Browse past news stories for Plunkett Elementary School in Adams, MA.

• adams Target makes a difference for library (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:58:37 am
  North Adams Transcript ADAMS -- Because it relies so heavily on fundraising to provide students with new books and material, the C. T. Plunkett Elementary School library has been hit hard by the recent economic downturn. That was until a national chain with a local store decided to lend a helping hand.
• Design firm is chosen for Adams Memorial Middle School study (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 08:10:57 am
  North Adams Transcript ADAMS -- The Adams-Cheshire Regional School District took a big step Monday toward finalizing a plan to deal with the mothballed Adams Memorial Middle School. The state School Building Authority’s Designer Selection Panel named its first pick for a design firm to conduct the feasibility study to determine how the district will deal with Adams Memorial.
• Today in local history (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 04:52:52 am
  Oct. 24 50 years ago today CLARKSBURG -- The Clarksburg Farmers Poultry and Garden 4-H Club organized for the year at a meeting held last evening at the home of Roy Cook. William McArthur was named president; Kenneth Demers, vice president; Peter Cook, secretary; Edward Denault, treasurer; Sandra Cook, reporter; Ronald Denault, song leader; and Vernon Shippee, barn inspector.
• Watch out, school’s in session (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 06:37:24 am
  A speed indicator along Commercial Street in Adams near the BArT Charter School and C.T. Plunkett Elementary School is a friendly reminder to motorists to slow down in the school zone.
• The theater of no bullying (Berkshire Eagle)
  posted on September 26, 2009 at 01:05:19 pm
  ADAMS -- Call it theater for the times, perhaps. The Berkshire District Attorney's Office this week has sponsored performances by the independent theater company Deana's Education Theater at seven county schools.
• School merger is nearly complete (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on August 13, 2009 at 04:46:47 am
  North Adams Transcript CHESHIRE -- The merger of Hoosac Valley High School and Adams Memorial Middle School is nearly complete according to school Superintendent Alfred Skrocki. Skrocki and high school Principal Henry Duval informed the Adams-Cheshire Regional School District School Committee at Tuesday night’s meeting that most of the plans for the merger are right on track and they
• Another Plunkett student infected (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 10:35:40 am
  ADAMS -- C.T. Plunkett Elementary School has reported its second case of swine flu on Tuesday after another student was diagnosed and kept home.
• C.T. Plunkett reports second case of swine flu (Berkshire Eagle)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 12:33:00 pm
  Wednesday, June 24 ADAMS -- C.T. Plunkett Elementary School has reported its second case of swine flu on Tuesday after another student was kept home after being diagnosed.
• Two cases of H1N1 flu virus confirmed at local school (Capital News 9)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 03:39:59 pm
  C.T. Plunkett Elementary School in Adams is reporting two confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus.
• Swine flu sends Adams student home (Berkshire Eagle)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 02:59:28 pm
  ADAMS -- C.T. Plunkett Elementary School reported a confirmed case of a student with swine flu on Monday, and Principal Kristen Gordon said the school is taking all necessary precautions to prevent further cases.
• Greylock summit road reopens (Berkshire Eagle)
  posted on May 23, 2009 at 02:14:28 pm
  ADAMS — Heralding the completion of the "one of the largest park improvement projects" in state history, Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Friday officially re-opened more than 13 miles of access roads leading to the summit of Mount Greylock — the highest point in the Massachusetts.
• Mt. Greylock roads to open with Gov. Patrick on hand (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 05:50:38 pm
  ADAMS -- The reopening of Mount Greylock will have some pomp and circumstance Friday as the state's highest peak will once again be opened to vehicle traffic after two years of being closed.
• Selectmen welcome two new members (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 05:50:38 pm
  ADAMS -- Newly-elected Selectmen Jason Hnatonko and Arthur "Skip" Harrington got their first feel of what it’s like to be behind the table as the board held it’s first regular meeting with the new members on Wednesday night.
• Shop sees new life (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on May 9, 2009 at 01:20:29 am
  ADAMS -- When Patrick LeBeau and his then fiancée, Dione Kickery, opened Creative Designs on Columbia Street three years ago, they hoped they’d be able to stay open for the long haul, providing hand-made crafts and toys geared toward the hearing impaired.
• Adams preschool to move in fall (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on April 16, 2009 at 03:50:28 pm
  ADAMS -- Preschoolers at C.T. Plunkett Elementary School will have some new surroundings this fall, as the school's preschool program is being moved to Cheshire Elementary School.
• Everybody wins in reading bet (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on April 6, 2009 at 03:37:40 pm
  ADAMS -- Thanks to two fourth-graders, students at C.T. Plunkett Elementary School have the "reading bug."
• Quartet finds an identity (Berkshire Eagle)
  posted on April 3, 2009 at 05:40:28 pm
  ADAMS — The members of the newly formed string quartet at Tanglewood needed a name for their group. "You can't really go around calling yourself the Tanglewood Quartet even if you met there," says violist Jessica Chang. "But we wanted something that had to do with the area where we first met."
• PAL in danger due to Adams budget cuts (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on April 3, 2009 at 01:37:36 am
  ADAMS -- The Adams Police Association has sent a letter around town notifying residents that there may be an unintended causality in this round of budget cuts -- the Police Association League basketball teams.
• Faculty take on Harlem Wizards in fundraiser (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on March 31, 2009 at 03:52:42 pm
  CHESHIRE -- Parent, students, teachers and community members packed the Hoosac Valley High School gymnasium Sunday afternoon to watch the Harlem Wizards play against fifteen members of the faculty and staff of C.T. Plunkett Elementary School.
• Wonka takes the stage (North Adams Transcript)
  posted on March 19, 2009 at 03:39:31 pm
  ADAMS - Dressed in striped pants, a suit jacket and a top hat, 14-year-old Tom Gelisa belted out the lyrics to the song "Pure Imagination" on Wednesday as his "Willy Wonka" cast mates waited for their cue to join him on stage in the Adams Memorial Middle School auditorium.