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Berkshire Country Day School participated in Classics Day.

Berkshire Country Day School Students Win Classics Day Awards

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STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Berkshire Country Day School's Upper School Latin students (grades seven to nine) joined the Pioneer Valley Classical Association annual Classics Day at Mount Holyoke College on Jan. 20.

BCD's Latin students enjoyed participating in workshops and contests with their peers from Academy Hill, Amherst Middle School, Belchertown, Herberg, Lenox Memorial High, MacDuffie, Pittsfield, Taconic and Williston. The BCD students were accompanied by teachers Eugénie and James Fawcett, Associate Head of School Leigh Doherty, and Head of School Paul Lindenmaier.

BCD students received the following awards:

 

Art contest

Sculpture: First Place: ninth grader Lanna Knoll (Great Barrington)

Paintings & Drawings: ninth grader Lanna Knoll (Great Barrington)

Mosaics: Second Place: ninth grader Fiona Ferrone (Spencertown, N.Y.); Third Place: seventh grader Esme Lazar (Kinderhook, N.Y.);



Military: Second Place: seventh grader Anje Capala (Spencertown, N.Y.)

 

Costume Contest

First Place: seventh grader Esme Lazar (Kinderhook, N.Y.) as Artemis

Third Place: eighth grader Julia Mammen (Housatonic) as Persephone

 

Oral Interpretation

Intermediate: First Place: eighth grader Colby Lederman (Pittsfield); Second Place: ninth grader Fiona Ferrone (Spencertown, N.Y.); Third Place: eighth grader Beck Mathews (Lenox)

Novice Poetry: First Place: seventh grader Keely O'Gorman (Lee); Second Place: seventh grader Chase Vermeulen (North Egremont)

 

Certamen

Latin 2: Second Place: BCD team of ninth graders Fiona Ferrone (Spencertown, N.Y.) and Lanna Knoll (Great Barrington), and eighth graders Beck Mathews (Lenox) and Gabe Rich (Pittsfield)

Latin 1: Second Place: BCD team of eighth graders Roberto Barron (Lee), Cass Combs (New Marlborough), and Colby Lederman (Pittsfield) and seventh grader Henry Van Schaick (Pittsfield).

 


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MassDOT Project Will Affect Traffic Near BMC

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Prepare for traffic impacts around Berkshire Medical Center through May for a state Department of Transportation project to improve situations and intersections on North Street and First Street.

Because of this, traffic will be reduced to one lane of travel on First Street (U.S. Route 7) and North Street between Burbank Street and Abbott Street from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday through at least May 6.

BMC and Medical Arts Complex parking areas remain open and detours may be in place at certain times. The city will provide additional updates on changes to traffic patterns in the area as construction progresses.

The project has been a few years in the making, with a public hearing dating back to 2021. It aims to increase safety for all modes of transportation and improve intersection operation.

It consists of intersection widening and signalization improvements at First and Tyler streets, the conversion of North Street between Tyler and Stoddard Avenue to serve one-way southbound traffic only, intersection improvements at Charles Street and North Street, intersection improvements at Springside Avenue and North Street, and the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of First Street, North Street, Stoddard Avenue, and the Berkshire Medical Center entrance.

Work also includes the construction of 5-foot bike lanes and 5-foot sidewalks with ADA-compliant curb ramps.  

Last year, the City Council approved multiple orders for the state project: five orders of takings for intersection and signal improvements at First Street and North Street. 

The total amount identified for permanent and temporary takings is $397,200, with $200,000 allocated by the council and the additional monies coming from carryover Chapter 90 funding. The state Transportation Improvement Plan is paying for the project and the city is responsible for 20 percent of the design cost and rights-of-way takings.

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