St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.
Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.
First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.
Nov. 28 Becket Federated Church, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.
Dec. 5
Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
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NORTH ADAMS - For the convenience of north county residents, Berkshire Community College will hold advising and registration sessions at McCann Technical High School in North Adams on Tuesday, August 19, and Wednesday, August 27, from 4:30 to 6. Although not required, appointments are encouraged.
These sessions are only for BCC courses held at McCann. Advising and registration for all other BCC credit courses must be made through BCC’s Academic Advising Center on the main campus in Pittsfield.
BCC credit courses to be held at McCann during the fall semester, which begins Sept. 2 and ends December 22, are shown below. Unless otherwise noted, classes meet once a week in the evening from 5:30 to 8:30.
Classes meeting on Monday include:
“Correctional Process” (CRJ-127) examines correctional institutions and their function. Topics include prison as a total institution, characteristics of various types of institutions, problems in rehabilitation, analysis of the prison community, adjustment to prison life by personnel and inmates, and the impact of institutionalization on the offender.
“English Composition II” (ENG-102), a continuation of ENG 101, emphasizes extending student reading, writing and thinking skills. Essay assignments include exemplification, analysis, comparison/contrast, and argumentation. Topics include the organization of longer essays, logical development, coherence, appropriate support for points, and style.
“Introduction to Sociology” (SOC-105) explores the origin, structure and growth of human society; its basic institutions and processes; and problems resulting from social change.
“Elementary Algebra IV-VI” (MAT-029), the second of a two-semester sequence in elementary algebra, prepares students for intermediate algebra. Topics include rational expressions and equations, systems of equations, radical expressions and equations, and quadratic equations with completing the square.
Classes meeting on Tuesday include:
“Composition I” (ENG-101) provides an introduction to the use of library resources and source documentation. Topics include the writing process, focus, thesis, development of a logical sequence of paragraphs, use of supporting examples and specific details, and sentence construction style.
“Introduction to Psychology” (PSY 107) is a traditional introductory course in psychology. Topics include research methods and experimental design, biology and behavior, development, learning and conditioning. Other topics included are intelligence and memory, sensation and perception, motivation and emotion, theories of personality, abnormal behavior and psychotherapy.
“Human Growth and Development” (PSY-204) examines various determining developmental tasks at stages throughout the life span. Life stages covered extend from pre-natal to death as the final stage of development. Classes meet from 3:45 to 6:45.
Classes meeting on Wednesday include:
“Introduction to Oral Communication” (COM-105) studies basic principles of speaking in public, and the development of confidence and poise in the speaker. Performances include informative and persuasive speeches, and speeches using visual aids.
“Creativity” (ECE-241) explores leading philosophies including the Reggio Emilia approach and Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence as they investigate how to integrate children’s natural creative expression and play into the pre-school curriculum.
“Mathematics Modules” (MAT-800) allows students who are intimidated by regular mathematics courses to progress at their own rate, decide individually when they are ready to be tested, and to work and study in a no-failure environment.
Classes meeting on Thursday include:
“Accounting II” (BUS-112), a continuation of BUS 111, covers internal control of cash, inventory systems and valuation, plant asset disposal and depreciation, and principles and concept. It also emphasizes accounting for partnerships and the organization and operation of corporations, including dividends, stockholders’ equity, earnings, and financial statement analysis.
“Introduction to Philosophy” (PHL-102) explores some of the basic questions, ideas and theories concerning the nature of reality, acquisition of knowledge, ethical behavior, religious quest, and human future as developed primarily in Western thought.
“Introduction to Literature” (ENG-215) a survey of the short story, poetry and drama, emphasizes the kinds of questions that help the reader discover the writer’s meaning.
For more information, or to schedule an advising or registration appointment at McCann, call Phylene Farrell, director of off-campus centers, at 413-528-4521; or 800-816-1233 (in Mass. only), Ext. 5201or 5202.
