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Merrie Benjamin recognized as top 1% in state in highly competitive Letters About Literature Program, Darlie Kerns and Gable Hartman win Honorable Mention and are ranked in top 5% WILLIAMSTOWN, MA. May 6, 2013. Merrie Benjamin, a fifth grader at Pine Cobble School, has been recognized by the 2013 Massachusetts Letters About Literature competition with an…

Update: the AISNE team has come and gone. While we won’t know the official results for some time, they did tell our faculty before they left that we should ring our own Good Day Bell. What a great visit we had!! This week, six educators representing the Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE) are…

We are thrilled that Student Author Night (optional and always popular) has arrived! The fun begins tonight, Thursday, April 18th, at 5:30 PM. We’re delighted that mystery writer Beth Saulnier, Pine Cobble class of ’84, will speak. Saulnier is the author of the Alex Bernier mystery series, which Booklist called “excellent.” Kirkus calls heroine Alex Bernier “delightful,”…

The latest Pine Cobble story is available online, this one featuring Hannah (ninth grade) and Olivia (fourth grade). Their story is told by their mother, Audrey Witter. Past Pine Cobble stories include Ezra (second grade): And Aidan (sixth grade): Or visit our Vimeo page to see all our recent videos!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Scholarships offered to two new students entering grades 4-8 for 2013-14 school year WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, March 15, 2013. Pine Cobble School is pleased to announce the availability of two new scholarships. Students of good character from the northern Berkshires, southern Vermont, and eastern New York are encouraged to apply. The scholarships are open to qualifying…

Pine Cobble School is pleased to announce the fourth year of a Fellow position; this position has become an integral part of students’ Pine Cobble experience, and is a powerful investment in our nation’s future teachers. Recently, the 2012-13 Fellow, Patrick Aquino, along with the 2011-12 Fellows, Corey Baldwin and Sarah Dewey, spoke to college…

Award-winning illustrator Robin Brickman will spend a full day at Pine Cobble School on Friday, February 22. She will work with every grade, Beginners through ninth grade, to construct a three-dimensional coral reef, a project that combines art and science. She comes to Pine Cobble thanks to a grant from the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire.…

Pine Cobble fifth grade students have spent the school year intensively studying historic personalities – Marie Curie, Stephen Hawking, Anna Pavlova, Bono, and more. They will present the results of their research the evening of Thursday, February 21. The biography projects include three facets: (1) a research paper about the subject’s life based on extensive note-taking…

It is time for our annual Valentine’s Day fundraiser. The money raised will go towards the ninth grade trip! As always, we need support from families, friends, grandparents and other loved ones. Who?     Your child, grandchild, teacher, friend, or sweetheart! What?     Fundraiser for the ninth grade trip. When?     Deadline for Valentine order forms is Thursday, February 7, 2013. Valentines will be delivered…

We are thrilled that Dr. Stephen White will be teaching economics and personal finance to our eighth and ninth grade students. Dr. White has a Ph.D. in health economics and management from The Heller School at Brandeis University, an MSW in clinical social work from Smith College School for Social Work, an MPA in health care management…