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Berkshire County goes to College Day10:53AM / Tuesday, March 18, 2008
NORTH ADAMS – The Berkshire County Compact for Higher Education is coordinating an initiative, “Berkshire County Goes to College,” when every sixth-grade student in the County will have an opportunity to visit a local college campus in early April. The initiative is part of an effort to raise awareness of college in Berkshire County residents at an early age.
April 2-11, the sixth-grade students will visit one of four Berkshire County college campuses – Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), Williams College, Berkshire Community College (BCC) or Bard College at Simon’s Rock. The visit is part of the Berkshire Higher Education Passport – a plan to help improve access to a college education. The Passport was developed to expose Berkshire County students to the concept of college and assist in raising the aspirations of all students.
On April 8, nearly 200 sixth graders will visit MCLA from Cheshire Elementary School, Williamstown Elementary School, Clarksburg Elementary School and the Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School (BArT) in Adams. They will be welcomed to campus by State Sen. Benjamin Downing, D-Pittsfield. Activities will include a tour of campus, demonstrations by faculty members and the opportunity to meet MCLA students. On April 10, approximately 230 students from Herberg Middle School in Pittsfield will visit MCLA.
Students from Silvio O. Conte Middle School in North Adams, Nessacus Regional Middle School in Dalton, Abbott Memorial School in Florida and Adams Memorial Middle School will visit Williams College on April 2. On April 9, students from Hancock Elementary School, Lanesborough Elementary School, and Pittsfield’s John T. Reid Middle School will visit BCC. On April 11, students from Richmond Consolidated School, Lee Elementary School and Great Barrington’s Monument Valley Regional Middle School will visit Bard College at Simon’s Rock.
Students from Undermountain Elementary School in Sheffield will visit MCLA in late April.
These visits follow a December 2007 effort, when 30 third-grade students from Greylock Elementary School visited MCLA. In addition to a tour of the campus, the students enjoyed a chemistry demonstration and participated in workshops in the biology and physics labs, as well as in the theater. They also visited the gym, the library, computer labs, the TV studio, the radio station, and had lunch in the dining hall with MCLA student-athletes. The Berkshire Compact for Higher Education was developed to address the higher education needs of Berkshire County residents and employers. The Compact is comprised of members from key area employment sectors, including cultural institutions, finance, healthcare and specialty manufacturing, along with school superintendents, college administrators and faculty, municipal officials and representatives of nonprofit organizations.
For more information, contact MCLA’s Office of Admission at 662-5410. |
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