BArT Announces Second Quarter Honor Roll

ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School has announced the students who made honor roll for the second quarter of the 2017-2018 school year.

Students who earned 80 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "honors." Students who earned 90 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "high honors."

Academic courses at BArT are aligned with the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks for the appropriate grade level and include all standards deemed necessary for a complete, college-preparatory, middle and high school education.

Students in grade six who earned high honors are Abreyana Avila, Tiana Carver, Addison Chen, Gianna Fosty, Terra Lim, Joseph McGovern, Jonathan Nondo, Marissa Ostrowski, Julianna Salinovici, Hilary Walter and Yavuz Yildiz.

Students in grade six who earned honors are Josephine Adelt, Alexandra Bartlett, Grace Baum, Eva Cole, Braley Cox, Jeffrey Daignault, Rena Delphia, Ricardo Diaz, Tayden Gregory, Daniel Haskins, Vincent Lanphear, Justina Lloyd, Lainey Loynes, Landon Millington, Evan Poplaski, Mohammed Ridoy, Alexander Rodriguez, Meghan Schrade, Anthony Selby, Cassidy Whitley, Andrew Wilcox and Alonna Ziarnik.

Students in grade seven who earned high honors are Ivan Chen, Zy'Aira Cooper, Felee Davis, Maia DiLego, Cameron Durocher, Isaac Huberdeau, Viviana Lanphear, Julia LaSalle, Sawyer Moser, Christopher Sunn, Charlotte Weiskotten, Matthew Weiskotten and Anna Zheng.

Students in grade seven who earned honors are Evonne Barnett, Daysha Bell, Huseyin Colak, Jack Cooper, Kalyn Daniels, Nia Franklin, Isabella Hartley, Bethany Iffetayo, Amelia Leasure, Matthew Lizzo, Corey Lynch, Malakhi Matthews, Daniel McGrory, Jeremy Patterson, Ruby Pullaro Clark and Chloe Whitman.

Students in grade eight who earned high honors are Conroy Casey, Atticus Clark, Samuel Gallick, Nathaniel Gillman, Alyssa Heaton, Wylie Jones, John Kozak, Olivia Leasure, Brianna Martinez, Lyndon Morehouse, Madison Ostrowski, Jenna Pizani, Igor Polotai, Ethan Rudin, Abigail Scholl, Asa Webster and Abigail Webster.

Students in grade eight who earned honors are Ty Aubin, George Crane, Andrew Cunha, Audrey Krzanik, Mia LaFrazia, Kyle Manzolini, Amy Racela, Jarryd Valentine, Kelsea Vigiard and Arianna Ward.

Students in grade nine who earned high honors are Emma Danylin, Cameron Fusini, Miranda-Ann Grant, Kyle Gwilt, Lindsey Gwilt, Cameron Langsdale and Charles Waltermire.

Students in grade nine who earned honors are Brandon Bamba, Aiyanna Bellefeuille, Owen Brady, Pyper Forfa, Maya Gayle, Felicia Graves-Deane, Olivia Jayko, Diego Mongue, Sanaia Saintil, Kayla Saunders, Kassondra Stockmal, Trinity Sullivan, Darlenis Valero-Calderon, Molly Weeks and Tatumn Winston.

Students in grade 10 who earned high honors are Alyssa Anderson, Driss Bourzgui, Troy Brainerd, Sarah deBethune, Andrew Gillman, Joy Kalinowsky, Grace Krzanik, William Peets, Ashley Pixley, Finley Root, Sean Salinovici, William Schrade, Gianna Sondrini and Kylie Taylor.

Students in grade 10 who earned honors are Austin Caufield, Eduardo Dominguez Ahuatl, Ryleigh McGovern, Luke Salinovici and Nicholas Viggiano.

Students in grade 11 who earned high honors are Ruth Bristol, Natalie Celebi, Jessica Doubiago, Joshua Doubiago, Macie Fitch and Hannah Stringer.

Students in grade 11 who earned honors are Isaiah Albright, Dumars Harrison, Darrel Lynch, Shelby Patterson, Olivia Shaw and Caitlin Terpak.

Students in grade 12 who earned high honors are Mark Borelli, Kyle Brooks, Hayley Caufield, MaiLee Daignault, Ari Drayman, Crystal Harrington, Heather Perkins, Amber Pizani, Harrison Todd and and Jamie Vachula.

Students in grade 12 who earned honors are Xaida Brazeau, Caleb Duffy, Timothy Durocher, Andrew Kerwood, Ashlyn Marcil, Trinity Peets, Kimberly Perkins, Pamela Pixley, Caelin Rod and Emily Taylor.

Special Minerals Agrees to Pay Adams, River Groups Over River Discharge

Staff ReportsiBerkshires
02:58PM / Friday, May 03, 2024

Adams plans to use the $50,000 it will get in the consent decree toward the removal of the Peck's Road Dam. 

BOSTON — Specialty Minerals is expected to pay $299,000 for a discharge of calcium carbonate into the Hoosic River nearly three years ago in a consent decree with the Attorney General's Office. 

 

The river turned visibly white from Adams to the Vermont state line from the mineral that leaked out from the plant's settling ponds on Howland Avenue in November 2021. 

 

Calcium carbonate, also known as chalk or limestone, is not toxic to humans or animals. However, the sudden discoloration of the water alarmed local officials and environmentalists and prompted an emergency session of the Northern Berkshire Regional Emergency Planning Committee. 

 

"We allege that this company violated its permits, disregarded federal and state law, and put the Hoosic River — a resource cherished by the Adams community — at risk," said AG Andrea Campbell in a statement. "I am grateful for this collaboration with our state agency partners and committed to holding polluters accountable and working to bring resources back to communities disproportionately impacted by environmental harms."   

 

If approved by the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, the consent decree will require Specialty Minerals to pay a total of $299,000, which includes payments to the town of Adams and three community groups in Northern Berkshire County that will be used to benefit water quality and prevent stormwater impacts. 

 

Once approved, most of the settlement would fund multiple projects to benefit water quality, including infrastructure improvements and native plantings to mitigate stormwater impacts in the Hoosic River Watershed. Specifically, the proposed settlement provides for: 

• $50,000 to the town of Adams for infrastructure improvements in a tributary of the Hoosic River
• $50,000 to Hoosic River Revival for stormwater mitigation projects  
• $50,000 to Hoosic River Watershed Association for a native plant garden and other projects to mitigate stormwater impacts and benefit water quality 
• $50,000 to Sonrisas to fund invasive plant removal and native plant habitat establishment at Finca Luna Búho, a community land project that centers the voices and prioritizes the decision-making of those living in marginalization. 

It will also provide $30,000 in civil assessments to the state's Natural Heritage Endangered Species Fund and $20,000 in civil penalties for violation of state law, as well as $49,000 to offset the costs of the AG's enforcement efforts.