BCD Announces 7th & 8th Grade Student Academic & Citizenship Awards

STOCKBRIDGE & LENOX, MA (06/11/2007)(readMedia)-- Berkshire Country Day, an independent school serving pre-school through secondary grades, announces year-end academic awards and citations for students in grades 7 and 8:

Seventh Grade Academic Awards:

  • The Eugénie D. Fawcett Classics Prize to Byron Hutchison (Kinderhook, NY) and Claire Meyer (West Stockbridge, MA)
  • The Janet Faxon Creative Writing Prize to Catherine Crane (Dalton, MA)
  • The Undergraduate French Prize to Claire Meyer (West Stockbridge, MA)
  • The Ned Douglas Mathematics Prize to Roya Daemi (Great Barrington, MA)

Eighth Grade Academic Awards:

  • The Marilyn Orner Cromwell Art Prize to Emily Tobin (Williamsburg, MA)
  • The Vivian Murray Music Prize to Ann Alexander (Dalton, MA) and Anashya Srinivasan (Pittsfield, MA)
  • The Marcia V. Jones Latin Prize to Katie Ansel (New Lebanon, NY)
  • The G. James Fawcett English Prize to Emily Tobin (Williamsburg, MA)
  • The Anna Zaffanella French Prize to Emma Blair (Great Barrington, MA)
  • The Madame Grad French Prize to Anashya Srinivasan (Pittsfield, MA)
  • The Ramsbotham History Prize to Emma Blair (Great Barrington, MA)
  • The Cowhig Mathematics Prize to Theo Friedman (Sheffield, MA)
  • The Thomson Science Prize to Thad Pinakiewicz (Williamstown, MA)

Other Awards & Citations:

  • The Butler Academic Prize to Katie Ansel (8th grade, New Lebanon, NY) and Emily Tobin (8th grade, Williamsburg, MA)
  • The Gulick Citizenship Award to Roya Daemi (7th grade, Great Barrington, MA), Mike Harrigan (7th grade, Great Barrington), and Tom Harrigan (7th grade, Great Barrington, MA)
  • The Judge Citizenship Award to Christopher Mangiardi (8th grade, Richmond, MA)
  • The Phillips Citizenship Award to Ann Alexander (8th grade, Dalton, MA)
  • The Donald T. Oakes Award to Meghan Ryan (8th grade, Lenox, MA)

ABOUT BERKSHIRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

Founded in 1946 and celebrating its 60th anniversary year, BCD is an independent school serving preschool through ninth grades. BCD is an academically rigorous school with a caring community in which students and teachers share in the process of learning. Steadfast in its commitment to learning in the spirit of inquiry and discovery, the school community is dedicated to encouraging academic excellence at the highest level, advancing each student's unique potential for well-rounded development, and fostering responsive and responsible citizenship. More information can be found at www.berkshirecountryday.org.