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MSBA Chief Tours Mount Greylock Regional HighBy Stephen Dravis, Williamstown Correspondent
04:24PM / Wednesday, November 28, 2012 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The head of the Massachusetts School Building Authority says the Mount Greylock Regional High School needs to do a better job showing community support for a new building.
On Wednesday, the district was off to a good start.
Jack McCarthy was in town to tour the outdated junior-senior high school and offer feedback on the district's most recent failed attempt to get into the funding process for either renovation or replacement of the 1960s facility on Cold Spring Road.
After touring the building with Superintendent Rose Ellis and state Rep. Gailanne Cariddi, McCarthy participated in a noon public meeting attended by a crowd of about 75 concerned
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Morningside School Pupils to Display Work at Spice Dragon| 10:21AM / Wednesday, November 21, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — IS183, Art School of the Berkshires, announced that the Program Ending Art Exhibit and Completion Ceremony for Morningside Community School's fall semester of Learning Through Arts will be held at Spice Dragon on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 4 p.m. Seventy-three kindergarten to fifth grade pupils created a showcase of 2D and 3D artwork related to their studies in the LTA program, an after-school curriculum-based integrative learning program, at Morningside. Kindergarten: Paper-mache puppetsFirst grade: PyramidsSecond grade: Nature journalsThird grade: Story booksFourth, Fifth grades: Sculptural tollbooths exploring visual representation of the classic young 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock Gets 6-Week Reprieve From NEASCBy Stephen Dravis, Williamstown Correspondent
10:07PM / Tuesday, November 20, 2012 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional High School's accrediting agency has given the school until the middle of January to provide a "special progress report" explaining why its accreditation should not be revoked.
Because of many outstanding issues with the condition of the aging school building, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges last year warned the district that its accreditation might be pulled.
A NEASC delegation visited the school last month and two weeks ago sent the district a letter asking it to submit a progress report by Dec. 1. At Tuesday's meeting of the Mount Greylock School Committee, District Superintendent Rose Ellis and newly elected 0 Comments
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Local Colleges Announce Financial Aid Programs| 09:47AM / Tuesday, November 20, 2012 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - The financial aid offices of Berkshire Community College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Williams College announced the upcoming schedule of Berkshire County high school financial aid programs. Program highlights will include a discussion of financial aid concepts, the application and delivery process, an update of federal, state and college financial aid programs and an in-depth review of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and application forms. Parents and students who are unable to attend their own high school program may attend another presentation in a neighboring community on an alternate date. Programs will be hosted by 0 Comments
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County's High Schoolers Swarm BCC To Learn About STEM JobsBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
12:35PM / Friday, November 16, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Students from every county high school got a chance on Friday to see what science career paths are available right here in the Berkshires.
The sixth annual STEM Career Fair saw nearly 500 high school students browse displays from 32 exhibitors at Berkshire Community College. The event is put on by the statewide STEM Pipeline Network and is intended to show students possible career paths in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
"There are some really great STEM jobs here in the county," organizer Julie Hannum said as students swarmed the display booths Friday morning. "You may decide to go away to college but you can come back 4 Comments
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Mildred Elley Pittsfield Moving to New Campus in 2013| 09:55AM / Friday, November 16, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mildred Elley Pittsfield is one of the first new tenants of the former KB Toys building at 100 West St.
The career-training school announced on Thursday during an event for faculty, staff, students and community partners that it is relocating its campus by early 2013. The move is not expected to affect the current class schedule and officials said it "will be seamless for all students."
"This is a win-win situation for both our students and the community, said Faith Takes, president of Empire Education Corp. and Mildred Elley. "This will allow us to expand our campus and provide a state-of-the-art learning environment for our 0 Comments
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College Notes: November 2012| 04:47PM / Thursday, November 15, 2012 | |
BURLINGTON, Vt. — , daughter of Krista and Todd Lincoln of North Adams, is one of the organizers of the annual Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week, Nov. 11-16, at Saint Michael's College. Lincoln, a senior biology major, graduated from Drury High School before coming to Saint Michael's in Burlington.
For at least the last decade, Saint Michael's students have erected a crude wooden structure in the middle of the campus green, and have taken shifts to inhabit this "shack" day and night for a week, this time from Sunday, Nov. 11 to Friday, Nov. 16.
"The purpose," the students wrote, "is not to simulate homelessness-but quite the opposite ...
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Pittsfield Athletes Want To Connect Children With Sports EquipmentBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:24PM / Thursday, November 15, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A few weeks ago Gregg Levante and a few friends were playing in a men's hockey league at the Boys and Girls Club and met some young children in awe of the game. The children said they would love to play but couldn't.
The city resident and his friends assumed they didn't know how to skate and were ready to help teach them. But then they realized the children couldn't play because they couldn't afford the equipment, league fees and rink time.
Playing all levels of sports together, they knew how old equipment can pile up, and they know a lot of the teachers and coaches in the city, so they figured there had to be a way to match up children whose families couldn't afford 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Council Approves Budget Allocation for Teacher RaisesBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
02:03PM / Wednesday, November 14, 2012 | |
 The City Council approved an appropriation of $256,000 to fund a newly negotiated contract with the teachers union.PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council voted 9-2 on Tuesday night to appropriate $256,389 from its free cash to the 2013 school department budget to pay for salary increases negotiated in a recent settlement agreement with its largest teachers union.
The additional allocation comes as the result of increases stipulated in a new contract agreement between the public school systems and the United Educators of Pittsfield.
"It is what I consider to be a very good contract, with great improvements in it," said Mayor Daniel Bianchi.
Councilor Barry Clairmont, who along 0 Comments
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Richmond Pupils Honor Veterans at LuncheonBy John Durkan, iBerkshires Staff
04:00PM / Friday, November 09, 2012 | |
 RICHMOND, Mass. — The staff and pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade pupils of Richmond Consolidated School hosted a luncheon honoring the town's veterans on Friday afternoon. About 30 veterans walked into the festive cafeteria and were introduced by the sixth-graders, who seated and asked each veteran what branch they were in and where they served — data that was written on a sticker with the veteran's name and stuck to a map based on the service location. Pupils from every grade participated in the event. Eighth- and fourth-graders circled the cafeteria interviewing the veterans, asking them what branch they served in, when they served and how military 0 Comments
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