BArT Announces First Quarter Honor Roll | 07:57AM / Monday, October 30, 2023 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology (BArT) Charter Public School has announced the students who made the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2023-2024 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." Academic courses at BArT are aligned with the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks for the appropriate grade level and include all standards deemed necessary for a complete, college-preparatory, middle and high school education. Students in Grade 6 who >> Read More |
Pittsfield District Improvement Plan Focused on LiteracyBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:40AM / Monday, October 30, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The district's 2023-2024 improvement plan is focused on instruction with a goal of widespread literacy and reading comprehension. "We all agreed that literacy had to be our focus," Superintendent Joseph Curtis said. "That students not only being able to read fluently but to be able to comprehend and write about their understanding of the text that they read is an incredibly important not only skill that we want our students to have in school but incredibly essential set of skills for life." On Wednesday, the School Committee accepted the plan. By the end of the school year, the goal is to have at least 70 percent >> Read More |
Teacher of the Month October: Ashley ScherbenBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
01:29PM / Saturday, October 28, 2023 | |
Ashley Scherben has been teaching at Morris Elementary for 12 years. LENOX, Mass. — Morris Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Ashley Scherben has been selected for the October Teacher of the Month. The Teacher of the Month series runs for the next seven months in partnership with Berkshire Community College. Scherben has been teaching for 15 years starting out as a substitute in the Pittsfield Public Schools. She got a job teaching at Morris 12 years ago and since then she has not only had an impact her students but on the community that she serves. Scherben said she is fortunate to be teaching at Morris because although it has >> Read More |
Mayoral Candidates Talk Future of Pittsfield SchoolsBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
02:36PM / Friday, October 27, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mayoral candidates Peter Marchetti and John Krol weighed in on issues that face Pittsfield Public Schools during a Berkshire NAACP forum on Monday. The district is in the midst of a restructuring study to determine its physical and educational future, with school consolidation and new grade alignments being possible outcomes. Marchetti, the current City Council president, said that as a product of Morningside Community School, he knows the challenges of learning in an open space classroom. This is the layout of the city's two community schools Morningside and Conte Community School, where the forum was held. Upon taking office, he >> Read More |
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