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Election
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Daily Digest
This is Jake
He's been lost in Pittsfield for weeks but frequently sited. He was last seen heading toward the fire station on Peck's Road. He's tired, dirty and needs seizure medication. He's chipped. If you see him, call Julie at 413-537-5616, the vet 24/7 at 413-499-2820 or animal control at 413-448-9700. |
ObituariesSales FliersWhat's Playing
The popular anime character "Astro Boy" searches for acceptance on the big screen.
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BazaarsNov. 7:
VNA & Hospice, Community Room, North Adams
North Adams Elks
10-4; Nov. 8, 9-2
Crafters, Chinese auction, bake sale
For vendor information, Melanie at 413-743-5562.
Nov. 14
Berkshire Community Church, Richmond
10-4; Crafters, bake sale. Contact Evelyn Goggia at 413-445-5747
Lanesborough Elementary School annual Fall Craft Fair from 10 to 4. Free admission, huge variety of arts and crafts, raffles, food and more. Proceeds go to sixth-grade trip to Cape Cod.
Vendors can contact Deb at 413-738-5349 or debhutton@aol.com or Lori at 413-499-0065 or lorittod@yahoo.com to secure a spot.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Contact Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
Planning a bazaar this season? Submit information to info@iberkshires.com to have it listed here. |
Sports | Thursday, Nov. 06
Boys' Soccer: State Vocational Championship Game
McCann Tech 3, Keefe Tech 2
Girls' Soccer: State Vocational Championship Game
Blackstone Valley 8, McCann Tech 0 |
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Williams Announces Local Olmsted Awards03:29PM / Tuesday, June 09, 2009
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Williams College has announced its 2009 local Bicentennial Olmsted Awards for faculty development to McCann Technical School, Mt. Greylock Regional School, and the Williamstown Elementary School. The $ 5,000 awards will fund professional and curricular development projects.
"Integrating Nanotechnology into High School Science Courses" is the winning project at McCann. Led by Kristin Steiner the grant will support the attendance of a McCann science faculty member at the 2009 Nanotechnology Summer Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. "The knowledge obtained from the 2009 Nanotechnology Summer Institute will allow science teachers at McCann to apply an important aspect of science and industry to the various career and technical programs within the high school," Steiner said.
The award to Mt. Greylock will support two team projects. One, proposed by the ninth-grade teachers, will rearrange the daily schedule to enable students in that grade to have experiences that build collaboration and help with the transition to high school. The other, designed by biology teachers, will create in-class research projects designed to help students develop independent research skills.
At the Williamstown Elementary School, the funded projects are Stephen Johnson's "Crisis Team Training" and Tom Welch's "Taking Educational Technology to a New Level."
"Crisis Team Training" is a continuation of the faculty crisis training from 2008/09. This year the school is planning to develop a "crisis protocol," to focus on four key components of handling a crisis: understanding, grieving, commemorating, and going on.
The second project will involve attendance of a team of teachers at the 30th annual National Educational Computing Conference in Washington, D.C. and who will serve on the school's Technology Committee for 2009/10. "Our students, our tools, and our technology infrastructure are ready to move forward," says Welch. "With quality professional development and time, our teachers can also be ready."
An endowment from the estates of George Olmsted, Jr. '24 and his wife, Frances, fund the local Olmsted Awards. The awards were established during the 1993 Williams Bicentennial Celebration as an extension of the national Olmsted Prizes, which are awarded each year to great secondary school teachers from across the country, nominated by the Williams senior class. Olmsted, a lifelong proponent of superior teaching, was the president and chairman of the board of the S.D. Warren (Paper) Company. |
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