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At Last: Mount Greylock Field Project on Track

By 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

By 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

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

By 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

Staff 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

02:00PM / Wednesday, October 04, 2023

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Theatre and Music departments announced the 2023-2024 season of performances with four productions including visiting performing artists, guest directors, and student directors in addition to two student concerts. The fall season opens on Nov. 3 with a MainStage production titled "Antigone by Sophocles" translated by Anne Carson and guest director Rudy Ramirez. The show is scheduled to run on Nov. 3-4, 10-11 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. in Venable Theatre. Rudy Ramirez, Benedetti Teaching Artist in Residence, is a director, writer, and teaching artist specializing in

04:01PM / Sunday, October 01, 2023

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Principal, Jacob N. Schutz, of Mount Greylock Regional School announced that Che A. Guerra and Lucinda R. McWeeny have been named Commended Students in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these seniors. About 34,000 commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2024 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2024

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Teacher of the Month: Shawn Burdick

By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:28PM / Saturday, September 30, 2023

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School physics teacher Shawn Burdick has been selected for the September Teacher of the Month. The Teacher of the Month series runs for the next eight months in partnership with Berkshire Community College. Burdick has been working as a teacher for 25 years but his path to this career wasn't a straight line. He worked in the physics research field for a number of years prior to becoming a teacher. He studied physics at Williams College and moved on to get a doctorate degree in physics from Boston University. But his inclination for education surfaced during his experience as a

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:15AM / Tuesday, September 19, 2023

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock School Committee last week received an explanation of how and why fans are charged to attend sporting events at the middle-high school. The discussion was prompted by a move this year to start charging for admission to volleyball games. Mount Greylock's director of athletics and co-curricular activities explained that the school's policy is to charge for admission for indoor events (basketball, volleyball and wrestling) and night games played on John Allen Field (soccer, lacrosse and football). The school also charges for nighttime performances in the auditorium. "Schools in Berkshire County have been charging

By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:44AM / Friday, September 15, 2023

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday looked at how to make $1.3 million in cuts that will be needed in order to bring the middle-high school track and field project in on budget. "Unfortunately, the bids came back nearly 40 percent higher than we had estimated," District Business Manager Joe Bergeron told the committee at its monthly meeting. "What that means is we needed to go back and figure out both what happened as well as how we can move forward, if at all possible." The district has in hand $3.5 million, the remainder of a $5 million capital gift from Williams College, a $100,000 grant from the

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