BHRSD approves lacrosse team
GREAT BARRINGTON – Monument Mountain Regional High School (MMRHS) students will now be able to add lacrosse to their extracurriculars. The Berkshire Hills Regional School District (BHRSD) School Committee approved…
CIP adds visual and performing arts track
LEE – The College Internship Program (CIP) is expanding its arts curriculum to offer an entire visual and performing arts track to students. Previously, CIP, which provides full-year post-secondary programs (including…
BCC awarded Performance Incentive Fund grant
PITTSFIELD – Berkshire Community College (BCC) will receive a $88,000 grant to accelerate college readiness and developmental math pathways, and enhance student advising and civic engagement programming. “These grants will support…
Work of SBRSD task force questioned
SHEFFIELD – A request for $2,500 from Southern Berkshire Regional School District (SBRSD) Elementary Task Force Chair Louise Yohalem was met with intense debate from the district’s school committee. The…
Lee Middle and High School unveils new AP courses
LEE – In an attempt to better prepare students for college, Lee Middle and High School has expanded their advanced placement (AP) course offerings for the 2012-2013 school year as…
Unexpected costs for CBRSD
DALTON – The Central Berkshire Regional School District (CBRSD) is facing some unexpected but necessary costs for the 2012-2013 school year. “The students arrive and we’re obliged to provide services…
Credit union donates school supplies
PITTSFIELD – Students at Egremont Elementary School were pleasantly surprised by a gift from the Credit Union of The Berkshires. Boxes of school supplies collected by the credit union were…
Lee looks closely at school choice
LEE – School choice is becoming a major topic of interest for Lee Public Schools. “There is not a single thing that costs the same as 1993,” said Superintendent Jason…
Lenox selects new school committee member
LENOX – Michael Moran has been named to the school committee. He will fill out the term until the next election in May. Being forced to fill a vacancy on…
Lenox School Committee discusses strategic planning
LENOX – Strategic planning is a main goal of the Lenox School Committee this year. It was a brought up as a topic of conversation many times at the committee’s…