Simon's Rock Family Weekend to Begin Friday

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Family Weekend at Simon's Rock will take place on Friday, Oct. 18 through Sunday, Oct. 20.
 
Family Weekend serves as an opportunity for parents and family members of Simon's Rock students to meet professors, advisors, and community directors, and get a firsthand look at life on the Simon's Rock campus. Events include student performances and concerts, library events, a guided tour of the Simon's Rock trail system, a parent reception, and many other opportunities to meet other Simon's Rock families. 
 
Families will have the opportunity to support the Simon's Rock Farm Club at their Farm Stand, where they will be selling honey and produce harvested from the on-campus farm; apple tasting and cider press, which offers a taste-test of regional apples and pressed cider; a Harvest Lunch; and a soccer game pitting the Simon's Rock Llamas against Landmark College. 
 
Families can enjoy 10 percent off discounts from local businesses such as JWS Art Supplies, Yellow House Books, Barrington Brewery, and more. Campus shuttle vans will run all weekend for easy mobility.
 
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Teacher of the Month: Colleen Trager

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

Colleen Trager had dreams of being an opera singer and working in the music world but family needs brought her back to the Berkshires. After years in accounting, she found her place in teaching. 
BECKET, Mass. — Becket Washington Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Colleen Trager has been selected as the October Teacher of the Month.
 
The Teacher of the Month series, in collaboration with Berkshire Community College, will run for the next seven months and will feature distinguished teachers nominated by community members. You can nominate a teacher here. 
 
Being a teacher is not what Trager first set out to do, originally striving to be an opera singer until a call home to care for her sick mom sent her down a new path. 
 
She obtained her bachelor's degree in performing arts at Wagner College on Staten Island, N.Y. 
 
She then went on to work for Columbia Artists Management in New York, where she organized tours and managed logistics for famous classical musicians and orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O'Connor. 
 
She worked there from 1996 until moving back to the Berkshires in 1998. She worked as an accountant for Guido's Whole Sales Office until 2007.
 
"I just knew that I wanted to do something that would impact other people and singing is wonderful, and people love to listen, but I didn't feel like it was really something that I could impact people on a daily basis," Trager said. 
 
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