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McCann Tea Room Schedule 2024

The McCann Tea Room reopens in February and is open from 10:45 am to noon.

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Pine Cobble School to Host Open House

The free event coincides this year with the school's Winter Warm-Up (5:30–6:30), during which Pine Cobble students, families, and friends gather for activities and at which Open House attendees are welcome to stay.

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Drury First Quarter Honor Roll

The Drury High School honor roll for the first quarter of the 2023-2024 school year.

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MCLA, Habitat for Humanity Partner Offer Free Tax Assistance

MCLA will offer in-person, drop-off, and virtual tax assistance to qualified taxpayers beginning Feb.12.

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Central Berkshire School Committee Appoints Dalton Representative

Tucker will be serving as the committee's Dalton representative taking the place of the town's former representative Nicole Tucker.

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BCC Prepares Students for New FAFSA Form

Student Financial Services Office offers four workshops; drop-ins also welcome

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North Adams Officials Mull School Closure

A draft budget for fiscal 2025 is up $2,430,054, a 12 percent increase over this year. This is largely being driven by three factors: contracted obligations, higher costs related to out-of-district placements and the loss of nearly $1 million in ESSER funds.

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MCLA Professor's Research Featured in Top 10 Physics Breakthroughs of 2023

Over a 10-year span, the MINERvA detector recorded the interactions of neutrinos and antineutrinos, the antimatter partners of the neutrino.

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Clarksburg Officials Want to Study School Regionalization

Town officials are asking the school superintendency union to consider regionalization as a way to reduce education costs.

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PHS Students Showing Love With Art Show and Fundraiser

Pittsfield High School students are spreading the love with an art show and fundraiser before Valentine's Day.

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BCC Offers Variety of Community Workshops

From starting a business to painting, there's something for everyone

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St. Stans Second Quarter Honor Roll

A student merits High Honors for an average of 93 or higher. A student merits Honors for an average between 85 and 92.9.

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Pittsfield Public Schools Undertake Safety, Security Changes

The new systems are designed to improve security and access to security information and material.

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Berkshire Schools Awarded Financial Literacy Grant

State Agencies Announce Financial Literacy Grant Recipients. Massachusetts high schools will use funding to host financial education fairs for their students.

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Central Berkshire's FY25 Draft Budget Up $1M

The Central Berkshire Regional School District is anticipating a 3.35 percent increase to its operating budget for fiscal 2025, which translates to nearly a little more than $1 million over this year.

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Miss Hall's School Completes 'Historic' Fundraising Campaign

Be Bold marks the 125th anniversary of Miss Hall's School and is the largest fundraising effort to-date for the independent girls' school.

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BCC Holds Pinning Ceremony for Nursing Graduates

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) students honored

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Williams College Testing for Geothermal Capacity at New Museum Site

This winter, the college is drilling a test well near the Field Park rotary to assess the terrain's capacity to produce geothermal energy for the planned museum.

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Pittsfield Public Schools' Arts Integration, Community Partnerships Programming

Pittsfield Public Schools has launched a district-wide Arts Integration and Community Partnerships program set to embed the fine and performing arts into all aspects of the district's learning culture by means of partnerships with 38 Berkshire County education and cultural institutions.

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North Adams Seeks Extension on MSBA Study Agreement

The idea of an extension has come up several times over the past year in terms of meeting the design and funding deadlines.

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Berkshire Museum Announces STEAM Programs for Preschool-Age Children

This collaboration aims to bring enriching and accessible programming to families with preschool-aged children through the WeeMuse STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) program at no cost.

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Berkshire Organizations, Schools Awarded Mass Cultural Council Grants

This $1,502,450 investment will place teaching artists, scientists, and humanists, into schools, bringing cultural enrichment to more than 32,000 Massachusetts students.

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Mount Greylock School Committee Holds Initial FY25 Budget Talk

The Mount Greylock Regional School District administration is forecasting a fiscal year 2025 budget with little room for additional programming in the preK-12 district.

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Pittsfield High School's Proteus Theatre presents 'LOST GIRL'

The play is by Kimberly Belflower and will be Directed by Kyla Blocker.

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Lenox First Graders Compete in Math Olympics

Approximately 50 first-grade students were joined by teachers, math coaches, and several parents at the Lenox Community Center to participate in the Math Olympics.

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Teacher of the Month: Sarah Leidhold

Hoosac Valley Elementary School kindergarten teacher Sarah Leidhold has been selected as the January Teacher of the Month.

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Hoosac Valley School Officials Elect Member, Prepare for Budget Process

The Hoosac Valley Regional School Committee has elected Robert Tetlow to represent the town of Cheshire for the next few months.

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BCC Creative Writing Workshop

Classes will be held at BCC's main campus, located at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield

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Drury High School to Host End-of-Semester Showcase

The showcase takes place on Jan. 23 from 11:30AM–2:00PM at the school.

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New Pittsfield School Committee Meets for First Time

The new School Committee met for the first time on Wednesday, organizing its leadership and approving a budget calendar for fiscal 2025.

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