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Mount Greylock School Will Resubmit Proposal to MSBABy Stephen Dravis, Williamstown Correspondent
03:00PM / Friday, November 09, 2012 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The chairman of the panel charged with finding ways to address the declining infrastructure at Mount Greylock Regional High School says the district may resubmit its proposal to the Massachusetts School Building Authority as soon as next month.
Late Thursday, the quasi-independent government authority released theagenda for its Nov. 14 board meeting, and Mount Greylock district is notscheduled to be discussed. (See below)
Carrie Greene said Friday that the deadline for statements of interest for the next fiscal year generally comes in January. The MGRSD submitted its most recent SOI in December 2011.
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Reid Students Premiere Veterans Day DocumentaryBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
09:20PM / Thursday, November 08, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — For the last month, students at Reid Middle School have been putting their new TV studio to use in making a documentary about Veterans Day.
On Thursday, they shared the final product with city officials, parents and war vets.
Students in Julia Sabourin's Grade 7 reading and riting class embarked on a massive research project about Veterans Day. It started with a presentation from the city's Veterans' Services Officer Rosanne Frieri and from there it grew into a larger project with individual students picking out wars to study.
"This was really intensive," Sabourin said at the premiere of the student's documentary. "After her [Frieri's] 0 Comments
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Nuclea Partners With Colleges to Spark Life Sciences IndustryBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
03:05PM / Thursday, November 08, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In what officials are heralding as the "the beginning of a life science industry," Nuclea Biotechnologies is creating a pipeline of employees by partnering with local public colleges.
Nuclea announced Thursday morning that it has installed computer clusters at both higher-education institutions and will partner for job training.
Nuclea has invested about $200,000 to install such clusters in the last two years, which will give them expertise from the faculties of Berkshire Community College and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, internships and the "pick of the litter" for employees.
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Williamstown Finance Panel Gets School Project UpdateBy Stephen Dravis, Williamstown Correspondent
03:00AM / Friday, November 02, 2012 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Finance Committee on Thursday night reacted favorably to a presentation from the Mount Greylock Regional School District's Building Subcommittee.
The toughest questions concerned the other audience the committee needs to reach: the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
"Doesn't the SBA see overcrowding as a bigger issue?" Finance Committee member Elisabeth Goodman asked, alluding to one of the few problems not faced by the aging junior-senior high school.
"We may not be in the category of overcrowding, but we're right up there as far as buildings falling apart," Building Subcommittee member David Backus said.
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Pittsfield School Boasts New Math & Science InitiativesBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
05:09PM / Thursday, October 25, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A new interactive school calendar and a visit from NASA are among some of the initiatives being introduced at Williams Elementary School as supplemental resources to its regular math and science curriculum.
Principal Lisa Buchinski extolled the virtues of "Every Day Counts," a new interactive calendar program introduced at the school this year.
"This is a program that is an additional resource that we use," Buchinski told the School Committee on Wednesday. "An addition to the everyday math skills that will go into them."
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Governor Reaffirms Rodowicz as BCC Trustee Chairman| 12:08AM / Monday, October 22, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Gov. Deval Patrick on Friday appointed Darlene Rodowicz as chairman of the board of trustees at Berkshire Community College.
"Our community colleges are at the center of our efforts to close the skills gap and help people get back to work in Massachusetts," said the governor in a statement. "I want to thank Ms. Rodowicz for her willingness to serve in this capacity and am confident that she will be a critical partner in our collective efforts to better serve our students and employers, building a stronger commonwealth for generations to come."
Rodowicz is the current chairman at Berkshire Community College and the announcement is an 0 Comments
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College Notes for October 2012| 12:31PM / Monday, October 15, 2012 | |
 Four local students have started their freshmen fall semester at the private College of St. Rose in Albany, N.Y.
, a graduate of Pittsfield High School;, a graduate of Taconic High School; , a graduate of Wahconah Regional High School; and , a graduate of Drury High School, are among the 595 students in the class of 2016.
Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I., welcomed three local students into the class of 2016.
Starting their freshmen year are two Dalton residents, , both majoring in finance, and , an entrepreneurship student
Two Pittsfield residents are among those beginning the fall semester at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic.
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BCC Students to be Honored at Convocation Reception| 10:15AM / Monday, October 15, 2012 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College will recognize the academic achievement of 129 students during an Honors Convocation reception on Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Robert Boland Theatre of the Koussevitzky Arts Center on the College’s main campus.
Each honored student ranks in the top 5 percent of the college with a grade point average of 3.75 or better in courses totaling at least 12 credits. Comments and congratulations will be offered by Ellen Kennedy, BCC president, and Frances Feinerman, the college’s vice president for academic affairs. Christine Adams, professor of English, will serve as keynote speaker during the ceremony.
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Pittsfield School Committee Reviews MCAS DeficienciesBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
10:04PM / Wednesday, October 10, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The focus of measuring improvement of the city's languishing MCAS test scores has shifted from overall performance numbers to student progress within the district, school committee officials heard Wednesday.
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System rankings have changed, said school officials, because of a state waiver on some of the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
The new measuring system, known as the Progress and Performance Index, assesses schools with the goal of reducing proficiency gaps in half by 2017, as opposed to the the 100 percent proficiency goals set by No Child Left Behind.
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MCAS Data Shows Pittsfield, Adams, North Adams Schools Under PerformingBy Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
08:04AM / Wednesday, October 10, 2012 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — The school districts that serve the county's three largest municipalities are not meeting their proficiency goals.
Adams-Cheshire Regional, Pittsfield and North Adams school districts have at least one school performing in the bottom 20 percent of the state, according to the newest method of analyzing the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) testing scores for school improvement released last month.
The scores and schools were once assessed by Adequate Yearly Progress but the state received a waiver from some federal requirements implemented by No Child Left Behind in January and have switched methods.
The new method, the Progress and Performance Index, 2 Comments
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