North Adams Seeks Extension on MSBA Study AgreementBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:25AM / Wednesday, January 17, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Building Committee is asking for an extension of the timeline of the $61 million Greylock School project. The idea of an extension has come up several times over the past year in terms of meeting the design and funding deadlines. "We will be requesting a feasibility study agreement extension and the logistics of that are being discussed with the MSBA as to exactly how much time we would request," Matthew Sturz of Colliers International, the owner's project manager, told the committee on Tuesday. The project to build a new Greylock School entered the schematic design module after the feasibility study was >> Read More |
Berkshire Organizations, Schools Awarded Mass Cultural Council Grants| 08:53AM / Tuesday, January 16, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mass Cultural Council announced the 299 recipients of the Fiscal Year 2024 STARS Residencies grants. This $1,502,450 investment will place teaching artists, scientists, and humanists, into schools, bringing cultural enrichment to more than 32,000 Massachusetts students. "Connecting young people to creativity and a broad range of cultural experiences helps students develop essential skills that set them up for future success," said Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director, Mass Cultural Council. "The academic enrichment provided through STARS does exactly that by challenging students in new ways and encouraging them to tap into their >> Read More |
Drury High School to Host End-of-Semester Showcase| 10:42AM / Friday, January 12, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On behalf of the Drury Portrait of a Graduate Student Team and Drury staff, North Adams Public Schools families and community members are invited to attend Drury High School's first annual End of Semester Showcase. The showcase takes place on Jan. 23 from 11:30AM–2:00PM at the school. The showcase will offer audiences an understanding of what Drury students have learned during their Project-Based Learning courses, and the types of academic content they've explored. End-of-semester work from Project-Based Learning classes will be presented and displayed by Drury students. Students will also share a video presentation >> Read More |
BArT Theatre Presents 'She Kills Monsters' | 11:00AM / Thursday, January 04, 2024 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — BArT Theatre presents, "She Kills Monsters," by Qui Nguyen. The dates of the performances are: Friday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are available to purchase online at this link. According to a press release: "She Kills Monsters" tells the story of Agnes Evans, an average woman who loses her parents and little sister Tilly in a car accident. Having been very distant from her sister while she was alive, Agnes >> Read More |
Berkshire Athenaeum's 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten| 08:00AM / Thursday, January 04, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Families with young children are invited to join the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library. The Library will host a launch party on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, from 10:30 am to noon for families with children ages 0–5. 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a free nationwide initiative encouraging regular reading habits in families with children five and under. The program is based on research that reading is an early indicator of academic success and the more books children under six have read to them, the more prepared they are to learn to read upon reaching >> Read More |
North Adams Public Schools Art Teacher Wins Award| 02:08PM / Wednesday, January 03, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — This fall, the North Adams Public Schools (NAPS) District Arts Integration Specialist, Leslie Appleget, won the 2023 Outstanding Community Arts Education Collaborative Multidisciplinary Award from stateside arts collaborative Arts|Learning. The award was conferred at Arts|Learning's 36th Annual Champions of Arts Education Advocacy Awards in November at Boston Renaissance Charter School. Appleget is the only award recipient in the 2023 award cohort to represent arts education work based in Berkshire County. According to a press release, this award recognizes arts educators who have developed a model of arts education collaborative between >> Read More |
Roots Teen Center Hires Executive Director| 10:47AM / Wednesday, January 03, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — ROOTS Teen Center has hired Amelia Wood as the new Executive Director. In this new position, Wood aims to meet the interests and needs of teens by creating partnerships with Northern Berkshire school systems and local organizations, artists, and collaborators. Wood, a North Adams native, graduated from Drury High School and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, where she studied Fine & Performing Arts and Sociology. Wood spent the last decade in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her early career was focused on early childhood art and museum education. Roots Teen Center is located on 51 Ashland St. Roots Teen Center, founded in 2015, was >> Read More |
Gun Safety Resolution OK'd in North Adams SchoolsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:20AM / Wednesday, January 03, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee on Tuesday reorganized for the new term, heard updates on a number of issues and approved a gun safety resolution promoted by the Be SMART campaign. Mayor Jennifer Macksey is the chair of the committee because of her office but the vice chair is elected by the committee members. David Sookey was unanimously elected vice chair on the nomination of Richard Alcombright. Sookey had nominated Alcombright and Emily Daunis nominated herself; all nominations were seconded. Tara Jacobs was absent. Daunis said she was interested in expanding her role but recognized Sookey was nominated by Alcombright, who has been >> Read More |
NBSU Super Retiring at End of 3-Year ContractBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:42AM / Thursday, December 21, 2023 | |
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — John Franzoni will stay superintendent of the Northern Berkshire School Union for the next three years. The union's School Committee agreed on Monday to a contract that will see the Franzoni through June 30, 2027, when he plans to retire. He was hired by the school union in 2018 to replace the retiring Jon Lev. Franzoni was principal of Brayton Elementary School in North Adams, and had been an administrator at both Greylock and the former Sullivan schools and athletic director at Drury High School. Franzoni requested a 3 percent raise in each of the next three years, the same as his current contract, along with a four-week >> Read More |
North Adams School Building Committee Looks Forward to Design DetailsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:52AM / Wednesday, December 20, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The "fun part" of designing a new school is about to start at the first of the year for the Greylock School project. The Massachusetts School Building Authority's board unanimously approved the school district's preliminary plans on Dec. 13 and has invited it into the next module: preferred schematic design. The proposed project would replace the existing Greylock Elementary School and Brayton Elementary School with a new consolidated facility for 240 students in kindergarten through Grade 2, plus pre-kindergarten, at the existing Greylock site. Superintendent Barbara Malkas told the School Building Committee that they >> Read More |
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