Berkshire Athenaeum's 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten| 08:00AM / Thursday, January 04, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Families with young children are invited to join the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library. The Library will host a launch party on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, from 10:30 am to noon for families with children ages 0–5. 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a free nationwide initiative encouraging regular reading habits in families with children five and under. The program is based on research that reading is an early indicator of academic success and the more books children under six have read to them, the more prepared they are to learn to read upon reaching >> Read More |
Berkshire Athenaeum Teen Winter Party| 12:00PM / Tuesday, January 02, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Join the Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's Public Library, for a Teen Winter Party on Jan. 3, 2024, 3 – 5 pm. Participants 12 – 18 years old can enjoy hot cocoa, treats, board games, cornhole, video games on our Nintendo Switch, gnome crafts, slime making, a photo station, and a gingerbread house decorating contest. Teens will form teams of up to 4 to decorate and/or build their houses and the winning team will receive individual gift cards to different businesses. This event follows a Halloween party held for teenagers at the library in October, called HalloTEEN. According to Ashiya, Teen Advisory Board member, >> Read More |
Richmond Consolidated Students Collect Socks, Food for PantryBy Kim McMann, iBerkshires correspondent
07:27AM / Saturday, December 23, 2023 | |
RICHMOND, Mass. — Students at Richmond Consolidated School recently concluded their annual food drive and sock drive, having collected 578 pairs of socks and more than 1,000 items of food. According to Student Leadership Team coordinator Zachary Houle, a special education teacher, students in Grades 5 through 8 take on the leadership roles of a project that they choose based on the positive impact they believe it will have. "They look for a service project that will impact people right here, around our community," Houle said. For the past few years this project has been a food drive for the South Community Food Pantry at South >> Read More |
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