On November 8, 2003 Berkshire Country Day School Latin and Greek students attended the Pioneer Valley Classical Association's Classics Day at Belchertown High School in Belchertown, MA, according to an announcement by Robert R. Peterson, Head of School. Students were offered the opportunity to learn more about the world of the Romans and Greeks by participating in many different contests and activities. The students attended workshops and entered many contests, with B.C.D.S. winners listed:
In Latin, for the Oral Interpretation Contest, novice level, seventh graders Wilson Baer, Camille Coppola, Charlotte Crane, and Emily Ury tied for first place. The judge elected not to award second or third place prizes due to the excellent performance of these seventh graders. For the intermediate level, eight graders Dan Kleederman and Corey Silberstein tied for first place, and Caroline Ellis won second place. For the Advanced Prose level, tenth grader Liana Katz won first place, and ninth grader Andrew Crane won second place. In the Advanced Poetry level, twelfth grader Jamie Kraut won first place. In Greek, tenth grader Amanda Yasinski won first place.
In the Catapult Contest-Marshmallow Division, seventh graders Ben Grossman Ponemon, Robin Hackett, and Joe Mangiardi came in third place with their catapult, "Agricola".
For the Costume Contest-Middle School Division, seventh graders Jessica Langman and Rosie Taylor won third place for their costumes as Calypso and Hermes.
In the Myth Certamen, seventh graders Wilson Baer, Buddy Ferris, Ben Tobin and eighth grader Todd Volkman won second place.
For the Art Contest0Mosaics, eight graders Caroline Ellis, Margaret Esposito and Carina Kaufman won first place; and eight graders Sam Campoli and Dan Kleederman won third place. In the Model Division, seventh grader Carline Barry won second place; and seventh graders Emily Ury, Olivia Weinstein and eighth grader Liz Ury, won third place. For Sculptures, seventh graders Camille Breslin and Sarah Steadman won first place. In the Miscellaneous Division, eighth grader Maizy Broderick-Searpa won third place.
Feature presenter, Odds Bodkin, a graduate of Duke University, entertained students with his music-filled storytelling. Mr. Bodkin has taught storytelling and imagination for seven years at Antioch New England Graduate School while pursuing a full-time career as a children's author and musical storyteller. He is renowned for his epic tellings of The Odyssey and The Rage of Hercules, which has earned him a national reputation, in Billboard's words, as "a modern-day Orpheus."
Beginning in sixth grade, students at BCD enroll in Latin with teachers Eugenie Fawcett, Elizabeth Baer, and Marcia Jones. Mrs. Baer is also the Greek instructor, a subject that can be taken in ninth grader.
Berkshire County Day School is an independent school for pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, with 335 students from Berkshire, Columbia, Hampshire and Rensselaer counties. Its Brook Farm Campus, for students through eight grade, is located one mile south of Tanglewood's Main Entrance. Its Winthrop Campus, for students in grade nine through twelve, is located one mile north of Tanglewood's Main Entrance at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute summer home.
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Former Harry's Supermarket Under Construction for Restaurant
Late last month, the Conservation Commission greenlit some tree pruning on the property. New windows and a new door can be seen in the front of the building.
"It's a substantial renovation that's currently underway here," Brent White of White Engineering said, speaking on behalf of the applicant and owner, Huajie Zhu.
A fire gutted the longtime Wahconah Street supermarket in 2023, and the following year, Zhu purchased the property for $460,000 two years ago to build a restaurant with hibachi in the existing footprint of the more than 100-year-old building.
White explained that the project has been ongoing for over a year, and the Community Development Board granted the property a waiver to reduce the minimum required number of parking spaces so that additional spaces aren't needed.
He noted that, looking at the site plan, there is very little room to do so. A mirror will be installed near the sharp turn on Bel Air Avenue to alleviate traffic concerns.
Pruning will be done on trees in the southeast corner of the existing paved parking lot, as a number of branches are hanging over. The new owners also intend to patch, sealcoat, and re-stripe the parking lot.
A fire tore through the building less than an hour after the supermarket closed for the day three years ago. An automatic sprinkler system is required for the new use.
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