Berkshire Country Day School Classics Day Achievement

LENOX, MA (01/21/2014)(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 17, 2014. BCD's Latin students, in grades seven, eight, and nine, enjoyed participating in workshops and contests with middle and high school students from Academy Hill, Amherst, Belchertown, Berkshire, Lenox, MacDuffie, Mount Greylock, Pittsfield, Reid, 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

• Model – Second Place, One Story House: Eighth graders Rachel Kantor and Ruby Merritt (Lenox), and Michelle Lipson, Great Barrington; Third Place, Vesuvius and Pompeii: William Blomquist (Gr 7, Chatham, NY) and Charlie O'Neil (Gr 8, Stockbridge)

COSTUME CONTEST

First Place, Seven of The (Nine) Muses: Seventh Graders Elena Brown, Lenox; Beatrice Case, Monterey; Samantha Elliott (Pittsfield), Dorree Ndooki, Stella Piasecki, and Hayley Syrett (Great Barrington); and Taylor Slonaker (Canaan, CT)

ORAL INTERPRETATION:

• Intermediate Poetry Eighth Graders and Pittsfield residents Alexander Lederman, First Place; and Stephen Taglieri, Second Place

• Novice Poetry – Seventh Graders Sam Ferrone (Spencertown, NY), Second Place; and Taylor Slonaker (Canaan, CT), Third Place

CERTAMEN:

• Novice/Latin I – First Place: Seventh Graders Sam Ferrone (Spencertown, NY) and Finn Mathews (Lenox) and Eighth Graders Alexander Lederman (Pittsfield) and Evan Sylbert (Monterey)

• Myth – First Place: BCD Red Team Seventh Grader Toby Van Schaick, Eighth Graders Noah Beckwith and Alexander Lederman, all of Pittsfield; and ninth grader Henry Dolan, Chatham, NY

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.