NAPS to Hold Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration and Screening

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — North Adams Public Schools (NAPS) will hold registration and screening for both Pre-K and Kindergarten programs for the 2025-2026 school year. 
 
The events will take place at Brayton Elementary School, located at 20 Brayton Hill Terrace.
 
Pre-K application and screening will be conducted on March 24 and 25, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Children must be 3 or 4 years old by Aug. 31, 2025 to be eligible, but current NAPS Pre-K students do not need to reapply.
 
Kindergarten registration and screening will be held on March 26 and 27, also from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Children must reach 5 years of age by Aug. 31, 2025, to be eligible. Current NAPS Pre-K students are not required to register.
 
Both registration and screening events will be conducted by appointment only. Parents or guardians should contact Carrie Silva, Student Records Specialist, at (413) 776-1673 to schedule an appointment.
 
As part of the application and registration process, parents will need to pre-register their child.  This can be done online at napsk12.org/new-student-registration, or during the appointment itself.  Required documents can be found at napsk12.org/registration, and should be uploaded online prior to the appointment if possible.
 
The North Adams School Committee maintains a policy of nondiscrimination regarding admission to public schools and access to educational advantages, privileges, and courses of study, regardless of age, race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or homelessness.

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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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