Miss Hall's School Announces Head's List, Honor Roll

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall's School has announced 56 local students among the 166 students schoolwide named to the Head's List and Honor Roll for the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year, which ended May 22.

For Head's List recognition, students must have taken five major, full-credit courses and must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 92, with no single grade below B-plus.

For Honor Roll recognition, students must have taken five major, full-credit courses and must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 86, with no single grade below B-minus.

Head's List

Grade 12: Ella Biancolo, Pittsfield; Emily Carmel, Pittsfield; Angela Guachione, Pittsfield; Meredith (Mere) Hall, Adams; Ria Kedia, Pittsfield; Lanna Knoll, Great Barrington; Emma Kotelnicki, Dalton; Isabelle Lapierre, Dalton; and Kathryn (Kat) Sirois, Stockbridge.

Grade 11: Hadley DeVarennes, Lee; Nicole Forman, Pittsfield; Shawo Lhabdon, Pittsfield; Nya Mielke, Richmond; EmmaGrace (Emma) Nealon, Pittsfield; Gabriela (Gabby) Nicholson, Williamstown; Shairai (Shay) Richards, Pittsfield; Dillon Rodgers, Pittsfield; Sammy Rusk, Pittsfield; Brooke Telfer, Pittsfield; and Paige Wright, Pittsfield.

Grade 10: Emma Adelson, Lee; Kathryn Barrett, Sandisfield; Isabella (Bella) D’Aniello, Pittsfield; Halle Davies, Lenox; Sundara Hesse, Ghent, N.Y.; Olivia Kick-Nalepa, Dalton; Ruby McDonald, Valatie, N.Y.; Keely O'Gorman, Lee; Myia Price, Pittsfield; and Sienna Trask, West Stockbridge.

Grade 9: Andrea Fox, Lenox; Lucy Garrison, Pittsfield; Kenja Harley, Stamford, Vt.; Olivia McKeon, Pittsfield; Bethania Robertson, Becket; and Hilary (Ollie) Walter, Cheshire.

Honor Roll

Grade 12: Soleil Laurin, Pittsfield; and Charlotte (Charlie) Smith, New Marlborough.

Grade 11: Sarah Briggs, Williamstown; Olivia Doerr, Lenox; Hazel Grallert, Cummington; Katherine (Kate) Kerwood, Pittsfield; Meredith Kestyn, Pittsfield; Anna Claire Korenman, Pittsfield; Paige Mickle, Lenox; Shanyse-Yasmine Reed, Pittsfield; and Kylie Soper, Pittsfield.

Grade 10: Aurora (Rory) Benson, Pittsfield; Everly Carroll, Lenox; Symaira Elliott, Pittsfield; Remi Engel, Housatonic; Montgomery Erickson, Bennington, Vt.; and Hava Methe, Lee.

Grade 9: Natalie Doerr, Lenox; Viviana (Viv) Lanphear, Hinsdale; and Viola Quiles, Dalton.


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State Fire Marshal: New Tracking Tool Identifies 50 Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

STOW, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services' new tool for tracking lithium-ion battery fires has helped to identify 50 such incidents in the past six months, more than double the annual average detected by a national fire data reporting system, said State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine.
 
The Department of Fire Services launched its Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Investigative Checklist on Oct. 13, 2023. It immediately went into use by the State Police Fire & Explosion Investigation Unit assigned to the State Fire Marshal's office, and local fire departments were urged to adopt it as well. 
 
Developed by the DFS Fire Safety Division, the checklist can be used by fire investigators to gather basic information about fires in which lithium-ion batteries played a part. That information is then entered into a database to identify patterns and trends.
 
"We knew anecdotally that lithium-ion batteries were involved in more fires than the existing data suggested," said State Fire Marshal Davine. "In just the past six months, investigators using this simple checklist have revealed many more incidents than we've seen in prior years."
 
Prior to the checklist, the state's fire service relied on battery fire data reported to the Massachusetts Fire Incident Reporting System (MFIRS), a state-level tool that mirrors and feeds into the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). NFIRS tracks battery fires but does not specifically gather data on the types of batteries involved. Some fields do not require the detailed information that Massachusetts officials were seeking, and some fires may be coded according to the type of device involved rather than the type of battery. Moreover, MFIRS reports sometimes take weeks or months to be completed and uploaded.
 
"Investigators using the Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Checklist are getting us better data faster," said State Fire Marshal Davine. "The tool is helpful, but the people using it are the key to its success."
 
From 2019 to 2023, an average of 19.4 lithium-ion battery fires per year were reported to MFIRS – less than half the number identified by investigators using the checklist over the past six months. The increase since last fall could be due to the growing number of consumer devices powered by these batteries, increased attention by local fire investigators, or other factors, State Fire Marshal Davine said. For example, fires that started with another item but impinged upon a battery-powered device, causing it to go into thermal runaway, might not be categorized as a battery fire in MFIRS or NFIRS.
 
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