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Treasurer, MSBA Director Present Award to First-Grader At CrosbyBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
08:09AM / Saturday, June 15, 2013 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — First-grader Esha Zahid won a statewide competition for designing her ideal school but she and her family were unable to attend a ceremony at the State House. So on Friday, state officials brought the ceremony to her.
Treasurer Steven Grossman and Jack McCarthy, executive director of the Massachusetts School Building Authority, visited Esha's class at Crosby Elementary School on Friday to deliver her winnings. The competition asked first-graders from all over the state to draw and write an essay describing their ideal school.
Esha was picked as one of 12 regional winners in the seventh annual competition. Drawing a castle and
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McCann Postsecondary Class 'Benefit' to CommunityBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:01PM / Tuesday, June 11, 2013 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — It was something of a completed circle on Monday night, as Shelby Groves was presented the first Jamie Sacchetti Drennan Memorial Scholarship.
Drennan had stood in McCann Technical School gym just a year before to recieve a lifetime acheivement award for her excellence in surgical technology. A 1981 graduate of the school's surgical technology program, she lost her battle with illness just six weeks later.
"It was very nice. ... I had a couple of my trainers tell me that Jaime had trained them," said Groves, who had done all her training at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where Drennan had worked for 31 years and where Groves will now
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Lenox Memorial Scholarships & Awards 2013| 12:54AM / Tuesday, June 11, 2013 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — The following awards and scholarships were presented on Wednesday, June 5, to the class of 2013 at Lenox Memorial High School. Elizabeth Prescott and Katharine Prescott Hayden Zinchuk Jacqueline Ansel, Kelly Babich, Emily Baisley, Lauren Bartini, Scott Carpenter, Rachel Cogswell, Patrick Conlon, Jennifer Delasco, Jane Fitzgerald, Liam Gennari, Harrison Gregg, Anjelica Jarrett, Amy Kane, Christopher Meczywor, Jordon Newton, Andie Nugent Alyssa O'Brien, Alexander Pratt, Elizabeth Prescott, Katharine Prescott, Aidan Russell, Seamus Ryan, Jeel Shah, Hanna Stringer, Noah Tebben, Andrew Vickery, Sarah Warren, Andrew Woodger and Hayden Zinchuk Jaclyn 0 Comments
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Montessori School Moving Up Ceremony Set for June 13| 12:12PM / Monday, June 10, 2013 | |
LENOX, Mass. — The Montessori School of the Berkshires will hold its annual Moving Up Day Ceremony at the school's Lenox Dale campus on Thursday, June 13, at 10 a.m. The purpose of the event is to offer students the opportunity to celebrate the completion of their previous program level experience and formalize their transition to the next classroom. It also allows for members of the Class of 2013 to reflect on their experiences at MSB and for school administration and staff to bid fond farewells to the students. Students' families, friends and the community are welcome to attend the festivities, which will include a performance by the school band and 0 Comments
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Lenox Graduates Receiving 'Wake Up Call' By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Correspondent
11:19PM / Sunday, June 09, 2013 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Fear can be a powerful motivator. So when Lenox Memorial High School co-Valedictorian Elizabeth Prescott was looking for a motivational message for her classmates at their graduation Sunday afternoon, she found some powerful words. "True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country," she quoted from author Kurt Vonnegut. With a chuckle and a chill, Prescott reminded her 68 classmates that much will be expected of them in the years ahead. But rather than get scared, Prescott urged her fellow graduates to get ready and never stop the growth that was fostered at Lenox
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PHS Class of 2013 Graduate With Memories They'll CherishBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
10:22PM / Sunday, June 09, 2013 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — The graduates of Pittsfield High School walked out of the Shed at Tanglewood on Sunday with high school memories they will cherish forever. The graduating seniors sat next to each other for a final time as the class of 2013 for the afternoon graduation ceremony and some will never see each other again.
"The memories you have made in high school will last in your hearts and minds for a lifetime," Mark Eddy, class president, said in his address to his classmates. "All we can do is pray that we are ready for that big step and that the real world is ready for us. The class of 2013 is going to be a force to be reckoned with."
Eddy said the
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Taconic High School Graduates Told To Be Brave and Go BigBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
08:27PM / Sunday, June 09, 2013 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Taconic High School seniors are ready to "be brave" and "go big." On Saturday, the school district award diplomas to class of 2013 in the school's gymnasium. The class of Taconic Braves have already been brave enough to handle the challenges posed by high school and now it is time for them to face challenges in the next phase of their lives.
"Now it is time to be brave on other fronts. Be brave to approach that first job or that first class in college, make new friends, take new risks, apply yourselves and learn as much as you can. For those of you who may be entering the military, your bravery is an example for
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Greylock Federal Credit Union Awards 13 Scholarships| 09:40AM / Tuesday, June 04, 2013 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Greylock Federal Credit Union awarded 13 college-bound high school students with a $500 scholarship as part of the union's "Treat Everyone Better Than They Expect" scholarship program. Greylock's scholarships are presented to one senior class member from each Berkshire County high school. The Greylock Federal Credit Union "Treat Everyone Better Than They Expect" scholarship is awarded to the students who exemplify positive community spirit and demonstrate respect and concern for their peers. "We recognize the value of a college education, and we support the achievement of those who live by the golden rule 0 Comments
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Williams Graduates Local Students| 07:37PM / Monday, June 03, 2013 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College President Adam F. Falk today conferred bachelor of arts degrees on 16 local graduates at the college's 224th commencement on Sunday, June 2.
The graduates are:
, daughter of Terry Bak of Cheshire and Richard Bak of Lanesborough. Bak graduated cum laude with a major in art.
She was active with the Williams College Museum of Art, serving as president the Student Advisory Board, as a museum associate tour guide, a member of the Arts and Communications Advisory Committee, an instructor for the museum's "Drop in Drawing" program and as ateaching
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Mark Leading Investigation Into Student Loans, DebtBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
12:10PM / Monday, June 03, 2013 | |
 DALTON, Mass. — Colleges across the state are sending graduates off with hard-earned degrees — and mountains of debt. Nearly $1 trillion in student loans are outstanding nationwide and those graduating from Massachusetts colleges carry an average of $27,000 in student loan debt. State Rep. Paul Mark is leading an investigation into ways to reduce that burden.
The Peru Democrat was chosen to chair a five-member joint subcommittee that will spend nearly a year looking at the causes behind rising student debt and ways to diminish it. "The purpose is to find out if there is something to be done on the state level to alleviate the growing problem," Mark
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