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Monument High Party Rockin

Submitted by Andrew Murphy, Web Producer
Monday, April 30th, 2012, 2:40pm

Monument High School recently did a lip dub of Party Rockin. This is the second lip dub the school has done.

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Victoria Kennedy to speak at commencement

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, 6:36pm

Victoria Kennedy will give the commencement address for Berkshire Community College this year.

The ceremony will be held June 1, at Tanglewood in Lenox.

Mrs. Kennedy was the wife of the late senator Edward Kennedy.

Mrs. Kennedy was also invited to give the commencement address at Anna Maria College in Paxton Massachusetts.

But that invitation was later withdrawn after the local bishop raised concerns about her stand on abortion and gay marriage.

 

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Local students to take part in nationwide anti-bullying rally

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 4:14pm

HUDSON - On Friday, May 4, students in Hudson will join thousands of others across the country to take a stand against bullying.

The Group Stand4Change.org is organizing a rally to bring attention to the problem of bullying.

For more information on this event or to join the rally  CLICK HERE.

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Former NBA player to come to Pittsfield

Submitted by Andrew Murphy, Web Producer
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012, 2:21pm

PITTSFIELD - Former Boston Celtic player Chris Herren is scheduled to share his story of basketball and addiction with Pittsfield Public School students on April 12.

The Hoop Club Hall of Fame, Pittsfield Public Schools and Pittsfield Prevention Partnership have all partnered up to bring Herren to the Berkshires.

Herren is scheduled to talk to students at private assemblies at Taconic and Pittsfield High earlier in the day.

Herren will be featured at the annual Pittsfield Hoop Club Scholarship Night at 7p and give the keynote address. This event is open to the public and free of charge.

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Citizens Bank seeks student applicants for scholarship program

Submitted by Andrew Murphy, Web Producer
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012, 2:06pm

ALBANY - Applications for the Citizens Bank's TruFit Good Citizen Student Scholarship program are now being accepted.

Last year, the scholarship program awarded a total of $50,000 to college students whose volunteer efforts made a difference in their communities.

This year, 40 scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors and current college students across the country who have been active in community service.

Applicants are asked to write an essay of no more than 250 words or record a 60-second video summing up their responsibility and leadership skills gained through community service experiences.

The scholarships will be awarded this summer for the 2012-2013 academic year.

The application period ends on Monday, April 30. For full details, rules and to apply CLICK HERE.

 

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Art Association announces winners

Submitted by Andrew Murphy, Web Producer
Friday, March 30th, 2012, 3:01pm

PITTSFIELD - The Berkshire Art Association announced today that six Bershire College art students have been selected to p[articipate in the 2012 BAA Fellowship Show at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.

The exhibit will run from April 21 to May 19. Students will be awarded $4,000 in cash prizes at the opening reception on April 21. The reception is open to the public and is from 5-7p. 

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Mass. school closes for a day because of illness

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012, 12:51pm

HANCOCK, Mass. (AP) - So many students and staff at a small western Massachusetts school have fallen ill that classes have been cancelled for the day.
    
Principal Jeanne Filiault tells the North Adams Transcript that nearly two-thirds of the Hancock Central School's 39 students in grades pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade stayed home sick Tuesday as did most of the staff, including the nurse.
    
She says there are just two healthy teachers left.
    
The school will be disinfected Tuesday and it is hoped it will reopen Wednesday, although the principal still expects a lot of absences.
    
Filiault says her doctor told her a flu strain has been "spreading like wildfire" through the school in the past week.
    
Hancock is along the New York border.

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