The mission of out-of-school programming at BHRSD is to provide opportunities for students to receive academic intervention and advancement, extend school-day learning, facilitate personal growth, and develop social-emotional learning in an active, engaging, community environment.
At Community, Learning, & Enrichment Opportunities (CLEO) we support the growth of the whole student through active learning opportunities  which are collaborative, experiential, enriching, relevant, playful, and authentic.

DUBOIS MUSICAL

The 2025 DuBois Musical, Matilda, will begin in early December. More information can be found at duboismusical.weebly.com. CLEO is happy to support the musical in the following ways:

  • During the musical, CLEO will provide to students a safe, supervised space where they can come to do homework, practice lines, and receive performance coaching from Kendell Shaffer. (Monday – Thursday 2:45 – 4:50)
  • All student participants are eligible to take the late bus home (4:50 PM). Please see the page at bhrsd.org/latebus for more information. STUDENTS MUST PRE-ENROLL to take the late bus.

CLEO Winter 2025 is NOW ENROLLING

  • Please complete enrollment for Winter CLEO by Thursday 12/12!
  • Winter session will run January 8 – March 20.
  • We have some very exciting programming planned for the Winter session including supports for the Middle School musical, opposite-day programming for participants in Butternut Ski School (Thursday at Muddy Brook and Tuesday at Dubois), Greenagers, Flying Cloud, athletics activities, bilingual art, and many others.
  • GIRLS IN SCIENCE CLUB has been added to the offerings for girls in grades 1-4. If you already enrolled and would like to change your enrollment, you should be able to edit your previous enrollment by clicking on the link in the original post. If that doesn’t work, just submit a new enrollment and we will disregard the earlier one.
  • MBE Winter Descriptions
  • MBE Winter Enrollment Form
  • DBM Winter Descriptions
  • DBM Winter Enrollment

 

COMMUNICATIONS

Primary communication is via email from jp.okin@bhrsd.org, molly.gaschott@bhrsd.org, or aretha.whitehead@bhrsd.org. Please read these emails as they will contain important and timely information. 

The only telephone number that should be used for CLEO is 413-717-9346. Text or voice. PLEASE clearly identify yourself with first and last name and your child with first and last name when texting.

 

 

 

Other Community Activities

Late Bus Information

GO TO STAFF PAGE

Contacts:

CLEO cell: (413)717-9346 – This is the preferred method of contact during all CLEO program time. (If texting, please include your name and your child’s name in the text.)

JP Okin,  jp.okin@bhrsd.org (413)717-9346

office hours: M-R 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Grades 1-4 Molly Gaschott, molly.gaschott@bhrsd.org

Grades 5-8 Aretha Whitehead, aretha.whitehead@bhrsd.org

CLEO HANDBOOK

 

CLEO wishes to thank the following donors and volunteers:

Berkshire Hills School District

Berkshire United Way

Flying Cloud Institute

Berkshire Botanical Gardens

Martial Arts Institute of the Berkshires

Greenagers

Jewish Women’s Foundation of the Berkshires

Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership

21st Century Community Learning Grant

Josh Irwin

Aki Clark