This program was part of a welcoming and gift exchange with a contingent from Ballina, Ireland, including Ballina Mayor Michael Loftus, and is one many performances these special young dancers have scheduled.
For the most part high-achieving, low-income students do not apply to highly selective colleges. Many under-reachers live outside of cities, are white, and attend smaller high schools. I have seen this phenomenon play out at Great Barrington’s Monument Mountain High School. Honors track low income students are more likely to apply to schools less selective than their grades and scores would recommend.
Over the next 50 years, Caroline and Sandy brought music and joy to thousands through performances, special gatherings, and sales of the traditional and contemporary folk recordings they produced.
"The real question is whether thoughtful creative educators are thinking creatively about the consolidation and how to make the most of this [potential] change."
-- Susan Engel, director of the Program in Teaching at Williams College, and a former member ot the Southern Berkshire Regional School Committee
Phyllis was an adored Girl Scout leader and skilled clinical social worker. She co-owned and grew a business renting baby furniture to visiting families.
