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Miss Hall's School Graduates 60 Students| 12:45PM / Thursday, June 04, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Sixty students, including sixteen from Berkshire County and nearby communities, graduated on Sunday, May 31, during Miss Hall’s School's 2020 graduation. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the program this year was held online, with students and their families from around the globe joining via Zoom. The event, which was also live-streamed, included remarks from Board of Trustees President Nancy Gustafson Ault, MHS Class of 1973; Head of School Julia Heaton; Senior Class President Ria Kedia of Pittsfield; and School President Ayla Wallace of York, Pa. Actress Jayne Atkinson, selected by the class as its speaker, sent special words of wisdom to the
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UPDATED: Preschool, Kindergarten Registrations Scheduled Around County| 12:03PM / Thursday, June 04, 2020 | |
 Berkshire County schools are scheduling and re-scheduling preschool and kindergarten registration dates and procedures for the 2020-21 school year. Schools can send their information to info@iberkshires.com to be included on this list.
All students, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or homelessness, have equal access to the general education program and the full range of any occupational, vocational programs offered by public school districts. Clarksburg Clarksburg parents can now begin to register their youngsters for. Children must be 5 years old as of Aug. 31. Call the school office at
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Pittsfield High Announces Class Speakers & Top 10| 01:09PM / Wednesday, June 03, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mary Hines, president of the Pittsfield High School class of 2020, will speak at the PHS' virtual graduation ceremony on Sunday, June 7. It is PHS tradition that the class president addresses the senior class. The event will be aired by Pittsfield Community Television at 1 p.m. Throughout her high school career, Hines has been involved in a variety of clubs and school organizations. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Class Council, and girls varsity basketball team. Hines will be attending Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, as a double major in political science and in media and culture. In addition to the class 0 Comments
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Pittsfield High Schools Set June 7 for Virtual Graduation| 10:20AM / Tuesday, June 02, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Public Schools will hold virtual graduation ceremonies on Sunday, June 7, for Taconic and Pittsfield high schools. And, if conditions improve enough from the novel coronavirus pandemic, Superintendent Jason McCandless hopes to present diplomas to the class of 2020 in person on July 18. The virtual ceremonies will be aired on Pittsfield Community Television on Channel 1302 on Spectrum Cable, and on YouTube. Pittsfield High School's graduation will air Sunday at 1 p.m., and the Taconic High School's program will begin at 2 p.m. on the same day. "The accomplishments of the class of 2020 are 0 Comments
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Nine Williams College Seniors Win Fellowships to Study at Cambridge and Oxford| 10:07AM / Tuesday, June 02, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College has announced the winners of the Dr. Herchel Smith Fellowship for graduate study at Cambridge University’s Emmanuel College, the Martin-Wilson Fellowship for graduate study at Worcester College at Oxford University, and the Donovan-Moody Fellowship for graduate study at Exeter College at Oxford University. The seven seniors awarded the Herchel Smith Fellowship are Tania Calle, Nicholas Goldrosen, Grace Kromm, Jake Rinaldi, Crispin Jay (CJ) Salapare, Suiyi Tang and Meklit Tesfaye. Joseph Moore was awarded the Martin-Wilson Fellowship, and Emmie Hine was awarded the Donovan-Moody Fellowship. Calle, a political science major from
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BArT Grad: 2020 Not a Dream Year, Not 'a Freak Show'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:26PM / Saturday, May 30, 2020 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — At a time when most are thinking of limitless potential and endless possibilities, BArT senior Will Schrade invited his classmates to embrace mediocrity. Perhaps not forever, but at this particular moment, as the class of 2020 huddled around their computer screens in quarantine instead of gathering in a gymnasium bursting to capacity, the concept of "good enough" has a certain appeal, Schrade argued. He was one of four Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School students to provide "senior reflections" during Saturday's hourlong graduation exercises, the first virtual high school graduation in Berkshire 0 Comments
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MCLA Innovation & Entrepreneurship Challenge Announces Three Winners| 08:22AM / Saturday, May 30, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Although this year's MCLA Innovation & Entrepreneurship Challenge, held May 4-8, was a virtual affair, the college community still came together to view and vote for the three finalists' pitches. The finalists, all seniors who pitched their business ideas via video, were David Flight, Kimberly Granito and Sierra Lamonde. The students were coached through a series of deliverables — determining the solution to the problem, developing a budget and business plan as the roadmap for the project or business, and presenting before a panel of judges. Granito’s "Detailing Dream" won first place, which came with a $7,500 award.
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BCC Graduates Recognized in Remote CommencementBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:03PM / Friday, May 29, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Any other year, the graduates of Berkshire Community College and their friends and families would be filling The Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox. But instead of taking the stage, speakers stood alone in front of a backdrop. And instead of being handed their certificates and diplomas, the more than 200 graduates' names were read as their pictures were shown. What didn't change was the ceremony's broadcast on Pittsfield Community Television, allowing at least a virtual coming together of the BCC community to mark their significant accomplishments. President Ellen Kennedy reminded those watching how commencement celebrates not just 0 Comments
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College Leaders Talk about Lessons Learned from COVID-19 CrisisBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:54AM / Monday, May 25, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Higher education is learning lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic that it will inform their operations long after the crisis has passed, a group of top administrators agreed on Friday. "I had begun to think about the ways in which the modalities of teaching that remote learning offers can infuse and enrich some aspects of teaching, without suggesting that we would move in any way to a fully remote learning platform or even a largely remote platform," Williams College President Maud Mandel said. "There are aspects of the modality of remote learning I think faculty have found to be enriching of their teaching, and that's one area that I 0 Comments
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County's Colleges Train Workers for Post-Pandemic EconomyBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:52AM / Saturday, May 23, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The county's institutions of higher education are ready to do their part to help their students navigate their way through a post-COVID-19 economy. On Friday, the presidents of Berkshire Community College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Williams College and the provost of Bard College at Simon's Rock participated in a virtual town hall hosted by 1Berkshire. Johnathan Butler led the hourlong conversation, which focused largely on how colleges are adapting to the current closure of their physical campuses and making plans for the fall 2020 semester. But at one point Butler asked how the schools are situated to help address 0 Comments
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