image description — The McCann Technical School postsecondary program graduates 21 students Monday night.

McCann Postsecondary Graduates 'Battle Tested'

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
05:11AM / Tuesday, June 04, 2024Print Story | Email Story

Superintendent James Brosnan tells the graduates to acknowledge those who helped them along the way. See more photos here.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The McCann Postsecondary program graduated 21 students Monday night.

School Committee Chairman Gary Rivers addressed the graduates and told them they have already proven themselves.

"You are battle-tested and battle-approved. You have stayed the course and successfully navigated the twists and turns that you have faced this year," he said. "It doesn't surprise me in the least that you are probably all sitting here this evening with a job ready to go as soon as you leave McCann."

He told the graduates to value their life experiences.

"Remember experience is knowledge but knowledge is not experience, and I know you all have life experiences that will make you successful in your work or whatever path you follow," he concluded.

Superintendent James Brosnan welcomed the graduates and their families in his address and asked the graduates to acknowledge those who have helped them along the way.

"The class of 2024, it is my honor to welcome you," he said. " …We are here to celebrate the class of 2024, and the hard work, and also the family and friends who supported you."

He asked the graduates to give a round of applause to friends and family in attendance.

Surgical Technology Graduates

Tessa Claire Zoito, North Adams: Associates in Surgical Technology

Dental Assisting Graduates

Ashley Marie Massey, Adams

Liliana Eve Pisano, North Adams

Blake Eric Smith, Lanesborough

Hayden E Therrien, North Adams

Katelyn Noelle Wojtaszek, Adams

Medical Assisting Graduates

Laura Beth Corsi, North Adams

Cameron Violet Lutz, North Adams

April Marie Ureste, Pittsfield

Cosmetology Graduates

Alyssa Nicole Baisley, Pittsfield

Michaela Jade Berry, Pittsfield

Malina Joy Foss, Pittsfield

Brianna Rose Goodrich, Pittsfield

Kaitlyn Hillebrand, Pittsfield

Maddison Houghtaling, North Adams

Emma Lynne Lear, North Adams

Jordan Elizabeth McDonald, North Adams

Tessa Neveah Thibert, Clarksburg

Jess Wiles, Adams

Ashlyn Wood, Dalton (absent from ceremony)

Nayeli Castaneda, Pittsfield

Skills USA Awards

State Competition, Dental Assisting

Gold: Blake Smith - Attending National Compition in Atlanta in June

Silver: Ashley Massey

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North Adams Voters to Decide Greylock School Project

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
08:45PM / Sunday, October 06, 2024

Mayor Jennifer Macksey at the project forum held at Greylock earlier this summer. She says she feels optimistic about the vote.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Voters will decide the fate of the long-gestating Greylock School project on Tuesday.

There is only one question on the ballot, whether to approve a debt exclusion that will allow borrowing for the project outside the limitations of Proposition 2 1/2 for the life of the loan. It is not an override.

The City Council approved the spending in July but a ballot vote is required to exclude the debt.

A yes vote will move the project forward; a no vote will essentially kill it.

Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Elizabeth's Parish Center.

The questions about the project have largely revolved around two issues: the cost to the taxpayer and enrollment.

The School Committee voted last year to reduce from three elementary schools to two in light of the student population declining and to reconfigure the grades in the remaining schools as a better educational option. Colegrove Park would become a Grades 3 to 6 school and the new school a prekindergarten through 2 early education center.

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