PHS Students Showing Love With Art Show and FundraiserBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
07:36AM / Sunday, January 28, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield High School students are spreading the love with an art show and fundraiser before Valentine's Day.
The "For the Love of Art" exhibit will debut at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts on Friday, Feb. 2, from 5 to 7 p.m., showcasing students' midway senior portfolios, drawings and paintings, photography, and ceramic works. The show will stay up for one week.
It is the artists' way of showing their passions while helping others.
"It is a mid-year senior portfolio where the kids are going to present their sustained investigations, their portfolios that they've been working on which is essentially the concentration
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BCC Offers Variety of Community Workshops | 10:24AM / Friday, January 26, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Workforce Development and Community Education department at Berkshire Community College (BCC) announced five 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. Monday-Friday, February 19-23, 10 am-2 pm $145 Join us for a fun and educational five-day course designed for preteens and teens, focusing on essential life skills. From mastering kitchen basics to stitching a button, managing money, exploring effective communication >> Read More |
Pittsfield Public Schools Undertake Safety, Security ChangesBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:23AM / Friday, January 26, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD. Mass. — A presentation on emergency and safety practices was made to the school community on Tuesday, showing some changes that have been or will be made in the coming year. The presentation was done over Zoom and open to the public. The new systems are designed to improve security and access to security information and material. The upgrade to the security system started three years ago so it now has interior and exterior cameras in all the schools as well as the buses. Eric Lamoureaux, emergency and safety coordinator, said. "I think we also should share that those cameras are in the common spaces, hallways of our >> Read More |
Central Berkshire's FY25 Draft Budget Up $1MBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
06:14AM / Tuesday, January 23, 2024 | |
DALTON, Mass. — The Central Berkshire Regional School District is anticipating a 3.35 percent increase to its operating budget for fiscal 2025, which translates to nearly a little more than $1 million over this year. This year's budget is $30,301,466, and next year is forecast at $31,315,659, a difference of $1,014,193. Prior to presenting the draft at the Jan. 11 meeting, Superintendent Leslie Blake-Davis emphasized that these initial projections may change because there are still a lot of unknowns surrounding it, including health insurance and the governor's budget. "This budget for us is really an ever-evolving process. Budget for us begins at the >> Read More |
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