Pittsfield Schools Closed Wednesday, February 5, 2014, due to anticipated snowstorm
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Through the Fog, A Clear Message of Progress
Despite a dense fog that enveloped Pittsfield and surrounding communities on Saturday, January 11, more than 90 people found their way to Pittsfield Middle High School for a memorable evening: a celebration of the ongoing partnership between the schools and the community and their efforts to redesign the educational system for 21st century success. The…
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Governor Hassan’s Comments about Pittsfield Schools
Parents/Guardians, I thought you would be interested in the complimentary comments that Governor Hassan made about our Pittsfield schools in her state-of-the-state address delivered at the State House in Concord on Thursday, February 6, which are excerpted from her speech below. Thank you for your ongoing support of our students and school. Sincerely, John J….
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What They Did on their Summer “Vacation”
It’s a tired cliché: that teachers are so lucky because they have the summers “off.” The notion conjures images of educators lazing away the days and weeks in chaise lounges and hammocks while the rest of us slog through the summer in our cubicles and storefronts. In Pittsfield, nothing could be further from the truth….
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Remodeling our Educational System for a Rapidly Changing World
In his most recent State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama applauded high school redesign efforts taking place around the country and encouraged districts to look to successful models for inspiration. A few days later, Education Week, the national trade journal for educators, cited Pittsfield Middle High School as one of these models. Pittsfield…
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Good to Great: A Community Forum
The PMHS cafeteria is usually empty on Saturday mornings, but a good 50 people gathered there from 10 am –12 pm on February 16th for the Good-to-Great Community Forum. The phrase “good-to-great,” made famous by the pioneering management expert Jim Collins, is a way of thinking about how to move an organization from average to…
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Student Led Conferences: Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat
The school corridors had been more crowded than usual at PMHS in mid-November as our Student-Led Conferences (SLCs) have been in full swing. As PMHS parents know, since the beginning of the last school year, PMHS replaced the traditional—and sometimes dreaded—parent-teacher conference with a relatively new model of understanding and appreciating student progress. Every fall…