Teacher of the Month: Mary QuintoBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
06:28AM / Saturday, February 10, 2024 | |
Mary Quinto has been teaching at Clarksburg School for 11 years. CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Clarksburg School prekindergarten teacher Mary Quinto has been selected as the February Teacher of the Month. The Teacher of the Month series runs for the next three months in partnership with Berkshire Community College. Quinto has spent her entire career working at Clarksburg School. She started as a kindergarten teacher 11 years ago. "I love everything about teaching. It's hard to name just one thing, but I think my favorite thing is just getting to spend my days with four year old kids who are so energetic, and so full of wonder and excitement >> Read More |
North Adams School Committee Takes Slow Roll on Greylock ClosureBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:33PM / Wednesday, February 07, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Committee delayed discussion Tuesday on closing Greylock School until more information could be provided by the administration. The Finance & Facilities subcommittee is recommending closing the deteriorating building that is set to be replaced by a new school in 2027. School officials say a number of factors are being considered in accelerating the closing — declining enrollment, the building's physical condition and, not least of all, a looming $2.4 million budget deficit. Closing Greylock is estimated to save around $1.2 million. "We are presented with basically three scenarios. One was status >> Read More |
MCLA Receives American Institute of Physics Grant | 08:01AM / Tuesday, February 06, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.—Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) announced it has received $110,351 from the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Foundation through its TEAM-UP Together Expanding Expertise, Championing Excellence & Leadership (TUT EXCEL) program. Over the next two years, this funding will advance the College's efforts to increase its African American physics student enrollment, increase African American students' sense of department belonging, and introduce systemic changes to the physics bachelor of arts degree program to ensure positive outcomes for the department's African American students. "The Physics Department is >> Read More |
School Subcommittee Recommends Closure of Greylock School By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:27AM / Tuesday, February 06, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The schools' Facilities and Finance subcommittee is recommending that Greylock School close at the end of this school year. School officials say a number of factors are being considered in accelerating the closing — declining enrollment, the building's physical condition and, not least of all, a looming $2.4 million budget deficit. The city is currently pursuing a school building project to replace Greylock with a new $61 million structure at same location to open in fall 2027. At that time, Brayton Elementary will close. The subcommittee began discussions last week as administrators laid out a preliminary proposal to >> Read More |
McCann Second Quarter Honor Roll| 11:15AM / Monday, February 05, 2024 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The following is the list of students for the Q2 McCann Honor Roll. High Honors Name YOG Name YOG Name YOG Name YOG Astorino, Shaun 2024 Boyer, Alexander 2025 Anderson, Abigail 2026 Boulger, Curtis 2027 Auger, Kelson 2024 Bressette Jr., >> Read More |
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