MCLA's Education Department Offers MTEL Preparation Workshops | 08:10AM / Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Education Department will offer preparation workshops for those considering taking the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) on Oct. 28 and 29. The workshops will be held in an online, synchronous format, with two sessions each day. The first session will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and will cover the test Communication and Literacy, and the second session, held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., will focus on Foundations of Reading. Passing the MTEL is a requirement for teacher licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Each class will focus on a specific test and will be taught >> Read More |
Clarksburg School Applying for Safe Routes GrantBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
08:06AM / Sunday, October 08, 2023 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Clarksburg School is applying a for a half-million Safe Routes to School grant to improve safe access to the Community Center. "Essentially what we're proposing is a safe route from the school to the town field and a crosswalk to the senior center," said Assistant Superintendent Tara Barnes. "That's the evacuation plan ... not that we would ever want an evacuation to happen but if it were to happen, we want the safest possible route for the students to get out." The Community Center is the town's designated emergency center and is located within walking distance of the school. However, there are a >> Read More |
McCann Tea Room Schedule| 08:18AM / Saturday, October 07, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The McCann Tea Room has set its schedule for the remainder of the year. Hours are 10:45 am to noon on: Wednesday, Oct. 18 and Thursday Oct. 19 Wednesday, Nov. 1 and Thursday, Nov. 2 Wednesday, Nov. 15 and Thursday, Nov. 16 Wednesday, Dec. 6 and Thursday, Dec. 7 The Tea Room will reopen in February of 2024 >> Read More |
MCLA Announces Theatre, Music Productions for 2023-2024 Season | 02:00PM / Wednesday, October 04, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Theatre and Music departments announced the 2023-2024 season of performances with four productions including visiting performing artists, guest directors, and student directors in addition to two student concerts. The fall season opens on Nov. 3 with a MainStage production titled "Antigone by Sophocles" translated by Anne Carson and guest director Rudy Ramirez. The show is scheduled to run on Nov. 3-4, 10-11 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. in Venable Theatre. Rudy Ramirez, Benedetti Teaching Artist in Residence, is a director, writer, and teaching artist specializing in >> Read More |
Drury High School Awarded 21st Century Grant for Afterschool Programming| 08:00AM / Wednesday, October 04, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — North Adams Public Schools is the recipient of a federally-funded, competitive 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant, in the amount of $200,000. This grant award will support afterschool and summer enrichment programs for Drury High School students in grades 7-12, which will offer students additional opportunities for academically enriching learning. North Adams Public Schools is the only district in Berkshire County to have been selected for this grant award in order to open a new 21st Century Community Learning Centers afterschool site. Opening a new site at Drury High School will allow the district's students >> Read More |
North Adams Holding Session on School Project Options| 09:47AM / Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The community will have the opportunity to provide input Thursday on the several options for a school building project. The School Building Committee will hold a community/stakeholder engagement focus group in the welcome center at Brayton Elementary School beginning at 7 p.m. The session will also be available through Zoom at this link. There will be a presentation on the designs for the Greylock/Brayton School Building Project and the opportunity to ask questions. A faculty and staff session will be held earlier in the afternoon. The project is at the end of the preliminary design phase. The School Committee has voted to >> Read More |
Drury Class of 1973 Gifts Bench and Plaque to Old High School Community Submission,
11:49AM / Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | |
The bench is located near the former main entrance at Colegrove Park Elementary School next to the nurse's office. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — One of the last classes to graduate from the old Drury High School made sure their time there is not forgotten. The class of 1973 recently held its 50th class reunion and, as part of their celebration, gifted a bench that is located Colegrove Park Elementary School. Colegrove on East Main Street was originally Drury High until the "new" high school was built on South Church Street. The class of 1974 was the last to graduate from there. The bench is in the hall near what used to be >> Read More |
MCLA Ranked No. 7 Top Public Liberal Arts School in 2024 U.S. News and World Report | 08:34AM / Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) has earned the No. 7 spot on the list of Top Public Liberal Arts Schools in the nation for a third year in a row. The College's continued commitment to affordable education and economic prosperity is reflected in the 2024 U.S. News and World Report with additional rankings: No. 1 for Top Performer on Social Mobility in the state, No. 2 in the country, and No. 22 for National Liberal Arts Colleges. MCLA has appeared on U.S. News' list of Top Ten Public Colleges for 9 consecutive years. The College has also been acknowledged in its list of National Liberal Arts Colleges for Social >> Read More |
McCann Tech Awards $2.9M HVAC Building ContractBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
04:07PM / Saturday, September 16, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School officials are hoping to get students into the HVAC technician classrooms by February next year. The School Committee on Thursday night awarded the contract for the 5,800 square-foot building to Salco Construction of Pittsfield, which came in with the low bid of about $2.9 million. Salco has worked on a range of local construction projects from residential homes to larger enterprises such as the Berkshire Museum renovation and Jiminy Peak. Bradley Architects was the designer. McCann received a $3,110,000 state Skills Capital Grant last year to implement the new heating, ventilation and air conditioning >> Read More |
North Adams Schools, NBCC to Host Walk to School Day| 01:04PM / Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — North Adams Public Schools will be celebrating "Walk to School Day," with students, parents, teachers, administrators and local "celebrities", on Wednesday, Sept. 20. "Walk to School" events work to create safer routes for walking and bicycling and emphasize the importance of increasing physical activity among children, pedestrian safety, alleviating traffic congestion, concern for the environment and building connections between families, schools and the broader community. There will be opportunities to walk with "walking school buses". There will also be "park and walk" sites for families that live >> Read More |
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