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Mount Greylock Names Speakers for 2023 Graduation Exercises

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Speakers have been selected for the Mount Greylock Regional School's 2023 graduation ceremony, which will be held on Saturday, June 10, at 11 a.m. in the Mount Greylock gymnasium.
 
Principal Jacob Schutz submitted this information about class speakers Altan McIntosh and Molly Sullivan. 
 
McIntosh, the son of Shawn and Naren McIntosh of Williamstown, was chosen by his classmates to speak at graduation. Respected and highly regarded by his peers, he is a mature, charismatic and thoughtful young man who has proven to be a natural leader in the school. 
 
His inquisitive nature has served him well at Mount Greylock, having earned top marks in some of its most rigorous courses, including, upon graduation, eight Advanced Placement classes. As a dedicated member of our school community, McIntosh has been instrumental in the creation and implementation of clubs and organizations at Mount Greylock. He serves on the Student Council, and is also an active member of Register Educate Vote (REV), the Multicultural Student Union, the Youth Environmental Squad, the Student Athletic Advisory Council and is a co-founder of the Chess Club. He has demonstrated his leadership abilities on the cross country running and tennis teams, as a peer team member, and as the selected delegate to represent Mount Greylock at Boys State.
 
In the fall, McIntosh will be studying political science and economics at Northeastern University.
 
Sullivan, the daughter of Erin and Noelle Sullivan of Williamstown, was chosen by the Mount Greylock faculty to speak at graduation. She has earned the highest respect from the teachers who have worked with her due to her kind, compassionate nature and her determination to succeed. 
 
She has demonstrated her ability to master challenging coursework, and, upon graduation, will have successfully completed seven Advanced Placement courses and a dual enrollment course at Williams College. Sullivan is heavily involved in the school community serving as a leader on the Student Council, the Student Athletic Advisory Council, the Multicultural Student Union, Register Educate Vote (REV), peer team and was named the editor-in-chief of the student newspaper. As the captain for both the varsity soccer and basketball teams, she is an all-star, competitive athlete who demonstrates a level of leadership and command that her fellow teammates gravitate towards.
 
Sullivan will be attending Tufts University in the fall, studying international relations and civics.

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North County Education Study Preparing to Survey Communities

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The North Berkshire Educational Sustainability Study is looking for input from residents about what is working — and what is not — in the four districts participating in the study.
 
At its August meeting, the Steering Committee reviewed questions in an online survey that consultants from Berkshire Educational Resources K12 hope to make live before the end of the month.
 
The survey, which will take about eight to 10 minutes to complete, includes multiple choice questions about residents' experiences with and impressions of the region's public schools with the opportunity to give open-ended responses.
 
Data collected will help BERK12, the consultant, drive a yearlong conversation with stakeholders and develop recommendations to be included in a final report that will be issued in June.
 
BERK12's Brendan Sheran, who took the lead on developing the survey, pointed to one example of how survey results can inform the conversations that will feed into that report.
 
"To what extent do you agree or disagree with statements about how the schools prepare students for the next step," Sheran said, explaining that those preparations include academic and social readiness. "If we find people are strongly agreeing the schools are strongly preparing students for the next step, we can ask in focus groups about what the school is doing that does this."
 
Sheran and BERK12's project director, Jake Eberwein, also talked about how the consultant used a similar survey in a sustainability study for the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont school districts and the eight Franklin County towns they cover.
 
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