BCC Continues Community Workshops | 10:53AM / Friday, February 16, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Workforce Development and Community Education department at Berkshire Community College (BCC) announces two upcoming workshops open to the public. Preregistration is required; to register for a workshop, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/workshops. All classes will be held on BCC's main campus, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, March 7-April 6 Times vary (visitwww.berkshirecc.edu/workshops for more details) $420 includes textbook Note: After completing the class, students must apply for and pass the state exam to receive a >> Read More |
Wahconah Regional High School Urges Change Through Togetherness By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:26AM / Friday, February 16, 2024 | |
Principal Aaron Robb says the annual event was started in 1998 to address the frequency of fighting between students. See more photos here. DALTON, Mass. — The message of togetherness echoed in the Wahconah Regional High School auditorium during a civility assembly on Thursday afternoon. "Overall, our hope for today is that we could shift our perspective and pause just for a moment to think about the impact of our words and actions on others," Principal Aaron M Robb said. The importance of togetherness and reflection was demonstrated through a presentation, performances, and speakers, including Secretary of Education Patrick >> Read More |
BCC to Hold Open House| 08:03AM / Thursday, February 15, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Learn more about Berkshire Community College (BCC) on Saturday, March 9 from 9-11 am, including a financial aid workshop at 10 am. The event takes place in the Connector on BCC's main campus, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield. Prospective students and their guests are invited to meet one-on-one with BCC representatives from various offices. Participants can speak with faculty about the programs that interest them, take a campus tour and learn about paying for college, transferring to a four-year school, internships and career opportunities. All attendees will receive a breakfast, a discount at the BCC >> Read More |
BCC Students in Nursing Programs Maintain High Pass Rate for Licensure Exam | 08:16AM / Tuesday, February 13, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass —?Berkshire Community College (BCC) reports that its Practical Nursing (PN) students had a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) licensure exam in the 2023 calendar year, while Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) students had a 91.43 percent pass rate for first-time test takers. All 17 PN students passed, and 64 out of 70 ADN students passed. NCLEX uses computerized adaptive testing (CAT) technology to deliver the exam, ensuring a valid and reliable measurement of nursing competence. The passing standard for the NCLEX is the cut point at which the minimum ability is determined to require >> Read More |
FEMA Awards Funds to Massachusetts for COVID School Testing Costs| 08:00AM / Saturday, February 10, 2024 | |
BOSTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $64 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse it for the cost of contracting to provide testing services in public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. The $64,144,440 Public Assistance grant will reimburse the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services for the cost of contracting to provide testing at schools and in public buildings in surrounding communities between February 2021 and June 2022. The contractor provided services which included operations and logistics of pooled testing, training, software, and technical assistance to school personnel. The >> Read More |
Dalton Select Board Approves CBRSD Regional AgreementBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:10AM / Thursday, February 08, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — Central Berkshire Regional School District regional agreement update is closer to being completed. The change to the regional agreement should not be a controversial issue because all the changes are to bring the agreement up to date on state law and how the district is currently run, School Committee Chair Richard Peters said during a Dalton Select Board meeting last month. "It's not changing any of our policies or how we're running the district or any of that," he said. The district is awaiting feedback from some of the seven member towns. Feedback received so far does not require another ad hoc committee >> Read More |
BCC's '40 Under Forty' Winners to be Honored| 11:15AM / Tuesday, February 06, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC), together with partners 1Berkshire and Mill Town Foundation, will honor the winners of its annual 40 Under Forty Awards on Thursday, March 28 at 5 pm in the Robert Boland theater, located on the main campus at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield. Tickets are $75 per person and may be purchased online at www.berkshirecc.edu/40-tix. Proceeds benefit the BCC Foundation, which manages about 180 scholarships totaling more than $375,000 for BCC students and supports a number of programs at the College. 40 Under Forty celebrates talented people in the Berkshires, under the age of 40, who try to improving >> Read More |
Pittsfield Schools Point to Online Resource for Bullying, Peer Conflict.By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:25AM / Monday, February 05, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — School administrators are urging families to use an online resource to report bullying and peer conflict. "We're really trying to promote the bullying reporting form, [so] that families use it, and … even if they can't fill it out themselves, we want to really make sure that families understand that they're entitled to an investigation when they make a claim and an outcome," Superintendent Joseph Curtis said during a virtual school safety meeting last week. This online form improves accessibility to reporting and makes it easier to tack student conflict, Curtis said. The school adjustment counselors >> Read More |
BCC to Host Campus Events to Celebrate Black History Month | 08:08AM / Friday, February 02, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will host a series of student events across campus in February in honor of Black History Month. The College's Student Engagement Center will be hosting these events for students, led by the College's Coordinator of Student Diversity Programs and Belonging, Erica Barreto. Black History Month events at BCC include: • Call and Response: National Freedom Day will take place all month long. National Freedom Day is an annual memorial to the signing of the 13th Amendment by President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Students will learn more about this holiday and take a moment to >> Read More |
Pittsfield School Committee Approves Vocational Admissions Policy, CoursesBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:44AM / Friday, February 02, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The School Committee approved a pilot tutoring program, courses, and the vocational admissions policy for Taconic High School last week.
The Career Technical Education admissions policy has undergone changes over the last several years to eliminate roadblocks for vocational education. The revised policy, which has remained the same since 2021, eliminates criteria aside from residency for acceptance.
"We have had an admissions policy for a number of years and, in 2020, the Board of Education had voted that much of the selection criteria that was being used across Massachusetts, they provided a guidance that would be removed over concerns of
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