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Mount Greylock Regional School Honor Roll| 03:45PM / Wednesday, November 22, 2023 | |
Mount Greylock Regional School District 1st Quarter Honor Roll. Ava Anagnos, Lex Anagnos, Thomas Art, Jude Bakija, Phoebe Barnes, Jude Barzousky, Liam Berryman, Mirabel Boyer, Jacqueline Brannan, Emma Brennan, Kaylie Bryan, Lily Catelotti, Sylvie Clowes, Levi Cohen-McFall, Matthew Daley, Julia DeChaine, Benjamin Dingman, Karlie Dowling, Emily Dupuis, Olivia Filiault, Belen Galvez, Isabella Garivaltis, Louis Gotlieb, Che Guerra, Emma Kate Hane, Matilde Henderson, Phoebe Hughes, Tyler Hynes-Drumm, Jason Jaros, Jeffrey Johnson, Shea Johnson, Talia Kapiloff, Ece Karakaya, Erin Keating, Ryan Keating, Jenner Kittle, Vayda Larabee, Caleb Low, Savanna Mabey, Cecilia Malone, Judge Martin, >> Read More |
Mount Greylock School Committee Looks at New Library PolicyBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:22PM / Tuesday, November 21, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock School Committee last week began the process of enacting an updated and expanded district policy on library material selection and review. The 1,500-word proposed policy came to the full panel via its policy subcommittee and would appear to replace two existing policies, titled "Library Materials Selection and Adoption" and "Library Resources," that add up to about 800 words on the topic. The proposed policy received a "first read" at the School Committee's Nov. 14 meeting. No action could be taken on the proposed rules until after a second read at a subsequent meeting. The new policy would >> Read More |
Mount Greylock Breaks Ground on Field, Track ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:00PM / Friday, November 17, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A few days before the holiday break, Mount Greylock Superintendent Jason McCandless got a jump on the festivities. "As is always the case on this campus, there is a spirit of gratitude," McCandless said in a midday ceremony on the middle-high school campus. "And we are so grateful to so many people and so many organizations today." And, no doubt, many of those people were grateful to see Friday come. Community volunteers, school officials, coaches and parents gathered just to the east of the school for a ground-breaking for the $4.3 million track and field project that will be completed at the site over the next couple of >> Read More |
Northern Berkshire Adult Education Conversation Class | 08:01AM / Saturday, November 11, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Northern Berkshire Adult Education (NBAE) announced a collaboration with the David and Joyce Milne Public Library in Williamstown for a Community and Conversation Class for English Speakers of Other Languages. Students will practice and strengthen their English speaking and listening skills while gaining confidence as well as learn some new vocabulary and phrases. The class is facilitated by a native English speaker and will take place on Wednesday mornings from 10:00-12:00 at the Milne Public Library in Williamstown. Call 413-412-1118 to register or email NBAE Program Director, Annie Pecor at apecor@napsk12.org. This >> Read More |
Berkshire Delegation Commends Advocacy Of Constituents for Rural School Aid ProgramStaff Reports ,
08:02AM / Sunday, November 05, 2023 | |
BOSTON — State Senator Paul Mark, on behalf of the Berkshire Delegation, announced that funding for the Rural School Aid grant program has been raised to $15 million for Fiscal Year 2024, resulting in increases ranging from 30-210 percent for schools in the Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire District. The program provides financial assistance to the Commonwealth's most rural school districts. "Making sure that students throughout our region can access a high-quality education, equal to their counterparts around the state, is extremely important to me and our regional delegation," said Senator Mark. "Tripling the amount of Rural School Aid >> Read More |
At Last: Mount Greylock Field Project on TrackBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:23AM / Friday, November 03, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — After seven years, controversy about the choice of surface, dozens of meetings by several committees and several disappointments from over-budget cost estimates and bids, Mount Greylock Regional School appears to finally be getting a track and multi-sport playing field. By a vote of 5-0, the School Committee on Thursday decided to accept the recommendation of its Field and Track Project Committee to enter negotiations with William. J. Keller and Sons Construction of Castleton on Hudson, N.Y., to build the field and eight-lane track on the west side of the middle-high school campus. "This is really exciting," Carolyn Greene said after the >> Read More |
Mount Greylock Track and Field Bids Come in on TargetBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:10AM / Thursday, November 02, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee could vote as early as Thursday evening to award a construction contract for a new multi-sport field and eight-lane track at the middle-high school. And if all goes according to plan, work on the project could begin before the end of the calendar year. The district's Field and Track Project Committee on Wednesday looked at three bids on the scaled down project to build a natural grass field ringed by a running track on land just east of the district's administration building. Two of the bids came in below the $3.6 million the committee was targeting after its latest round of >> Read More |
Pine Cobble School Ski and Skate Sale| 04:00PM / Sunday, October 29, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Pine Cobble School will hold its annual Ski and Skate Sale on Friday, November 3, from 4 to 8 pm. One of the largest such sales in the region, this longtime tradition offers an array of quality, top-brand new and gently used winter sports equipment, ski clothing, and accessories for adults and children. Skis (racing & parabolic with current bindings), poles, boots, snowboards, snowshoes, cross-country skiing equipment, hockey & figure skates, ski clothing, fleece, hats, gloves, parkas, pants, goggles, winter socks, liners, and more will be available. Expert skiers, snowboarders, and skaters will be on hand for professional fittings and to >> Read More |
Mount Greylock School Officials Celebrate Senior Honor, Discuss MCAS ResultsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:24AM / Thursday, October 26, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock School Committee last week honored one of the district's high achievers and expressed concerns about measurement of achievement for all students in the middle-high school. The monthly meeting started on a high note with the annual recognition of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents' Academic Excellence Award. Superintendent Jason McCandless announced that Mount Greylock senior Vincent Welch is latest in "an extraordinary collection of young people" to receive the award during McCandless' time in Lee, Pittsfield and the Lanesborough-Williamstown district. "He has a true passion >> Read More |
Jane Swift Named to National Education BoardStaff Reports, iBerkshires
01:56PM / Friday, October 06, 2023 | |
 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Gov. Jane Swift will join the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the country's only ongoing, nationally representative assessment of student achievement. Swift was appointed on Friday by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. The Governing Board is a nonpartisan body established by Congress in 1988 to oversee and set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as The Nation's Report Card. NAEP provides objective information on student performance in various subjects and reports on student achievement across the nation, in states, and in select large urban districts. The >> Read More |
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