PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire County Arc, along with BCArc's Down Syndrome Family Group, has awarded $7,000 in scholarship funding to five recent Berkshire County high school graduates who will be pursing undergraduate education in the field of human services. 

 

This year's recipients include:

 

Quinn Walton (Wahconah Regional High School) is receiving the "Carol Craighead Memorial Scholarship Award" with a BCArc Down Syndrome Family Group Scholarship.  She is majoring in Engineering and will be attending Tufts University in Medford.

 

Lily Robb (Wahconah Regional High School) is majoring in Elementary Education and attending Merrimack College in North Andover.

 

Kelly Couch (Monument Mountain Regional High School) will be majoring in Social Work and attending the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. 

 

Caroline Maloney (Lee High School) is "Undecided" for her major and will be attending the College of Charleston, in Charleston, SC.

 

Jessica Figueroa (Taconic High School)  is majoring in Political Science and will be attending UMass., Amherst in Amherst.