Miss Hall's School Completes 'Historic' Fundraising Campaign| 12:01PM / Sunday, January 21, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall's School (MHS) has completed a $75 million campaign to support girls' and women's leadership, teaching excellence, and new programs and buildings on the School's historic campus. The Be Bold campaign, the largest in the School's 125-year history, raised $75.9 million from more than 2,250 donors, enabling Miss Hall's to invest significantly in reimagining its academic and student life programs, while also preserving and re-shaping its Olmsted-designed, 80-acre campus. "The Be Bold campaign has empowered us, marking an extraordinary moment in Miss Hall's School's collective history," said Head of >> Read More |
BCC Holds Pinning Ceremony for Nursing Graduates | 04:00PM / Friday, January 19, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) held a traditional pinning ceremony for 28 graduates of the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) Program on Thursday, Jan. 18 at the Robert Boland Theatre on the main campus. The wearing of the school pin symbolizes the right to serve others, signifying the acceptance of the responsibilities of the practice of nursing and the educational preparation of the wearer. The ceremony is a time-honored nursing school tradition dating to the turn of the twentieth century. The gold center of the pin features the college seal, including the words "To travel hopefully." Three graduates received >> Read More |
Pittsfield Public Schools' Arts Integration, Community Partnerships Programming | 10:40AM / Wednesday, January 17, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield Public Schools (PPS) announced a new and district-wide Arts Integration (AI) and Community Partnerships (CP) program. In his first year in office, PPS Superintendent Joseph Curtis envisioned a district-wide arts integration program that would provide the districts' roughly 5000 students and 500 faculty with equitable and embedded access to Berkshire County's vast cultural resources in alignment with the PPS District Improvement Plan and Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan, while synchronously targeting grade level Common Core Standards, and social emotional learning. Yvette "Jamuna" >> Read More |
Berkshire Museum Announces STEAM Programs for Preschool-Age Children| 12:00PM / Tuesday, January 16, 2024 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Museum announced a partnership with the Pittsfield Coordinator Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) Grant, funded by the Department of Early Education and Care, and in collaboration with Berkshire County HeadStart. This collaboration aims to bring enriching and accessible programming to families with preschool-aged children through the WeeMuse STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) program at no cost. The program follows a theme-based approach where families engage in a variety of activities at 5 discovery stations, each representing Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Each discovery station >> Read More |
Berkshire Organizations, Schools Awarded Mass Cultural Council Grants| 08:53AM / Tuesday, January 16, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Mass Cultural Council announced the 299 recipients of the Fiscal Year 2024 STARS Residencies grants. This $1,502,450 investment will place teaching artists, scientists, and humanists, into schools, bringing cultural enrichment to more than 32,000 Massachusetts students. "Connecting young people to creativity and a broad range of cultural experiences helps students develop essential skills that set them up for future success," said Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director, Mass Cultural Council. "The academic enrichment provided through STARS does exactly that by challenging students in new ways and encouraging them to tap into their >> Read More |
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