Tree removal and early site clearing is officially underway as the renderings and schematic designs unveiled at the Berkshire Local Schools Board of Education meeting last month are now coming to life.  

Sponsored by the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Stop the Hate is an essay competition for Northeast Ohio students, and Berkshire senior Emma Witt was one of ten finalists out of over 2,000 applicants. On March 14, she and the other finalists read their essays to an audience of about 400 people where they were judged and then awarded various scholarships. Emma won an Honorable Mention and $500 scholarship. Big congratulations to Emma for this achievement; it is no small accomplishment to be acknowledged in such a large pool of competitors.  

Berkshire senior Josiah Cheung took home the first place prize for the 2019 Burton-Middlefield Rotary 4-way Speech Contest with his speech about social credit. Students from area school districts are invited to prepare and deliver a speech about a social issue or problem and take it through the 4-way test: Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?  Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?” He won a $500 scholarship for his efforts and is invited to participate in the district speech contest in April.  Josiah is not a newcomer to speech contests.  He won the same contest his sophomore year and took second last year.  Congratulations to Josiah for representing himself and Berkshire so well and good luck at the district competition. 

Congratulations to the students and staff at Berkshire Jr./Sr. High School on being named a Fox-8 News Cool School of the Week!