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Williams Hosts South Science Building Open House

By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
08:06PM / Monday, June 18, 2018

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dozens of residents and member of the Williams College community made their way through the brightly lit halls of the new South Science Building last week. The $66 million structure that's been rising off Walden Street for nearly two years was opened to the public for two hours last Wednesday evening. Faculty — and some students — are already making themselves at home in the building, which is still full of moving boxes as biology, chemistry, physics and geosciences relocate from the Bronfman Science Center. "This building has been a lot of years in the planning with a wonderful team,

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Berkshire Country Day School Holds Grade 8 Awards Ceremony

04:00PM / Monday, June 18, 2018

LENOX, Mass. — Berkshire Country Day School, an independent school for students in preschool through ninth grade, celebrated its seventh- and eighth-graders at an awards and end-of-year closing ceremony held Wednesday, June 13. Certificates for completing the course of study through eighth grade were presented to Aurora Benson, Symaira Elliott, Donald Miller, and Will St. John, all of Pittsfield; Abbey Boyd of West Stockbridge; Anje Capala of Spencertown, N.Y.; Halle Davies of Lenox; Esme Lazar and Ryan Sonsini, both of Great Barrington; Jamie McDonnell of Old Chatham, N.Y.; Clara Mollerus of Otis; Keely O'Gorman of Lee; Alex Rodriguez-Benjamin and Sean Sylbert, both

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BCC Announces Spring Semester Dean's List

02:28PM / Monday, June 18, 2018

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has announced its spring 2018 dean's List.

To be eligible for the list, full-time students must have declared a major; completed a minimum of 12 non-repeated, traditionally graded credit hours during the spring semester; and achieved a 3.250 to 3.749 grade point average for honors, or a 3.750 to 4.000 grade point average for high honors. Part-time students are eligible for the list if they meet the same requirements, except that their credit hours may have been completed during the fall and spring semesters of one academic year.

Alexandria T. Brandon, Justin N. Kaczowski, Laurie A. McArthur, Sonia M. McWhirt, Kelsy M. Pero

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BArT Announces Fourth Quarter Honor Roll

02:21PM / Monday, June 18, 2018

ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School has announced the students who made honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2017-18 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.

Addison Chen, Terra Lim, Joseph McGovern, Jonathan Nondo,

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Teachers' Union to Mount Greylock: Honor Existing Contracts

By Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
04:03PM / Friday, June 15, 2018

Mount Greylock Educators Association Vice President Marty Walter delivered a statement to the Transition Committee on Thursday evening. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Educators in the regional school district are asking the Transition Committee to honor existing contractual wage increases, which officials have decided to forego as three separate contracts are merged into one. Mount Greylock Educators Association Vice President Marty Walter said the teachers' unions feel it is "unacceptable" not to honor those wages and accused school administrators of being unwilling to negotiate. The Transition Committee, made up of members of the three expiring school

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Mount Greylock Regional Restores April Break to School Calendar

By Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:58AM / Friday, June 15, 2018

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional Transition Committee has rejected the superintendent's recommendation to shorten the April vacation. Superintendent Kimberley Grady proposed a school calendar for the 2018-19 school year that replaced the spring vacation week with two long weekends. Grady was worried that extra snow days could put the district in a position where it wouldn't have the required 185 days of school. With the full April break and five snow days, the school year would end on June 25. Classes must be over by June 30 and in this case, with weekends, that would be the June 28. "This was all we really had. There are not

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Lanesborough Sixth-Graders Have Plan For Berkshire Mall

By Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
11:02AM / Wednesday, June 13, 2018

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Sixth-graders Tyler Hynes-Drumm and Riley Babcock understand the impact the struggling Berkshire Mall has on the town. "This issue is important because," Riley told the Board of Selectmen on Monday and Tyler finished the sentence, "our town income is lower because the mall had just a big impact on our community." "When it is gone, we have to pay higher taxes and tourist may stop visiting," Riley said. The pair had sat down with Assessor Kelly Tolisano, who explained to them that the mall is valued at $19.5 million, resulting in a tax bill of $417,000 — a number that is significantly down from the mall's

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College Notes: June 2018

03:37PM / Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Student Emma Whittum of Williamstown, a junior atin Allentown, Pa., studied in Spain during spring 2018 semester. The program she participated in is one of 100 study-abroad programs offered to undergraduates.

Graduations Theat Durham awarded degrees to the following students during commencement exercises in May. Ryan Nagelschmidt of Pittsfield earned a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering Amanda McLeod of Dalton earned her master of science in natural resources and environmental economics Ellen Ross of Dalton earned a bachelor of science in occupational therapy, summa cum laude Kayla Goodwin of Williamstown earned a bachelor of arts in sociology

Elizabeth Mitts of Lenox

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Mount Greylock Weighs Dropping April Vacation Week from School Calendar

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:59AM / Monday, June 11, 2018

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — April vacation will be a thing of the past — at least for one year — if the Mount Greylock Regional School Transition Committee approves a calendar proposal presented at Thursday's meeting. Acting on direction from the committee to try to end the school year earlier than this year's snow day-induced June 25 release, Superintendent Kimberley Grady and her building principals developed a proposal that replaces the traditional week off in April with two long weekends. By recovering the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after Patriots Day, the district would have classes ending on Thursday, June 13 — or, with the state-mandated

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Rooted in Responsibility, Mount Greylock Grads Go Forth

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:42PM / Saturday, June 09, 2018

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Before they branched out into the "real world," Mount Greylock's graduating seniors were reminded of just how treelike they really are. "When a tree is just beginning to grow, it's just a seedling," Daniel K. "Hoby" MacWhinnie told his classmates. "Seedlings need a good environment to grow, just like ourselves. "As the years move along, we start to grow and develop good roots." Grounded in their education from Mount Greylock Regional School, the 80 members of the Class of 2018 received their diplomas on Saturday morning at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' Amsler Campus

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