BArT Students Receive John and Abigail Adams Scholarship

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ADAMS, Mass. —The John and Abigail Adams Scholarship is a merit-based program that provides credit towards tuition for up to eight semesters of undergraduate education at a Massachusetts state college or university.

For this scholarship, merit is based on student scores on the 10th-grade Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test.

This year's recipients at Berkshire Arts & Technology (BArT) Charter Public School are Sheldon Alexander, Jacob Brown, Ivan Chen, Felee Davis, Isaac Huberdeau, Riley Jowett, Matthew Lizzo, Ranger McGinnis, Sawyer Moser, Ruby Pullaro-Clark, Ndey Touray, Matthew Weiskotten, and Giordan Zavatter.

To be eligible for the scholarship, students must:

  • Score in the Advanced category on one of the three high school state assessment tests in ELA, Mathematics, or STE (Biology, Chemistry, Introductory Physics, or Technology/Engineering); and

  • Score in the Proficient or Advanced category on the remaining two high school state assessment tests; and

  • Have combined scores from the three tests that place them in the top 25 percent of students in the graduating class in their district. Students in charter schools are eligible for the scholarship if they meet the eligibility requirements for either the school they attend or the district in which they reside.

To continue receiving the Adams Scholarship, a student must

  • be enrolled full-time at a public higher education institution; and

  • maintain a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 on all college work (The student loses eligibility for the waiver once the GPA drops below a 3.0 and cannot be reinstated. ); and

  • annually complete the FAFSA.

 


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Adams Board OKs 3 of 4 Special Town Meeting Warrant Articles

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The Select Board moved forward the three financial articles of the proposed four warrant articles for the special town meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 6 p.m. at the Memorial Building.
 
The Finance Committee also voted at its meeting to recommend the three financial articles on the warrant.
 
During the Sept. 9 meeting, Town Administrator Nicholas Caccamo reminded attendees that prior to the annual town meeting in June, there were several unknowns when the fiscal 2027 budget was being developed. 
 
Now most of those uncertainties have been resolved, it is time to update the budget through a special town meeting.
 
This is taking place before the tax rate is set, allowing the town sufficient time to prepare the tax bills for mailing in early November, with payments due in late November. 
 
Article 1 is characterized as a "housekeeping" item that authorizes the resending of an unissued loan from Tophet Brook project, authorized at the annual town meeting in 2010. 
 
At that town meeting, town meeting members authorized a loan for $565,000 for Storm Water Improvements; $215,000 will be rescinded at the upcoming special town meeting. 
 
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