BCD Announces Fourth Quarter & Third Trimester Honor Roll

LENOX, MA (07/09/2007)(readMedia)-- Berkshire Country Day School (BCD) announces Fourth Quarter Honor Roll for the Secondary School, grades 9 – 12, and Third Trimester Honor Roll for grades 7 and 8:

SECONDARY SCHOOL HIGH HONORS (Grades 9-12) Jamila Benkhoud (Pittsfield, MA), Carla Duval (Pittsfield, MA), Ben Grossman-Ponemon (Pittsfield, MA), Carina Kaufman (Dalton, MA), Daniel Kleederman (Williamstown, MA), Alyssa Kronen (Canaan, NY), Tom Meyer (West Stockbridge, MA), Christopher St. Clair (New Lebanon, NY), Ben Tobin (Williamsburg, MA).

SECONDARY SCHOOL HONORS (Grades 9-12) Andrew Boyce (Great Barrington, MA), Jane Burns (Lee, MA), Sam Campoli (Pittsfield, MA), Ian Carlow (Washington, MA), Jae Choi (Canaan, NY), Tom Ciaburri (Hinsdale, MA), Charlotte Crane (Dalton, MA), Arianna Daemi (Great Barrington, MA), Erin DeLuca (Dalton, MA), Sasha Friedman (New Marlboro, MA), Alexa Green (Pittsfield, MA), Sam Greer (Great Barrington, MA), Robin Hackett (Great Barrington, MA), Patrick Hennessey (Richmond, MA), Madison Newbound (Williamstown, MA), Isabel Piazza (Chatham, NY), Arielle Picheny (Great Barrington, MA), Rosie Taylor (West Stockbridge, MA), Gary Timpane (Dalton, MA), James Underwood-Miller (Stockbridge, MA).

SECONDARY SCHOOL EFFORT COMMENDATION (Grades 9-12) Gray Ballinger (Ghent, NY), Annalise Clausen (Great Barrington, MA), Alice Crane (Dalton, MA), Sara Frantz (Lee, MA), Carlos Kaufman Dalton, MA), Roberto Laurens (Dalton, MA), Irene Lee (Chatham, NY), Melissa Mattoon (Canaan, NY).

MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH HONORS (Grades 7 & 8) Kathryn Ansel (New Lebanon, NY), Emma Blair (Great Barrington, MA), Katherine Crane (Dalton, MA), Roya Daemi (Great Barrington, MA), Eliza Fairbrother (West Stockbridge, MA), Stephanie Fanelli (Dalton, MA), Byron Hutchison (Kinderhook, NY), Rebecca Katz (West Stockbridge, MA), Jeffrey Lowenstein (Sheffield, MA), Claire Meyer (West Stockbridge, MA), Sandy Moore (Great Barrington, MA), Emily Rowe (Dalton, MA), Anashya Srinivasan (Pittsfield, MA), Emily Tobin (Williamsburg, MA).

MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS (Grades 7 & 8) Ann Alexander (Dalton, MA), Peter Boyce (Great Barrington, MA), Nikolaj Brattke (Sheffield, MA), Elizabeth Butler (Pittsfield, MA), Andrew Campoli (Pittsfield, MA), Theo Friedman (Sheffield, MA), Charlie Getzen (Lenox, MA), Jordan Gittzus (Canaan, NY), Elizabeth Howard (East Chatham, NY), Kerry Krentsa (Stockbridge, MA), Eli Merritt (Lenox, MA), Meghan Ryan (Lenox, MA), Susanna Yudkin (Lenox, MA).

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT (Grades 7 & 8) Erin Barry (Pittsfield, MA), Thomas Harrigan (Great Barrington, MA), Christopher Mangiardi (Richmond, MA), Thad Pinakiewicz (Williamstown, MA).

To achieve high honors in high school, a student must maintain a GPA of 3.8 and receive no grade lower than a B+. To achieve honors, a student must maintain a GPA of at least 3.33 and receive a grade no lower than B-. A student who has been awarded excellent effort marks receives an effort commendation.

To achieve honors in eighth grade, out of a maximum of 156 points, a student must obtain 130 points for high honors, 117 points for honors, and 112 points for academic achievement; for seventh grade, out of a maximum of 168 points, a student must obtain 140 points for high honors, 126 points for honors, and 121 points for academic achievement.

ABOUT BERKSHIRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL Founded in 1946 and celebrating its 60th anniversary year, BCD is an independent school serving preschool through secondary 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.