McCann Tech Awards & Scholarships for 2021

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The following awards and scholarships were presented to the graduating seniors of McCann Technical School at graduation on Wednesday, June 2.
 
Valedictorian: Stephen Perreault
Salutatorian: Ciarra Kruzel
 
 
Adam Ziarnik Memorial Scholarship: Samantha Noyes
 
Adams Community Bank Scholarship: Katelyn Haggerty, Ciarra Kruzel, Autumn Matys, Stephen Perreault, Grace Towler, Alaina Vigiard
 
Adams Lions Club Scholarship: Stephen Perreault
 
Adams Outdoorsmen For Youth Scholarship: Keaton West
 
Alicia Gagne Daniels Memorial Scholarship of Perseverance: Sarah Fortini
 
Automotive Achievement Award: Carson Boyce
 
Bernard R. 'Bucky' Bullett Memorial Scholarship: Grace Towler
 
Charles B. Cooper Memorial Scholarship: Grace Towler
 
Class of 1977 Scholarship: MacKenzie Kupiec
 
Class of 1982 Scholarship: Grace Towler
 
Culinary Arts Club Award: Bryson Rose
 
Daniel H. Petithory Memorial Scholarship: Gabrielle Schneider
 
Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award: Grace Towler
 
Donald C. Blanchette Scholarship: Kyle DuPont
 
Edwin E. Silvia Memorial Award: Stephen Perreault
 
Ernest H. and Mary F. Rosasco Memorial Scholarship: Grace Towler
 
Family Holy Rosary Society Scholarship: Grace Towler
 
Florida Education Association Scholarship: Allie Burdick
 
Frank N. Costa Scholarship: Elizabeth Biagini
 
Friends of McCann Tech Award: Ethan Walden
 
Gene Haas Foundation Advanced Manufacturing Scholarship: Kyle DuPont, Stephen Perreault, Grace Towler
 
George L. Knight Memorial Award: Luke Thomas
 
Greylock Federal Credit Union Community Enrichment Scholarship: Stephen Perreault, Alaina Vigiard
 
Hancock Community Dollars for Scholars: Mary Kipp, Martha Leab
 
Home Builders Foundation of Western Mass Tool Award: Martha Leab
 
Irene and Tom Chalmers Memorial Scholarship: Stephen Perreault
 
Joan Solari Memorial Award: Sierra Tatro
 
Joe Choquette Memorial Award: Emilia Howland
 
John and Abigail Adams Scholarship: Todd Belleau, Elizabeth Biagini, Austin Bleu, Allie Burdick, Nickolas Carpenter, Connor Cirullo, Troy Dean, Justin Dennette, Emma Desormeaux, Stanley Dykes, Katelyn Haggerty, Ezra Holland, Emilia Howland, Adam Krutiak, Ciarra Kruzel, Amy LaFosse, Chase Lancia, Ethyn Lasher, Martha Leab, Autumn Matys, Jonah McNair, Samantha Noyes,  Stephen Perreault, James Pinckney, Kolby Sawyer, Gabrielle Schneider, Grace Towler, Alaina Vigiard, Ethan Walden
 
John Kowalczyk Memorial Award: Brenden Scott
 
John M. White Sr. Memorial Scholarship: Autumn Matys
 
Joseph A. Bernier Memorial Scholarship: Jay Morris, Brooke O'Neil
 
Leo Ethier Memorial Scholarship: Ashlyn Belisle
 
Lynn Burdick Memorial Award: Allie Burdick
 
Malco Tools Head of Class Award: Nicholas Thayer
 
Maple Grove Civic Club Scholarship: Kaeli Dean, Keaton West
 
Massachusetts School Superintendent's Association Award: Stephen Perreault
 
Mathias-Dorothy Schneider Scholarship: Emma Desormeaux
 
MAVA/MVA Outstanding Student Vocational Award: Keaton West
 
McCann Alumni Association Inc. Stepping Stone Education Scholarship: Julianna Mazzeo
 
