Updates and Notes from the Principals: February 3

Family Opportunities - 

  • Cell Phone Survey 
  • Junior Meetings
    • Please join the High School Counselors in the Mount Greylock Meeting Room on Wednesday, February 8th from 6:00-6:45pm for a discussion about how to support your juniors with their post-secondary planning process. 
    • We will review a junior and senior year timeline, discuss important deadlines, highlight helpful resources and answer any questions you may have. 
    • Please register here if you plan to attend. 
  • Join Berkshire Community Action Council and Representative John Barrett III
    • Share your input on how we can better support our low-income Berkshire Neighbors.
    • Monday, February 27th
    • 8:30 am – 9:30 am
    • The Green, 1st floor, 85 Main Street North Adams
    • Please RSVP to Aleta or Karen at 413-663-3014

Student Opportunities - 

  • Student Workshop - Interested in learning the best way to paint and create the set of a performance in the Mount Greylock Auditorium? Friday, February 10th from 11:30-2:30pm.
    • Join scenic painter and theater artist Katie Polebaum-Freeman for a workshop focused on scenic painting. Katie is currently working at Williams College and Miss Hall’s School and she will provide any interested Mount Greylock student hands-on instruction  to create a show stopping (or producing) set in the Mount Greylock Auditorium.
    • Interested students should submit the permission slip to the Main Office by next Thursday.
    • There will be a late bus at 2:40pm that afternoon and students are welcome to order lunch through PowerSchool that morning.
  • Greylock Talks
    • Midterm Elections: What Happened and What's Next?
      • REV President Annie Art introduces Williams Professor Matt Tokeshi, who gives a Greylock Talk
      • Watch the talk with  this video
    • Dementia Friends Movement - 
      • Dementia Friends is a global movement that was developed by the Alzheimer’s Society in the United Kingdom, with origins in Japan’s Dementia Supporter program. It is now underway in the United States.  The Massachusetts chapter gives a Greylock Talk today
      • Young adults have not been part of the Dementia conversation until recently, yet they often have grandparents or relatives with the disease - and probably come in contact with people with dementia more than they realize. 

Reminders / References - 

  • Program of Study (POS) - in case you weren’t able to attend:
  • Pick Up & Drop Off - 
    • Please do not use the bus loop during morning drop off and afternoon pick up times
    • Vehicles mixing with buses and students is a dangerous combination
    • Families picking up or dropping off should stay in the parking lot lane along the sidewalk