:00PM / Monday, June 18, 2018 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Berkshire Country Day School, an independent school for students in preschool through ninth grade, celebrated its seventh- and eighth-graders at an awards and end-of-year closing ceremony held Wednesday, June 13. Certificates for completing the course of study through eighth grade were presented to Aurora Benson, Symaira Elliott, Donald Miller, and Will St. John, all of Pittsfield; Abbey Boyd of West Stockbridge; Anje Capala of Spencertown, N.Y.; Halle Davies of Lenox; Esme Lazar and Ryan Sonsini, both of Great Barrington; Jamie McDonnell of Old Chatham, N.Y.; Clara Mollerus of Otis; Keely O'Gorman of Lee; Alex Rodriguez-Benjamin and Sean Sylbert, both 0 Comments
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BCC Announces Spring Semester Dean's List| 02:28PM / Monday, June 18, 2018 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has announced its spring 2018 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. Alexandria T. Brandon, Justin N. Kaczowski, Laurie A. McArthur, Sonia M. McWhirt, Kelsy M. Pero
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BArT Announces Fourth Quarter Honor Roll| 02:21PM / Monday, June 18, 2018 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School has announced the students who made honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2017-18 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.
Addison Chen, Terra Lim, Joseph McGovern, Jonathan Nondo,
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MCLA Welcomes New Leadership| 11:40AM / Friday, June 15, 2018 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has appointed four new leaders on campus, to fill new and existing positions.
Dr. Christopher MacDonald-Dennis is MCLA's chief diversity officer, and Gina Puc, Class of 2007, will move from her position as director of admission to assume a new role as the college's dean of enrollment management and community relations. In addition, Robert P. Ziomek, Class of 1989, will return to his alma mater to assume the role of vice president of advancement, and Dr. Emily Allen Williams will be the campus's vice president of academic affairs.
MCLA President James F. Birge said he is thrilled that MacDonald-Dennis, Puc,
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