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Williams College Students Start Encampment over GazaBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
07:30AM / Thursday, May 02, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Several dozen student protesters Wednesday began an encampment at the heart of Williams College's campus to amplify their demands that the school divest from companies with ties to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The move follows months of protests on campus, at the Field Park rotary and in town hall from students and other residents concerned about indiscriminate bombing that has reportedly killed more than 30,000 Palestinians since Israel began its response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by the Gaza-based Hamas terrorist group. It also mimics similar encampments on college campuses around this country, most notably at places like New >> Read More |
Edgerton Taking Part-Time Role at Mount GreylockBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:28PM / Monday, April 15, 2024 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School District is formalizing a partnership with an area leader in the field of cultural proficiency. Pittsfield's Shirley Edgerton will join the staff at Mount Greylock Regional School for a half day per week through the end of the school year and for the foreseeable future, Superintendent Jason McCandless told the School Committee on last week. "We began working with Shirley Edgerton several years ago to address some specific circumstances at Mount Greylock Regional School," McCandless said. "I've known her and respected her and consider her a mentor and someone who helped me take steps forward >> Read More |
DESE Office of School Monitoring to Visit MGRSD| 01:48PM / Friday, April 05, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — During the week of May 13, 2024, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Office of Public School Monitoring (PSM) will conduct a Tiered Focused Monitoring Review of Mount Greylock Regional School District. The Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to monitor compliance with federal and state special education and civil rights regulations. Areas of review related to special education include student assessments, determination of eligibility, the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team process, and IEP development and implementation. Areas of review related to civil rights >> Read More |
Mount Greylock Regional School Talent Show | 10:37AM / Monday, April 01, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School's Friends of the Arts are set to host the annual "Celebration of the Arts" talent and art show on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at 7 p.m. The event will take place at the school's auditorium located at 1781 Cold Spring Road in Williamstown, with an art show preview beginning at 6:30 p.m. The show features a lineup of students and faculty from Mount Greylock Regional School (MGRS), showcasing a diverse range of artistic abilities. Attendees can expect performances that cater to all ages. In addition to the onstage talent, the Friends of the Arts organization will present a collection of student >> Read More |
Williams Seeking Town Approval for New Indoor Practice FacilityBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:46AM / Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board last week gave Williams College the first approval it needs to build a 55,000-square foot indoor athletic facility on the north side of its campus. Over the strenuous objection of a Southworth Street resident, the board found that the college's plan for a "multipurpose recreation center" or MRC off Stetson Road has adequate on-site parking to accommodate its use as an indoor practice facility to replace Towne Field House, which has been out of commission since last spring and was demolished this winter. The college plans a pre-engineered metal that includes a 200-meter track ringing several tennis courts, storage for >> Read More |
Mount Greylock School Committee Votes Slight Increase to Proposed AssessmentsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:38AM / Monday, March 18, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School Committee on Thursday voted unanimously to slightly increase the assessment to the district's member towns from the figures in the draft budget presented by the administration. The School Committee opted to lower the use of Mount Greylock's reserve account by $70,000 and, instead, increase by that amount the share of the fiscal year 2025 operating budget shared proportionally by Lanesborough and Williamstown taxpayers. The budget prepared by the administration and presented to the School Committee at its annual public hearing on Thursday included $665,000 from the district's Excess and Deficiency >> Read More |
Williams College Museum Envisions Natural Setting, Sustainability FocusStaff Reports,
05:32PM / Thursday, March 07, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The new Williams College Museum of Art will be an airy cluster of programming spaces surrounding a central hub for gatherings. The single-story structure is designed to harmonize with the natural setting across from Field Park, on the former site of the Williams Inn. It is projected to open in 2027, in line with the museum's centennial. The design by Brooklyn-based firm SO–IL were released on Thursday. A public forum about the museum building project will be held at onat the new Williams Inn on Spring Street. The museum has served the college as a primary teaching resource, the community and art-lovers over the >> Read More |
Mount Greylock Regional High School Honor Roll| 03:37PM / Wednesday, March 06, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— Mount Greylock Regional School District 2023-2024 2nd Quarter Honor Roll. The total school enrollment is 553 of which 332 have made Honor Roll for the 2nd quarter. Ava Anagnos, Lex Anagnos, Thomas Art, Jude Bakija, Phoebe Barnes, Liam Berryman, Mirabel Boyer, Jacqueline Brannan, Emma Brennan, Jose Brito, Kaylie Bryan, Dominic Carnevale, , Sylvie Clowes, Levi Cohen-McFall, Julia DeChaine, Benjamin Dingman, Karlie Dowling, Emily Dupuis, Olivia Filiault, Belen Galvez,, Louis Gotlieb, Che Guerra, Emma Kate Hane, Phoebe Hughes, Jason Jaros, Shea Johnson, Talia Kapiloff, Ece Karakaya, Erin Keating, Ryan Keating, Luka Lash-St. John, Caleb Low, Cecilia >> Read More |
Mount Greylock District to Towns: 'We're Going to Need Help'By Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
05:52AM / Tuesday, March 05, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School District officials are predicting budgetary storm clouds in years to come even as they prepare a fiscal year 2025 spending plan that may seem placid to town officials and town meeting voters this spring. At a special meeting of the School Committee to hold a budget workshop, Assistant Superintendent Joseph Bergeron last week showed the panel a draft FY25 budget that calls for a 3.01 increase in the assessment to Lanesborough and a 3.54 percent hike for Williamstown. That would represent about the same increase Lanesborough saw for FY24, the fiscal year that ends on June 30. And in Williamstown, where the assessment >> Read More |
Mount Greylock Regional School Presents 'Kiss Me, Kate' | 08:00AM / Monday, February 26, 2024 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School will present the musical "Kiss Me, Kate" on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Feb. 29, March 1, and March 2, 2024, at 7 p.m. in the school's auditorium at 1781 Cold Spring Road in Williamstown. Accordding to a press release: In this hilarious play within a play, sparks fly as a divorced couple find themselves starring opposite each other in a musical version of William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." Bella and Sam Spewack wrote the book, with music and lyrics by the legendary Cole Porter. The show won the very first Tony Award for best musical in 1949 for beloved classics like >> Read More |
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