Mount Greylock Regional School to Celebrate Graduation Saturday

10:02AM / Friday, June 06, 2025Print Story | Email Story

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School will celebrate the graduation of 69 seniors at its annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 7.

The ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. in the school gymnasium and will include speeches by two students speakers. The high school provided the following information about their educational and athletic achievements.

Polly Rhie, chosen to speak by the senior class, is a standout student whose accomplishments reflect both academic excellence and leadership. Having attended classes at Williams College, Rhie has consistently demonstrated a rare ability to master complex and challenging concepts across disciplines with exceptional speed and ease. During her senior year, she simultaneously studied German and AP Spanish, exemplifying her intellectual curiosity and linguistic talent.

An assertive and confident leader on the student council, she has served as a role model to her peers, inspiring others through both her actions and her integrity. A dedicated cross-country runner since middle school, Rhie brings a blend of discipline, determination, and insight to everything she pursues.

Rhie resides in Williamstown with her family and will be attending Haverford (Pa.) College in the fall.

Malia Koffi was chosen to speak by the faculty. A standout leader and active community member, she has made a significant impact at Mount Greylock. A six-year varsity athlete on the softball team, she served as captain during both her junior and senior years. Her dedication and excellence have earned her numerous accolades, including the MIAA Leadership Award, several Greylock Way Awards for her leadership within middle and high school, and the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship, awarded for outstanding performance on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exams.

In addition to her athletic and academic achievements, Koffi has been an active member of our school community, consistently demonstrating initiative and compassion. Her peers and staff alike admire her for her integrity and dedication to the school and her fellow students.

Koffi resides in Lanesborough with her family and will be attending Berkshire Community College in the fall.

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Discrimination Against Muslim Americans Persists 25 Years After 9/11

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
07:00AM / Saturday, September 12, 2026

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Dozens of Muslim Americans were among people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Untold numbers of Muslim Americans have suffered countless acts of discrimination in their aftermath.

"Of course, you'll find several accounts of Muslims from all over the U.S. describing how they went from the unknown kids in the school to being stereotyped or ridiculed for their Muslim names," Sidra Mahmood recalled recently. "However, many Americans forget that the victims of 9/11 were also Muslim Americans.

"I can't forget the time when a classmate broke down in sobs when 9/11 came up in our classroom at the Islamic seminary I went to in Texas, because her father's best friend who was like an uncle to her, died on 9/11."

Today, Mahmood is a chaplain at Williams College. In 2001, she was growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, when terrorists forced two passenger jets into the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan and another plane into the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C. A third plane, which terrorists hoped to crash into a D.C. landmark, was brought down in western Pennsylvania after passengers and crew fought back against the hijackers.

The attacks, which ultimately claimed 2,976 lives, horrified people around the world, including in Mahmood's native land.

"I remember being aghast like anyone who witnessed the fall of the Twin Towers in real time," she said. "However, even as a child, fear gripped me about the possibility of war, especially once we learned that Afghanistan, right adjacent to Pakistan, would be attacked by the U.S. My mother had told me about the 1971 war between India and Pakistan when she remembered hiding in the dark after bomb sirens would go off in Punjab after intentional blackouts.

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