McCann School Committee OKs Student Opportunity Plan By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
03:34PM / Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The McCann School Committee last week approved a new three-year Student Oppurtunity Act plan that focuses positive school environments, leveraging best practices for students with disabilities and supporting curriculum communication. Principal Justin Kratz said the vocational district had received about $170,000 in extra state funding toward implementing the goals. "As part of that infusion of money into the public schools, they required all public schools to submit a plan of how this extra money will impact and benefit students," he said. "They want to know sort of generally how are these funds improving education in your >> Read More |
North Adams Schools Closing in on Budget GapBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:39AM / Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee will likely dip into its school choice account to close a revenue gap for fiscal 2025. The Finance and Facilities subcommittee was presented with a tentative budget scenario on Monday morning that would pull nearly $600,000 out of the school choice account and raise the city's portion by $100,000. "We have been working very diligently to really maintain our priorities with respect to this budgeting process, which has been to maintain a high-quality, student experience and ensuring that they will still have access to things that are currently part of their educational programming, particularly the arts," said >> Read More |
NAPS Holds Forum on School Closure, New Grade Configuration By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
05:37AM / Friday, March 22, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Superintendent Barbara Malkas answered questions and corrected misinformation in a community forum regarding the closing of Greylock Elementary School. Malkas took the first half hour of the forum Wednesday to present some facts about the budget and financial realities moving the district toward closing Greylock. "I want to start by saying no superintendent, no school committee members, nobody wants to be in this position," she said in Brayton Elementary's Welcome Center. "This is not something we elect to do, it is something we have to do because we need to be financially responsible to our community." Malkas said the >> Read More |
MCLA Announces Tamar Sarai as 2024 Hardman Journalist in Residence| 08:02AM / Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— Writer and journalist Tamar Sarai will deliver the Hardman Journalist in Residence Lecture on Monday, April 8, at 6 p.m., in the Feigenbaum Center for Science and Innovation Atrium. The lecture is free and open to the public. "Tamar Sarai represents a refreshing journalistic practice which our Beacon and Beacon Web News journalism students will find energizing and modern," said MCLA Professor Michael Birch. "Her writing will offer new topics and focus for their learning, as will her emphasis on the power and value of good writing in the service of exceptional storytelling. This will be an excellent learning opportunity for our >> Read More |
Geothermal System Recommended for New Greylock School By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:42AM / Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The new Greylock School may get a geothermal system that could significantly reduce operating costs in the years to come. Jessie Saylor of the project's designer, TSKP Studios, updated the School Building Committee on Tuesday of some of the working group's findings regarding energy efficiencies. Installing a geothermal system, which uses water heated by the earth, is estimated at $2.7 million. But, system could be largely offset by some $2.4 million in federal funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. "The IRA definition of geothermal systems is broad," said Saylor. "It includes incentives for the pumps in >> Read More |
North Adams Holding Forum on Greylock ClosureStaff Reports, iBerkshires
02:50PM / Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The public schools are holding a forum on the closing of Greylock School and the resulting grade configuration for Brayton and Colegrove Park elementary schools. The forum will be held in person onand via Zoom link here. Parents and guardians are encouraged to ask questions and provide feedback. School officials are considering an accelerated consolidation of two of the three elementary schools. The School Committee last fall had approved a grade configuration of a prekindergarten through Grade 2 early education program, a Grades 3-6 upper elementary program and a Grades 7-12 middle and high school level. That decision had been >> Read More |
Summer Course Registration Now Available at MCLA | 08:00AM / Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.—Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) announced that registration for summer class sessions is now open. Registration is open to MCLA students, interested community members, high school students, those pursuing a master's degree, and college students wishing to transfer credits back to their home institution. MCLA is offering two summer sessions, held in-person and online. Session A runs May 20 through June 28, 2024, and Session B runs July 8 through August 16, 2024. The College has more than 50 online courses to accommodate the schedules of working adults, undergraduates, and high school students. Summer classes are >> Read More |
State Wants to Give Clarksburg $1.2M for a Safe Route to the SchoolBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:43PM / Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Clarksburg School asked the state for a $400,000 grant to develop a safe route from the school to the Community Center. The state came back with a different offer — how about $1.2 million and a sidewalk along the entire road? "I have never submitted a grant where they've came back and said we'd actually like to give you more money. We'd like to expand this and we'd like to triple it," Assistant Superintendent Tara Barnes told the School Committee last week. "Never. I've never seen this so I honestly take this as a signal from the state and from the leadership in the state that they would like to >> Read More |
MCLA to Host Two Graduate Program Information Sessions| 03:08PM / Monday, March 11, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — MCLA will host a virtual information session on Thursday, March 14, and an in-person session on Wednesday, March 27 for its Graduate Programs: Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Education (MEd) as well as the Leadership Academy. Potential students will have the opportunity to meet with faculty and staff to learn more about how to continue education in three of MCLA's programs that are designed to support the rising workforce needs here in the Berkshires and beyond. The MBA program offers a broad-based, multidisciplinary education that combines the strengths of MCLA business faculty with those of practicing managers actively >> Read More |
Drury High School Honor Roll | 08:00AM / Monday, March 11, 2024 | |
Drury High School's honor roll for the second quarter of the 2023-2024 school year. Grade 12 Bailey, Abigail Lyn Bishop, Brooke Yvonne Bordeau, Danni Mary Brothers, Marley Elizabeth Catelotti, Daphne Erin Cohn, Anthony Isaac Lee Herrmann, Rachael Lyn Klein, Mackenzie Elizabeth Liang, Jessalyn NMN Merrick, Abigail Rose Miksic, Ferris Alastair Mongeon, Kaitlyn Emily Moresi, Melanie Sage Patenaude, Olivia Marie Wood, Michelle Lynne Worthington, Chandler David Beagle, Jasmine Jade Brulé, Grace Margaret Ciempa, Tatum Leigh Dukes, Mearra Renee Goodermote, Elijah Bowen Hurlbut-Morgan, Emma Jo Kerkhoff, Elise Marie Kingsley, Hailey Patricia Kozik, Kaelyn Deanna Matys, >> Read More |
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