Simon's Rock to Host Annual Craft Fair| 03:18PM / Tuesday, November 28, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Employee Enrichment Activities Committee (EEAC) at Simon's Rock will host their Annual Simon's Rock Arts and Craft Fair on Dec. 1 in the Daniel Arts Center on campus from 2 - 6 p.m. The Craft Fair will feature arts and crafts for sale from Simon's Rock students, faculty, and staff. This festive fair is an excellent opportunity to get to know the Simon's Rock community and to purchase unique, handmade holiday gifts. >> Read More |
Teacher of the Month: Asha Von RudenBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
02:00PM / Saturday, November 25, 2023 | |
Asha Ruden has spent her entire career at Mount Everett as science teacher in the middle school and more recently in the high school. She's working toward a doctorate in education leadership. SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Mount Everett Regional School science teacher Asha Von Ruden has been selected as the November Teacher of the Month. The Teacher of the Month series runs for the next six months in partnership with Berkshire Community College. For a span of 26 years, Ruden has been a guiding force at Mount Everett, dedicating her entire career to the institution. Throughout her tenure, she has attempted to encourage students to be lifelong >> Read More |
Simon's Rock Annual Founder's Day Lecture| 08:16AM / Monday, November 13, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The second annual Founder's Day Lecture will be held at Simon's Rock on Nov. 16, 2023, at 7 p.m. with speaker Friba Rezayee. The lecture will occur in the McConnell Theater in the Daniel Arts Center on campus. The event is free and open to the public. Founder's Day at Simon's Rock is held every year on November 16 to honor and recognize the birthday of founder Elizabeth "Betty" Blodgett Hall. Betty Hall changed education with the radical idea that curious and independent adolescents deserve a new path to college in a fast-changing world. The birth and legacy of this remarkable educator is celebrated with >> Read More |
Simon's Rock Theater Program Presents 'The Moors' | 04:00PM / Wednesday, November 08, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. The Bard College at Simon's Rock Theater program presents "The Moors," an anachronistic dark comedy by contemporary playwright, novelist, poet, and screenwriter Jen Silverman. According to a press release: Set in the 1840s(ish), The Moors follows spinster sisters Agatha and Hudley, their overworked scullery maid Marjoy, and their despondent Mastiff as they all live out their monotonous lives on the bleak "English" moors and dream of love and power. When Emilie, a hapless governess, is summoned under false pretenses and a moor-hen falls from the sky, all become entwined in a strange and elusive game. Simultaneously >> Read More |
Berkshire Delegation Commends Advocacy Of Constituents for Rural School Aid ProgramStaff Reports ,
08:02AM / Sunday, November 05, 2023 | |
BOSTON — State Senator Paul Mark, on behalf of the Berkshire Delegation, announced that funding for the Rural School Aid grant program has been raised to $15 million for Fiscal Year 2024, resulting in increases ranging from 30-210 percent for schools in the Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire District. The program provides financial assistance to the Commonwealth's most rural school districts. "Making sure that students throughout our region can access a high-quality education, equal to their counterparts around the state, is extremely important to me and our regional delegation," said Senator Mark. "Tripling the amount of Rural School Aid >> Read More |
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