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Mount Greylock Likely to Stay with Winter/Spring Vacation WeeksBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
02:44AM / Wednesday, February 19, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — It likely will be at least another year before the Mount Greylock Regional School District considers a move away from the traditional February and April vacation schedule. And it looks like a switch to a single week off in March may not be in the cards at all. Superintendent Kimberley Grady last week presented a tentative 2020-21 academic calendar to the School Committee for its consideration. As drafted, the calendar would stick to the familiar practice of a week off starting with the Presidents Day holiday in February and another commencing with Patriots Day in April. The committee has in the past discussed whether it made sense to switch 0 Comments
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Preschool, Kindergarten Registrations Scheduled Around County| 04:03PM / Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | |
 Berkshire County schools are starting to schedule preschool and kindergarten registration dates 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. Hoosac Valley The Hoosac Valley Regional School District will be conducting a developmental preschool screening for all Adams and Cheshire 3- and 4-year olds on March 16 and 17 at the
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BCC Hires New Faculty, Staff, Reorganizes Staff Positions| 03:29PM / Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has hired new faculty and staff on campus.
Dr. Emily Williams has been hired as special assistant to the Human Resources director. Williams holds a master of arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Ph.D. from Clark Atlanta University. She received a certificate in management and leadership in education from Harvard University. Williams has worked in academia since 1990 in various capacities as provost/vice president of academic affairs, academic dean, department chair, and tenured professor. She was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in the early 2000s to the University of the West Indies (Mona Campus, Kingston). Williams
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BArT Announces Second Quarter Honor Roll| 12:50PM / Sunday, February 02, 2020 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School has announced the students who made honor roll for the second quarter of the 2017-2018 school year. Students who earned 80 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "Honors." Students who earned 90 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "High Honors." Grade Six Kobby Asare, Cole Leggett, Brooke McKeon, Garcia Mongue, Eduardo Mottos, Rowan Weber, and Andy Zheng. Josafeena Bell, Bishop Casey, Frederick Grant, Dareen Hage, Alonna Hall, Audrey Larkin, Hailey Loynes, Emerson Maloney, Nicholas Martinez, Vincent Miksic, Levi Miller, Camryn
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Pittsfield to Begin Community Discussion About Police in Schools By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
04:19AM / Thursday, January 30, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city will begin a discussion on the role of police officers in the public school system. The City Council had a lengthy conversation Tuesday on a petition put forward by Ward 7 Councilor Anthony Maffuccio in regard to filling the vacant resource officer position at Reid Middle School and agreed that the city needs to have a wider conversation about police officers in the classroom. "That is a much bigger discussion that I think is worth having, and I do think that it will require a lot of community input and community engagement," Mayor Linda Tyer said. "I understand both sides of the issue and I understand the anxiety that staff 1 Comment
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MEMA Grant Puts Emergency Medical Kits in Pittsfield SchoolsBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
12:52PM / Monday, January 27, 2020 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — All city public schools will receive backpack trauma kits equipped to handle a multitude of emergency situations. Fire Chief Thomas Sammons alongside Police Chief Michael Wynn and Eric Lamoureaux of the Pittsfield Public Schools announced Monday the delivery of 15 trauma kits that were secured through a Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency grant. "This is a whole approach the city is taking in responding to an active shooter," Sammons said at Fire Department headquarters on Monday morning. "The Police and Fire Department have worked together on active shooter scenarios and these kits have a lot of the same items that we 0 Comments
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Pittsfield School Committee Discuss Master Plan By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
08:34AM / Sunday, January 26, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — There's a sense of urgency to conduct the districtwide master plan for the Pittsfield Public Schools. Mayor Linda Tyer told the rest of the School Committee on Wednesday that she recently toured some of the schools and felt that the district needs to begin the master planning process sooner than later. "I am concerned about the disparity of our school facilities and school buildings as it relates to neighborhoods versus other neighborhoods," she said. "I really hope that the committee can move forward with the school master planning process ... I enjoy spending time in the schools but it reminds me that we have some work to 0 Comments
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BCC Announces Fall Semester Dean's List| 04:48PM / Thursday, January 16, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has announced its fall 2019 Dean's List.
To be eligible for the list, full-time students must have declared a major; completed a minimum of 12 non-repeated, traditionally graded credit hours during the spring semester; and achieved a 3.250 to 3.749 grade point average for Honors, or a 3.750 to 4.000 grade point average for High Honors.
Part-time students are eligible for the list if they meet the same requirements, except that their credit hours may have been completed during the fall and spring semesters of one academic year.
Massachusetts Allison Armata, Rebekah Baker, Madeline Zelazo
Grace Kelley
Michaela Larkin, Kia
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Pittsfield School Committee Reorganizes By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
02:32AM / Tuesday, January 14, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield School Committee will see little change in its governance after reorganizing last week. Superintendent Jason McCandless handed the gavel to Chairwoman Katherine Yon after the committee unanimously voted to re-elect her as chairman. "I am honored you have the faith in my leadership as we work together for the Pittsfield Public Schools," Yon said. Daniel Elias was elected vice chairman and William Cameron was elected clerk. Yon took a moment to welcome newly elected School Committee members Mark Brazeau and Alison McGee. Yon said Brazeau has three children who went through the school system and 0 Comments
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Williams Libraries Receives Collections from Celebrated Poet, Scholar| 01:39AM / Tuesday, December 31, 2019 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams Libraries has received collections of books, manuscripts and record albums documenting the life and work of one of America' most influential poets and scholars: Sterling Allen Brown, a Class of 1922 graduate of Williams College.
Brown's family made the donation to the Williams College Archives, where the materials will be preserved, cataloged and made accessible to researchers in Special Collections. The gift includes Brown's personal library, manuscripts, photographs and sound recordings, providing deeper insight into his legacy, especially his devotion to the development of a literature about authentic Black folklife.
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