BERKSHIRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL CLASSICS DAY AWARDS

LENOX, MA (01/22/2015)(readMedia)-- Berkshire Country Day School's Upper School Latin students (Grades 7-9) joined the Pioneer Valley Classical Association annual Classics Day at Mount Holyoke College on January 16, 2015. BCD's Latin students, in grades seven, eight, and nine, enjoyed participating in workshops and contests with their peers from Academy Hill, Amherst, Belchertown, Jabish Brook, Lenox, MacDuffie, Reid, Pittsfield, Taconic, and Williston. The BCD students were accompanied by teachers Eugénie Fawcett, Carmen Dockery Perkins, and James Fawcett. BCD students received the following awards.

ART CONTEST

Paintings & Drawings: – Third Place: seventh grader Nina Renkert (Norfolk, CT)

Mosaics: First Place: seventh grader Fiona Ferrone (Spencertown, NY); Second Place: seventh grader Alex Currie (Pittsfield);

Models: - Second Place: seventh grader Isis Hoag (Canaan, CT); Third Place: eighth grader Hayley Syrett (Great Barrington)

COSTUME CONTEST

Second Place: seventh grader Diba De (Valatie, NY) as Vesta

ORAL INTERPRETATION:

Greek – First Place: ninth grader Alex Lederman (Pittsfield)

Intermediate Poetry – First Place: eighth grader Sam Ferrone (Spencertown, NY)

Novice Poetry – First Place: seventh grader Fiona Ferrone (Spencertown, NY)

CERTAMEN:

Latin 2 – First Place: BCD team of eighth grader Sam Ferrone (Spencertown, NY), and ninth graders Alex Lederman (Pittsfield), Julian Lindenmaier (Stockbridge), and Evan Sylbert (Monterey)

Latin 1 – First Place: BCD team of seventh graders Alex Currie and Ria Kedia (Pittsfield), and eighth graders Finn Mathews (Lenox) and Toby Van Schaick (Pittsfield)

Myth – First Place: BCD team of eighth graders Sam Ferrone (Spencertown, NY), Finn Mathews (Lenox), Tibor Lazar (Kinderhook, NY), and Taylor Slonaker (Great Barrington)

ABOUT BERKSHIRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

Berkshire Country Day School, established in 1946, is an independent school for students in Preschool through Grade 9. BCD exists to inspire the individual promise of every student, so that each may become an exemplary citizen of the world. For more information, visit berkshirecountryday.org.