BCD Senior Graduation Ceremony to be held June 8

LENOX, MA (05/31/2007)(readMedia)-- Berkshire Country Day, an independent school serving pre-school through secondary grades, will be holding high school graduation ceremonies on Friday, June 8, 2007 on its Winthrop Campus in Lenox, MA, starting at 4:00 p.m.

Mary Marcy, Provost of Simon’s Rock College of Bard in Great Barrington, MA and a Vice President at Bard College, will be this year’s commencement speaker. As the head of Simon’s Rock, she leads the nation’s only four year residential undergraduate early college dedicated to the liberal arts.

The Class of 2007 will graduate the following 11 students

• Jane Louise Burns (Lee, MA)

• Erin Leigh DeLuca (Dalton, MA)

• Sara Catherine Frantz (Lee, MA)

• Nina Lin Friedman (New Marlboro, MA)

• William Franklin Herbst (Tyringham, MA)

• Carlos Leon Kaufman (Dalton, MA)

• Clemens Michael Knieper (Lenox, MA)

• Emily Maeve Mattoon (Canaan, NY)

• Arielle Mara Picheny (Great Barrington, MA)

• Michael Jacob Ryan (Great Barrington, MA)

• Gary Michael Timpane (Dalton, MA)

“We are pleased that Mary Marcy will be giving this year’s commencement address,” says BCD’s Head of School Rob Peterson. “Both schools share similar educational values and a belief that given the opportunity, young people can and are ready to do great things with their life.”

ABOUT MARY MARCY

Mary B. Marcy is Provost of Bard College at Simon’s Rock, and a Vice President at Bard College. As the head of Simon’s Rock, she leads the nation’s only four year residential undergraduate early college dedicated to the liberal arts. Prior to her arrival at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Marcy led Antioch University’s Project on the Future of Higher Education, a national, grant-funded project exploring the issues of cost and quality in American undergraduate education. She served as the first Dean of University Relations at the Seattle campus of Antioch, and was the Executive Assistant to the President at Western Washington University. Marcy holds a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Philosophy in Politics from Oxford University, and received her Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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.

Posted Thursday May 31, 2007 at 04:37 pm by Berkshire Country Day School