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North Berkshire Youth Work Programs Recognize Graduates

By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:23PM / Tuesday, August 14, 2018

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Timothy Durocher spent his summer helping update the city's employee handbook, fixing broken links throughout the city's website and doing research on potential hosts for a new website. Durocher was one of 20 students who successfully completed this year's summer programs that brought young people into participating businesses and organizations to experience not only a work environment but tryout potential careers. "Through our summer work experiences, we learned about the importance of having a solid work ethic, developed our foundational and employability skills and how to work as a professional in the

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BArT School 2018-2019 Bus Routes

01:40PM / Monday, August 13, 2018

ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School begins the school year on Monday, Aug. 20. School days have been restructured to begin at 8:20 a.m. and end at 3:40 p.m.

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Jazz Camp to Be Hosted at Hoosac Valley

By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
02:23AM / Monday, August 13, 2018

CHESHIRE, Mass. — Hoosac Valley and the Adams Anthony Center are hosting a free Berkshire Jazz Day Camp this week. Berkshire County music students will get a week of face time with five professional New York City musicians that will culminate in a live performance at the Bounti-Fare. "I have always wanted to bring as much music and my experience as an artist back to the area," North Adams native and jazz trumpeter Richard Boulger said. "I always wanted to do that for years and years … and I always thought an opportunity like this would be great for the kids." Boulger will bring with him a team of professional New York City

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Local Students Graduate From College-Sponsored Summer Academy

By Matt McGrory, iBerkshires Intern
02:24AM / Tuesday, August 07, 2018

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — More than a dozen high school seniors and recent graduates earned college credits this summer through the MCLA/BCC Summer Academy program. Friends and family gathered for the graduation luncheon this past Friday in the Conte Federal Building to celebrate the students’ achievement over the monthlong program. The Summer Academy program, first instituted in 2016, has been designed to give motivated young adults a headstart into college by providing them with two free college courses; Statistics 101 and English 101, both of which award three college credits upon completion. These credits can be transferred to any state-accredited

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McCann Tech Practical Nursing Program Switching to Day Courses

By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
03:57AM / Tuesday, July 31, 2018

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School's Practical Nursing Program will shift from an evening program to a day program. McCann will be making some changes this upcoming semester to better fit the schedules of students. "I think it is a good change and a good opportunity to look at the entire program and make some changes," Superintendent James Brosnan said. "It opens it up and more students will be able to apply for the program." When the program was restarted in 2004, the Advisory Committee recommended that courses be held during the evening to accommodate working students who may only be available at that time but this has changed,

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Local Student Represents Massachusetts at American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation

01:29PM / Friday, July 27, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Karen Magnusdottir McComish of Williamstown is one of 100 young women selected to attend the 72ndAmerican Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Girls Nation session July 21-28 in Washington, D.C.

As part of the premier ALA program, two outstanding high school seniors are selected to represent their respective state as "senators" at ALA Girls Nation after participating in one of 50 ALA Girls State sessions held across the country. ALA Girls Nation is a seven-day leadership conference that provides aspiring young women leaders with practical insight into how the federal government operates, instills a sense of pride in our country, and promotes youth civic engagement.

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Miss Hall's School Announces Head's List, Honor Roll

01:18PM / Friday, July 27, 2018

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall's School has announced 42 local students were among the 131 girls schoolwide named to the Head's List and Honor Roll for the first semester, which ended May 24.

For Head's List recognition, students must have taken five major, full-credit courses and must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 92, with no single grade below B-plus.

For Honor Roll recognition, students must have taken five major, full-credit courses and must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 86, with no single grade below B-minus.

Head's List

Lillian (Lilly) Climo, Great Barrington; Shae Daley, Pittsfield; Gabrielle Hinkley, Dalton; Emily Hunter, West

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Mount Greylock Committee Settles on Direction for District Office, Fields

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:14PM / Saturday, July 21, 2018

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Transition Committee on Wednesday decided to proceed with a phased approach to addressing the capital needs that the district has long planned to address with part of a $5 million gift from Williams College. In a special meeting at Town Hall, four members of the seven-person panel voted unanimously to move forward with a plan to use just less than half the gift to build a multi-use building on the Mount Greylock campus. District officials plan to hold $1.5 million of the gift in reserve, where it will remain as part of the college's endowment and earn interest that the district can apply to future building

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McCann Tech to Overhaul Outdated Website

By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
12:10PM / Saturday, July 21, 2018

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School will completely overhaul the school website to bring it up to date and make it more user-friendly. The School Committee unanimously voted Thursday to allocate $25,000 from the tuition account to hire Finalsite to create a new website for the school. "We have had a lot of problems with the website ... the website is probably 20 years old and it is using a system that we cannot access to change things," Superintendent James Brosnan said. "So when you visit the School Committee site you will see some old friends in the photos." Brosnan said there was a small website update 10 years ago but much of the

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BCC's Nursing Program Placed on Warning Status

By Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
05:58PM / Friday, July 20, 2018

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The nursing program at Berkshire Community College has been placed on warning. The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing cited the college on a number of issues, which college officials have characterized as "housekeeping," and dropped the state accreditation to "approval with warning." College officials have now created a blueprint to address the cited issues and are hoping to be back into the board's good graces as early as January. "These are not student facing issues, it is not about our curriculum. These are procedure and policy issues that we need to address. We have begun preparing our

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