McCann Alumni Association Inc. Stepping Stone Trade Professional Award: Amy LaFosse, Ethyn Lasher
 
McCann Faculty Association Awards  
 
Advanced Manufacturing Technology: James Pinckney
Automotive: Aspen Trala
Business Technology: Alaina Vigiard
Carpentry: Adam Krutiak
Computer Assisted Design: Kolby Sawyer
Culinary Arts: Madison McLear
Electricity: Ethyn Lasher
Information Technology: Jonah McNair
Metal Fabrication: Shane Proctor
 
McCann Football Booster Club Scholarship: Huntter Hathaway, Luke Roberts
 
McCann Tech Golden Hammer Award: Matthew Bailey
 
MountainOne Bank Scholarship: Molly Champney
 
Nancy Perkins Memorial Scholarship given by GAMS PTG: Allie Burdick
 
Nellie Cameron Memorial Scholarship: Martha Leab
 
Night Cruzers of Berkshire County Scholarship: Keegan Barrows
 
North Adams Historical Society Inc. High School Book Award: Samantha Noyes
 
Northern Berkshire New Car Dealers Association Scholarship: Aspen Trala
 
Outstanding Student Athletes: Grace Towler, Omar Uqdah
 
Robert D. Reynolds Memorial Award: Colby Andrews
 
Ron Monteleone Memorial Scholarship: Ian McClanan
 
Ron Monteleone Vocational Award: Matthew Bailey
 
Ronald P. Rysz Memorial Scholarship: Ethan Jared Sweet
 
School Nurse Award: Adam Krutiak
 
Scott M. Gliwski Memorial Award: Colby Ghidotti
 
Specialty Minerals Scholarship: Jonah McNair
 
Steven Ferrara Memorial Scholarship: Grace Towler
 
Sue Wilburt Scholarship: Damian Kivlehan
 
Ted Ziter Memorial Sports Scholarship: Grace Towler
 
Thomas E. Dragon Memorial Award: Alyse Koloc
 
Tony M. & Anna B. Deep Memorial Scholarship: Keaton West
 
Town of Adams Scholarship: Kolby Sawyer, Keaton West
 
Ugo Specks Bianchi Memorial Award: Carson Boyce
 
VVA Chapter 54 North Adams in memory of Michael Chalifoux: Mary Kipp
 
William 'Moose' Roberts Memorial Award: Connor Cirullo
 
William Wronksi/Adams Lodge of Masons and Elks: Kolby Sawyer
 
Williamstown Rotary Club Scholarship: Jonah McNair
 
Women of Color Giving Circle Graduate Recognition: Keegan Dellaghelfa, Gabrielle Montgomery

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North Adams Updated on Schools, Council President Honored With 'Distinction'

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff

Superintendent Timothy Callahan gives a presentation on the school system at Tuesday's City Council meeting. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The City Council got an update on what's up in the school system and its president was inducted into the mayor's Women's Leadership Hall of Fame.
 
Mayor Jennifer Macksey, as the city's first woman mayor, established the Hall of Fame in 2022, during March, Women's History Month, to recognize local women who have had a positive impact on the city. Past inductees have included the council's first woman president Fran Buckley, Gov. Jane Swift and boxing pioneer Gail Grandchamp. 
 
She described President Ashley Shade as a colleague and a friend and a former student. 
 
"Ashley is known not just for her leadership, but for her compassion, her ability to listen, to understand and to stand up for those whose voices are often gone unheard," the mayor said. "She has been a tireless advocate for the LGBTQ plus community and marginalized communities at both the local and national level here in North Adams."
 
Elected in 2021, Shade is the first openly transgender person to hold the role of council president in Massachusetts. She also leads the first-ever woman majority council in the city's history. 
 
The McCann Technical School graduate also has served on boards and commissions, "always working to make our city more inclusive, equitable and welcoming," said the mayor. "Ashley not leads not only with strength, but with a heart, and our community is a much stronger place because of it."
 
Shade, wearing her signature pink suit, was presented with a plaque from the mayor designating her a "woman of distinction."
 
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