Community
At Berkshire,
students
and faculty interact informally and intentionally, and it happens all
the time. "Community" begins in September when returning students usher
new families through registration; it continues during a review session
in a faculty apartment, in the van traveling to an away game, at advisee
lunch in the dining hall, and in a packed theater on opening night of
the play. As one recent grad put it, "T
here's a sense here that everyone sticks together and that made us all very proud of this place."
Uniquely
situated at the base of Mount Everett in the Berkshire hills of Western
Massachusetts, Berkshire's location provides a safe environment
especially conducive to creating a cohesive community -- most students
are boarding students and remain on campus the majority of weekends. The
close-knit day student community is welcome on campus at any time, and
day students often stay overnight in the dorm on weekends or for special
events.
At Berkshire’s very first all-school meeting over 100 years ago, founder Seaver Buck encouraged “the capacity to reason and make value judgments.” That
philosophy holds true to this day: a rigorous academic program is
complemented by an emphasis on lifelong learning and moral fortitude. In
this kind of community, each day brings with it an extraordinary number
of opportunities - the opportunity to take Chinese, to take photographs,
to take a slap shot from the point. At Berkshire, each day offers
another opportunity to take a risk, to grow, and to learn, and another
opportunity to succeed.
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