NAPS Summer Program to Host Drury Interns

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — North Adams Public Schools' 21st Century Program and the Drury Workforce Development Program have collaborated to provide internship opportunities for 11 Drury High School students this summer.

These paid internships are for Teaching Assistants working with 210 students in grades K-6 in the 21st Century Summer Program at Greylock Elementary School. The 11 student interns are assisting nine teachers to provide educational and social-emotional development programming.

These paid internships provide Drury students with the opportunity to develop the skills and competencies of working in an elementary education environment, and several student interns have expressed an interest in pursuing training and employment in the field of elementary education.

Additionally, all participating interns are developing the transferable skills that align with the Berkshire Portrait of a Graduate competencies which include: global citizenship, being a responsible, prepared individual who is a lifelong learner able to use critical thinking and effective communication skills.

Noella Carlow, who has served North Adams Public Schools as the 21 st Century Site Lead for many years, expressed her appreciation for the teamwork and commitment demonstrated by this group of interns.

She noted that she has had the opportunity to witness many of these interns grow and develop from the young children who had previously attended the summer program as elementary students into the hardworking and responsible adolescents who are now giving back to the program and mentoring the younger students.

Annie Pecor, the Director of the 21st Century Program for the district, and Mike Boland, the Workforce Development Coordinator at Drury, hold a weekly seminar meeting with the Drury interns to review and reflect upon their experiences interning. This weekly seminar allows students to share their successes, challenges, and learning opportunities as colleagues and team members.

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McCann Committee Gets First Look at $17M Renovation Progress

By Jack GuerinoiBerkshires Staff
05:50AM / Monday, October 12, 2026

The project is in the home stretch with roofing and some windows and doors still to be installed. Superintendent James Brosnan also pointed above to HVAC improvements in the Guidance Office.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The McCann School Committee got a first look at the final stretch of a $17 million overhaul aimed at making the 64-year-old vocational school safer, quieter and more energy-efficient.

After a brief School Committee meeting Thursday, Superintendent James Brosnan led the members through the school, highlighting some of the changes made in the 64-year-old building.

"Just seeing this gives you a magnitude of the amount of work that goes on," he said.

The upgrades are being funded through the Massachusetts School Building Authority's Accelerated Repair Program and the Northern Berkshire Vocational School District's member towns.

Work was supposed to be completed before the start of the school year, but weather and the removal of materials caused a delay.

The tour was all indoors, and Brosnan told a disappointed committee that he was hesitant to take them onto the roof at night, but said the new roof is near 80 percent down.

"We have another 10, and 10 percent of that missing 20 is in the AVB [air and vapor barrier] and removal phase," Brosnan said. "That particular area is across the front, down the post-secondary ... we are going to pick up from guidance. So we have that plan going through next week. Fingers crossed, within two weeks we will have that piece down."

He said the roof has been built up and insulated for more efficiency.

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