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Typical School Year
A typical school year at Berkshire Hills Academy includes classes in functional academics, private music study and participation in numerous musical ensembles, life skills training, vocational fieldwork and community involvement. During any given school year, students will participate in a wide range of educational, musical and experiential activities:
Music Classes, Lessons & Ensembles
Academics & Life Skills: Through functional academics and life skills classes, BHMA students grow towards living independently, and in their ability to navigate the larger world safely, and with confidence.
Consumer & Applied Math Computer SkillsCommunity Independence Basic Health Adult Sexuality Language & Literature Personal EssayReaders Theatre Public Speaking Social Skills Introduction to Careers Career Counseling Kitchen Internship Life Skills (incl. laundry, room maintenance, hygiene, budgeting,
banking, leisure skills,
safety, cooking, public transportation)
BHMA students have the opportunity to develop their musical talents, explore individual musical interests and enjoy making music with others, while expanding their understanding of music theory and history.
Elements of Music Practice Skills Music Appreciation Private Lessons Chorus Performance Music and Human Service Supervised Fieldwork Master Classes Ensembles (Jazz, Pop, Rock, Folk, Original Rock, World Music, Percussion, World Drum, Dance, Reggae, & Vocal)
BHMA students have fitness programmed into their
daily schedule, and enjoy participating in Special Olympics
activities. Dance Classes Swimming 2 Nights a Week Special Olympics Teams: Soccer
Bowling Track & Field
BHMA students are well-known in our community, and
have many opportunities to meet and interact with people from local
towns and organizations. Community Choir
Community Light Opera Church Choir
Lunch/Dinner in Community Movies
Volunteer Fire Fighters Banking Shopping: Grocery, Bookstores, Music Shops Holiday Parades and Celebrations Community Service Mount Holyoke College Events Walking to the Village Commons Religious Services
College students from the vibrant Five College community come to BHMA to intern, volunteer and work. The Best Buddies program brings Mount Holyoke students together with BHMA students, creating friendships that enrich the lives of those involved. BHMA students enjoy having local college students as friends, mentors and assistants.
Best Buddies, Mount Holyoke College Service Groups: UMASS-Boltwood, Bay Path College Honors Society Music Accompanists Swimming Companions Tutors, Instructional Aides Activity Assistants
Music Coaches Guest Performers
Workshops: Art, Cooking, Dance, Script-Writing, Song-Writing & Recording Drivers Guest Performers Life Skills Assistants Church Companions BHMA Fieldwork Assistants
Life skills are not just taught in the classroom but in the real world as well. Day trips are arranged once a week to practice life skills, going out to lunch and then to visit different local attractions.
Skinner State Park, South Hadley, MA Jones Library, Amherst, MA Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA Skinner Museum, South Hadley, MA Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA Holyoke Heritage State Park, Holyoke, MA
Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, MA Forbes Library, Northampton, MA South Hadley Fire Department, South Hadley, MA
The Student Prince Restaurant, Springfield, MA
Mt. Tom Reservation, Holyoke, MA Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory, Deerfield, MA
Talcott Plant House Spring Bulb Show, S. Hadley, MA North Hadley Sugar Shack, Hadley, MA
All Souls Church Music Performance, Greenfield, MA Springfield Zoo, Springfield, MA East Street School Performance, Ludlow, MA Springfield Museums, Springfield, MA Fish Ladder, Holyoke, MA Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA Apollo Theatre, New York City, NY Smith College Theater & Garden, Northampton, MA Mt. Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA
Vocational skills are fostered in and out of the classroom. Students do vocational fieldwork in music and human services at collaborating professional sites:
Holyoke Health Care,
Holyoke, MA Ludlow Senior Center, Ludlow, MA
Maple St. School,
Easthampton, MA West St. School, Granby, MA
Individual and Group Performances:
The talent of Berkshire Hills students is shared in
individual and group performances. Here is a sampling of
venues and organizations where BHMA students have performed: “A Funny Thing Happened…” S. H. Community Theatre American Bar Assoc., Exec. Com. Mtg., Boston, MA Abilities Unlimited Dinner, Westfield, MA All Souls Church, Greenfield, MA
ARC of Middlesex County Dinner, Boston, MA
Bay Path College Induction, Longmeadow, MA BHMA “Coffee House” Series Boston House Nursing Home, Boston, MA
Burncoat High School, Worcester, MA
Cerebral Palsy Assoc.,
Edison, NJ Coolidge Health Care Center, Northampton, MA Country Estates Care Center, Springfield, MA E. Longmeadow Council on Aging East Street School, Ludlow, MA Emily Williston Library, Easthampton, MA Fitch House Home, Boston, MA
BHMA Gala 2005, Boston, MA
Hilltown Charter School, Haydenville, MA
Holyoke Health Care,
Holyoke, MA Kim Center, Springfield, MA Life Care Center, Wilbraham, MA Linda Manor Family Picnic, Leeds, MA Linda Manor, Leeds, MA Litwin School, Chicopee, MA Loomis Village, South Hadley, MA
Ludlow Senior Center,
Ludlow, MA
Maple St. School,
Easthampton, MA
MASS ARC 50th Anniversary,
Boston, MA Mile Tree School, Wilbraham, MA Mont St. Marie Health Care, Holyoke, MA Mosier School, South Hadley, MA Mount Holyoke College Basketball Game Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA Movie Premier of “The Ringer”, Woburn, MA Pierce Elementary School, Brookline, MA Public Performance, South Hadley, MA Radius Ring Health Care, Springfield, MA
Ralph Lauren Benefit,
Boston, MA Ridge Road Elementary, North Haven, CT
Riverside Industries,
Easthampton, MA Smith Middle School, South Hadley, MA
South Hadley Columbus Day
Fair, South Hadley, MA Special Olympics, Springfield, MA Springfield Falcons Hockey Game StonyBrook Children’s Ctr., South Hadley, MA Sutton Middle School, Sutton, MA Travelers Woods, Greenfield, MA
West St. School, Granby,
MA Willie Ross School for the Deaf, Longmeadow, MA
Winterfest- Bay Path
College, Longmeadow, MA World Music Ensemble, Northampton, MA Allencroft Elementary, Montreal, Canada Cedar Park Elementary, Montreal, Canada Cedar Park United Church, Montreal, Canada Cedar Ridge Retirement Ctr., Montreal, Canada McGill University, Montreal, Canada
*For More Information: Admissions Department Berkshire Hills Music Academy 48 Woodbridge Street South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075 Phone: 413-540-9720 Fax: 413-534-3875 Email: Elizabeth Hart, Admissions Director
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