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BCD's Latin students enjoyed participating in workshops and contests.

Berkshire Country Day School Wins Classics Day Awards

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STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Berkshire Country Day School's Upper School Latin students (grades seven and eight) joined the Pioneer Valley Classical Association annual Classics Day at Mount Holyoke College on Jan. 18.

BCD's Latin students enjoyed participating in workshops and contests with their peers (in grades seven through 12) from Academy Hill, Belchertown, Herberg Middle School, Lenox Memorial High, MacDuffie, Northampton High, Pittsfield High and Williston. The BCD students were accompanied by Latin teacher Eugénie Fawcett and English teacher James Fawcett.

BCD students received the following awards:

Art contest

Sculpture: First place, seventh-grader Juliana Mills (Pittsfield)

Mosaics: First place, seventh-graders Kate Metcalf (Ghent, N.Y.) and Hanna Wellenstein (Pittsfield); third place, eighth-graders Genevieve Syrett (Great Barrington) and Samantha Seeley (Pittsfield and Richmond)

Military: Second place, seventh-grader Teddy St. John (Pittsfield)


Costumes: Second place, eighth-graders Petra Orloff (East Chatham, N.Y.), Isaac Scribner (Great Barrington and Pittsfield), and Samantha Seeley, "The Three Fates"

Oral interpretation

Advanced Poetry: First place, eighth-grader Sam Creelan (East Chatham, N.Y.)

Intermediate Prose: Second place, eighth-grader Daniel Ciejek (Lee); third place, eighth-grader Isaac Scribner

Novice: Third place (tied), eighth-graders Kate Metcalf and Hanna Wellenstein

Certamen

Latin 1: First place (out of nine), eighth-graders Daniel Ciejek, Sam Creelan, Rafi Karpowitz (Hudson, N.Y.), and Eli Mamousette (Craryville, N.Y.)

Myth: Third place (out of nine), eighth-graders Lana Messinger (Chatham, N.Y., and Ghent, N.Y.), Petra Orloff, Samantha Seeley, and Genevieve Syrett

Novice: Second place (out of three), seventh-graders Penelope Mitchell (Pittsfield and Richmond), Allison Slater (East Chatham, N.Y.), Zane Sylvester (Spencertown, N.Y.), and Hanna Wellenstein

 


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Flushing of Pittsfield's Water System to Begin

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city of Pittsfield's Department of Public Utilities announces that phase 1 of the flushing of the city's water system will begin Monday, April 22.
 
Water mains throughout the city will be flushed, through hydrants, over the upcoming weeks to remove accumulations of pipeline corrosion products. Mains will be flushed Monday through Friday each week, except holidays, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
 
  • The upcoming flushing for April 22 to May 3 is expected to affect the following areas:
  • Starting at the town line on Dalton Avenue working west through Coltsville including lower Crane Avenue, Meadowview neighborhood, following Cheshire Road north.
  • Hubbard Avenue and Downing Parkway.
  • Starting at the town line on East Street working west through the McIntosh and Parkside neighborhoods.
  • Elm Street neighborhoods west to the intersection of East Street.
  • Starting at the town line on Williams Street, working west including Mountain Drive,
  • Ann Drive, East New Lenox Road, and Holmes Road neighborhoods.
Although flushing may cause localized discolored water and reduced service pressure conditions in and around the immediate area of flushing, appropriate measures will be taken to ensure that proper levels of treatment and disinfections are maintained in the system at all times. If residents experience discolored water, they should let the water run for a short period to clear it prior to use.
 
If discolored water or low-pressure conditions persist, please contact the Water Department at (413) 499-9339.
 
Flushing is an important operating procedure that contributes significantly to the maintenance of the water quality in the water distribution system. 
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