Miss Hall's School Announces AP Scholars

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall's School announces that 37 of its students, including 25 recent graduates and 10 local students, have been named by the College Board as AP Scholars, in recognition of their exceptional achievements on the 2017 Advanced Placement Exams.

The AP Scholar designation means that the students earned a 3 or better — using a 5-point grading system — on three or more of the rigorous AP Exams, which are administered in May. This year, 81 MHS students sat for 172 exams in 23 subject areas, and 92 percent of those exams earned qualifying scores, according to the College Board, which oversees the AP program.

Local students recognized as AP Scholars with Distinction are, from the Class of 2017, Hayden Gillooly of Williamstown, now attending Williams College; Sally Nason of Lee, now at the University of California, Los Angeles; and Jacquline Rich of North Adams, now at Mount Holyoke College. The AP Scholar with Distinction designation means that these students earned an average grade of 3.5 or more on all AP exams and grades of 3 or better on five or more exams.


Local students recognized as AP Scholars with Honor are current senior Elizabeth Tagliaferro of Pittsfield; and, from the Class of 2017, Rachel Freedman of East Chatham, N.Y., now attending George Washington University; Gabriela Keator of Lenox, now at Saint Louis University; Mikala L'Hote of Pittsfield, now at at Bard College; and MacKenzie O'Brien of Windsor, now at Marist College. The AP Scholars with Honor designation means that they earned an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or better on four or more of those exams.

Local students recognized as AP Scholars are, from the Class of 2017, Grace Guachione of Pittsfield, now attending Saint Anselm College; and Marianne Vormer of Philmont, N.Y., now at American University. The AP Scholar designation is granted to students who receive scores of 3 or better on 3 or more AP Exams.

Additionally, named as National AP Scholar was Julia Baron of New York, N.Y., and now attending Brown University. The designation is granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 4 or better on eight or more of these exams.

 


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North Adams Regional Reopens With Ribbon-Cutting Celebration

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

BHS President and CEO Darlene Rodowicz welcomes the gathering to the celebration of the hospital's reopening 10 years to the day it closed. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The joyful celebration on Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital was a far cry from the scene 10 years ago when protests and tears marked the facility's closing
 
Hospital officials, local leaders, medical staff, residents and elected officials gathered under a tent on the campus to mark the efforts over the past decade to restore NARH and cut the ribbon officially reopening the 136-year-old medical center. 
 
"This hospital under previous ownership closed its doors. It was a day that was full of tears, anger and fear in the Northern Berkshire community about where and how residents would be able to receive what should be a fundamental right for everyone — access to health care," said Darlene Rodowicz, president and CEO of Berkshire Health Systems. 
 
"Today the historic opportunity to enhance the health and wellness of Northern Berkshire community is here. And we've been waiting for this moment for 10 years. It is the key to keeping in line with our strategic plan which is to increase access and support coordinated county wide system of care." 
 
Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, under the BHS umbrella, purchased the campus and affiliated systems when Northern Berkshire Healthcare declared bankruptcy and closed on March 28, 2014. NBH had been beset by falling admissions, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid payments, and investments that had gone sour leaving it more than $30 million in debt. 
 
BMC was able to reopen the ER as an emergency satellite facility and slowly restored and enhanced medical services including outpatient surgery, imaging, dialysis, pharmacy and physician services. 
 
But it would take a slight tweak in the U.S. Health and Human Services' regulations — thank to U.S. Rep. Richie Neal — to bring back inpatient beds and resurrect North Adams Regional Hospital 
 
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