Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts is hosting a hiking event for those who will be entering Grades K to 3 in Sept 2024. The event will take place on May 25 at 11:30 am, Glen Meadow Loop at the Greylock Glen. RSVP by May 21st - https://bit.ly/GSAdamsHiking (See flyer for additional details.)
Reminder! Our next community forum will be on May 15th at 6pm!
The forum will take place in a hybrid format at the Welcome Center at Brayton Elementary School and via Zoom which can be accessed by going to napsk12.org/ZoomLinkMay15.
During the forum, we will be providing updates on grade configurations and logistics for the 2024-2025 school year including transportation, arrival and dismissal times, class sizes, and school choice updates. The forum is open to anyone interested and participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback.
For questions, please email familysupports@napsk12.org or call 413-776-1458.
Our 21st Century Afterschool Program showered our School Lunch Heroes with some love! Thank you to all of our School Lunch Heroes for everything you do, including all the work that goes into serving our delicious dinner program that our Afterschool students get to enjoy!
Don't forget to thank your School Lunch Hero today!
Today, we’re celebrating our School Lunch Heroes! School meals are the building blocks for creating supportive learning environments so that all students feel valued, connected, nourished, and ready to learn. Thank you to all who provide healthy, nutritious meals to our students every day!
Upcoming programming at the Family Center
Food Pantry and Meal Site Listing for Berkshire County: https://5il.co/2k2xj
SNAP Information: https://5il.co/2k2xh
UMass Extension 4-H Career Exploration Series
See flyer for details.
Sheep to Shawl Festival at Sheep Hill
See flyer for details.
Rural Lands (a non-profit agency) manages a number of nature preserves and trails in our area, and they are conducting outreach to learn how they can be more inclusive to more people in our community. To this end, they request that any caregivers of students with disabilities fill out the survey below so Rural Lands can learn about how children living with a disability spend time in the outdoors.
Nature Accessibility Survey link: https://forms.gle/Str5tmz23hio3nDK9
Free credit success workshop with Wayfinders. See flyer for details.
Safe Neighborhoods: Bike Safety Event
Saturday, 4/27, from 12-3 pm
NAPD will be giving out FREE bike helmets (all ages). There will be hot dogs & chips, an opportunity to tune up your bike and raffles. Free and open to all!
Camp MASS MoCA 2024
Camp details can be found here: https://massmoca.org/event/camp-mass-moca/
One full scholarship per camp is available for students from North Adams Public Schools and North Berkshire School Union, as well as Hoosac Valley, Morningside, Conte, and Capeless Elementary Schools. Email campmm@massmoca.org with your child’s name, age, school, camp week(s) preference, and contact information by April 30 to enter the scholarship lottery. To ensure your spot in camp regardless of receiving a scholarship, register and you will receive a refund if selected.
Upcoming North Adams Mobile Food Bank and SNAP Information
We're still singing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" over here! Here are some photos of Colegrove students checking out the eclipse on Monday.
Reminder! The Hero and Me Dance is this Friday, 4/12/2024, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Brayton Elementary School. Tickets will be sold at the door.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Western MA
See flyers for programming options and information on how to get involved. BB/BS of Western MA is a newly merged organization that brings together the existing programs in Franklin and Hampden counties and is working to re-launch Big Brother/Big Sister services in Berkshire County.
There is a Berkshire County Advisory Committee that has been meeting to work on what this will look like for the county. If you are interested or would like more information please feel free to reach out to Executive Director David Bertune at dbeturne@bigbrothers-sisters.org.
Haiku on the Hoosac
See flyer for details
Upcoming Fair Housing 101 training hosted by MFHC and the 3 County COC. See flyer for details.
April break programming at Roots Teen Center
Williams College is hosting Summer Science Lab 2024 for current 4th, 5th, and 6th graders this summer. This week-long hands-on science experimentation runs the week of July 8-12, 2024 and July 15-19, 2024 from 9:00-3:00. Scholarships are available.
More information can be found and registration can be found here: https://learning-in-action.williams.edu/education-outreach/summer-science-lab/
Professor Amanda Turek will present chemical mysteries to the young scientists. Students in groups of four will experiment with multiple chemical reactions relating to solids, liquids, and gasses in Williams College laboratories with the assistance of Williams students and two Berkshire County middle school teachers – Tim Herrmann and Stephen Bechtel.
Williams College has made 12 scholarships available. To request scholarship funding, parents/guardians need to email sslab@williams.edu prior to completing the registration form. They cannot offer bus transportation but are willing to connect parents interested in carpooling with each other.