May 31:       Spring Concert (7 PM, Memorial Hall) and
                     Art Reception (4:30 PM, show is ongoing at Mocha Maya's through June 16) 
June 4-6:     Final Examinations
June 8:        Graduation
June 10:      Rising Senior Leadership Retreat

NOTE: A convenient one-page version of the 2019-2020 School Calendar is available HERE. The School Calendar, linked above and always available from our homepage, includes this information and more, so please remember to check it frequently for updates.

The Academy's 37th Commencement will take place at 3:00 PM on Saturday, June 8. All students are expected to attend, and all parents are encouraged and invited to attend as well.

It's a tradition that we celebrate our seniors with a potluck reception after the commencement ceremony.
Families in the following grades should plan to contribute the following items – all finger foods please!

Grades 6/7 & 8: cookies, brownies or finger desserts
Grade 9:  veggies and dip
Grades 10 & 11: cheese & crackers

We expect over 400 people to join us and look forward to seeing all of you and our graduates' guests there.

On Tuesday, June 11, the APC will host an elegant luncheon to thank The Academy’s faculty and staff for their dedication to our children throughout the year. Please join us and share your gratitude by contributing a main dish, salad or side/appetizer, dessert, or beverages. Or, help us with set up and/or clean up (shifts are relatively short 10-12 and 12-2). As the old adage goes, many hands make light work! View your opportunities to help here Thank you. Questions? Please contact Meg Clark P21. Thank you so much!

With little more than a month to go until the end of our fiscal year, we're about halfway to our Annual Fund Goal of $250,000. If you haven't yet made your gift, please do so here. Parents, we're inching up, now with a 56% participation rate, and we're aiming for 100%. Your gift before June 30 will be TRIPLE matched by a group of generous donors!

Every gift matters, every day. Thank you for your generosity.

We are looking for an Academy student and family interested in hosting a 10th grade boy from Erding, Germany, during the fall of 2019. Erding students visit us every year as part of the longstanding Erding-Charlemont Exchange. The American host students are then invited to go to Germany the following summer. The host families on both sides of the Atlantic are expected to provide room and board and are expected to show the student around the region. There is a $500 family stipend available to help defray related expenses. Erding students will be here next fall from approximately October 22 to December 22.

Please take a look at the four brief bios of applicants Jacob, Matthias, and Moritz and discuss this wonderful opportunity with your family. FYI: While preference is given to rising 10th graders, Academy hosts do not have to be in 10th grade.  We will only invite a total of two students from Erding, and have already selected a girl who now has a host family.

To learn more about these students or the Erding-Charlemont Exchange in general, please contact Steph Powers or Sabine Mauri.

We're pleased to announce that David, currently a junior at The Academy, will be returning to us for next year! In addtion, Sarah, a 15-year-old girl living in Libramont, Belgium is very excited to be joining The Academy community next year as an 11th grader. To make this work, we need to find host families for David and Sarah. Please consider this wonderful opportunity!

We all know and love David and have been enriched by his presence in our community. We're thrilled that he wants to continue his education at The Academy as a senior! Please contact Sabine Mauri or Steph Powers with questions or for more information about hosting.

Living with a host family will be an amazing experience for Sarah, just as it will be for her family. Sarah is a fabulous singer who also likes skiing (she'll love that Berkshire East is so close!). She also likes kickboxing and swimming. Her parents describe her as joyful and a great student. Sarah helps at home by washing dishes, cleaning her room, vacuuming, doing laundry and cooking, so plan on eating a few Belgian dishes with her. arah has wanted to come to the US for a very long time. "I have been dreaming about it since I was a little child. I have always dreamed to attend a real baseball match," she says. More recently, she decided it was time to have this experience after seeing how much her brother loved going to school in New Zealand.

Sarah will be coming to us via the PAX program. Contact local coordinator and Academy parent Jackie Walsh for more information about Sarah and about PAX, at 413-625-9413 or by email.

All meals served with salad and/or fruit. Vegetarian and gluten-free options will, as always, be available
Monday:         Pasta marinara, focaccia bread
Tuesday:        BBQ chicken, French fries
Wednesday:  Berry pancakes, home fries, fruit

Thursday:      Focaccia bread pizza
Friday:            No School