Central Berkshire Schools Summer Meal Program Feeds Hundreds By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:21PM / Thursday, August 07, 2025 | |
Meals packed and ready to go. Nearly 12,000 breakfast and lunch meals were served in July. DALTON, Mass.— Central Berkshire Regional School District helped feed hundreds of kids this summer thanks to its new Summer Meals Program. In the month of July alone, the district served 11,410 meals to families with children under 18, said John Tranfaglia, food service director. "The summer meals program that we started has been phenomenal. We've provided almost 12,000 meals so far and the work that food service is doing to prepare the meals and distribute them is outstanding. We're definitely providing a needed resource for the community,"
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Berkshire Community College Welcomes Community to 65th Anniversary Fest| 02:04PM / Tuesday, August 05, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College is turning 65, and the entire Berkshires community is invited to join the festivities at Community Fest, happening Saturday, Aug. 16, from 10 to 4 on the main campus. Admission is free, but registration is recommended. More than 60 activities are planned, ranging from live music and food trucks to workshops, exhibits, athletic tournaments and family-friendly events. Community Fest offers a wide range of interactive experiences and exhibits: Food trucks all day, featuring food for purchase from local favorites like BB's Hot Spot, Copsicle, KJ Nosh, Krispy Kone and La Chalupa y La Enchilada Beer & wine garden opens
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Central Berkshire Cell Phone Policy A 'Gamechanger'By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:41PM / Sunday, August 03, 2025 | |
DALTON, Mass. — Officials say Central Berkshire Regional School District's cell phone policy has been a success In 2023, the district updated its cell phone policy to prohibit use during school hours to ensure that the use of cell phones or other electronic devices by students and staff does not interfere with learning. To accomplish a cell phone free learning environment the district has been utilizing Yondr pouches in the middle and high schools. The pouches make cell phones inaccessible to students but allows the students to keep phones in their possession. According to school staff and parents, the policy and the Yondr pouches have been a complete gamechanger, Assistant
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BMS Announces Talent and Merit Scholarship Recipients | 10:19AM / Saturday, August 02, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Music School announced the 2025-2026 Talent and Merit Scholarship recipients. Students who are accepted into the Talent & Merit Scholarship Program benefit from up to 100 percent tuition assistance. Last year, BMS awarded over $35,000 in Talent, Merit, and Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarships. BMS continues to take Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarship applications on a rolling basis, with enrollment open in August. The BMS Scholarship Program, which includes the Talent & Merit Scholarships and the rolling Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarships, remains integral to its mission of allowing students to learn and grow in >> Read More |
Central Berkshire Names New Wahconah Principal By Staff Reports,
01:10PM / Friday, August 01, 2025 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The principal of Southwick Regional School has been tapped to lead Wahconah Regional High School. Serena Shorter's appointment was announced on Thursday by the Central Berkshire Regional School District. She starts in the district on Aug. 18. Shorter has close to 30 years of experience in education, including as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, and principal. According to a press release from Superintendent Michael Henault, Shorter was the only finalist from two rounds of initial interviews by a search committee composed of 16 members representing teachers, administrators, families, community members, and School >> Read More |
BCC to Offer Front End Web Development Course | 09:04AM / Friday, August 01, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) has added Front End JavaScript Fundamentals, a hands-on coding and user interface design experience. The 12-week course, presented in partnership with Can Code Communities, will be held virtually on Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 15-Dec. 10, 2025, from 5:45-8:45 p.m. Students will build a solid foundation in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and collaborative version control tools like GitHub. Trainees will also complete a group project. This course may especially appeal to graphic designers and aspiring app developers ready to take their careers to the next level. Scholarships, including free course >> Read More |
Create an Ad: Imperial PoolsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:37PM / Wednesday, July 30, 2025 | |
LENOX, Mass. — Fourth-grade students at Morris Elementary School participated in our Junior Marketers Create an Ad series. Just weeks ahead of summer vacation, students in Ashley Scherben's class brought their daydreams of the cool pool under the hot summer fun to life as they created advertisements for Imperial Pools. In their drawings the students demonstrated family fun, which is what pools are all about, said Keith LaFrance, owner of Imperial Pools. Richard LaFrance opened Imperial Pools in Adams in 1963 and moved the business to Lanesborough a decade later. In 1986, it expanded for a third time, constructing its present building at 760 Cheshire Road in
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BCC to Celebrate 65 Years| 10:52AM / Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) invites all for a free Community Fest 2025, celebrating the College's 65th anniversary, on Saturday, Aug. 16 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The celebration will take place on BCC's main campus, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield. Community Fest honors BCC's accomplishments over the years, from new academic buildings and programs to an accessible quad and a new One Stop Enrollment Center. Community Fest includes Build a Bear workshops (the first 200 children can build a free BCC Falcon stuffed animal), a "touch a truck" activity, face painting, arts and crafts, a community >> Read More |
Teacher of the Month: Cindy DickinsonBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:48PM / Saturday, July 26, 2025 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — School is out, but learning continues at Hancock Shaker Village. For the past 10 years, Cindy Dickinson has served as the museum's education director, developing engaging educational materials for the museum's visitors, which has earned her the iBerkshires.com Teacher of the Month designation. The Teacher of the Month series, in collaboration with Berkshire Community College, will feature distinguished teachers nominated by community members. You can nominate a teacher here. "I'm proud to reflect a 65-year tradition of educating the public … I've always loved museums growing up, and as I became interested in >> Read More |
Pittsfield School Committee Delays Flag Policy VoteBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:33PM / Friday, July 25, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee needs more time with the proposed flag policy before a vote.
On Wednesday, they forwarded it back to the policy subcommittee for more discussion. Legal counsel was concerned that allowing "flags commemorating significant events or causes consistent with the school district's official sentiments" could open the doors for a lawsuit.
"We can say this isn't a public forum, but if the School Committee gets to put up whatever it wants to, and nobody else can, I think we're open to charge that we're giving preferential treatment to certain political or policy perspectives," Chair William Cameron
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