The Pioneer Valley Classical Association held its annual Classics Day at Mount Holyoke College on January 21, and Berkshire Country Day School was one of eight schools in attendance.  Eugenie Fawcett, head of BCD’s Latin Department, accompanied the school’s fifty-one Latin students in grades seven, eight, and nine.  An annual tradition, all the students enjoyed participating in workshops and contests with their peers from Amherst, Belchertown, Lenox, Williston, and three Pittsfield schools: Herberg, Reid, and Taconic.  BCD students received the following awards:

ART CONTEST

Sculpture: 1st) Ivy C. (9) & Ginger C. (7); 3rd) Harrison N. (8) & Skylar W. (8)

Drawing/Painting: 1st) Julia R. (8)

Mosaic: 2nd) Victoria F. (8) & Blake W. (8)

Military: 2nd) Estevan V. (7)

In the following contests, BCD placed in every level in which a student or team was entered:

COSTUME CONTEST

1st) Zia PH. (7) as Persephone

3rd) Ace B. (7), Ayla H. (7), Nicole S. (7) as Cerberus

ORAL INTERPRETATION

Advanced Poetry: 1st) Grace R. (8)

Intermediate: 1st) Julia R. (8)

3rd) Camellia F. (7)

Novice: 1st) Isabelle R. (7)

2nd) Ginger C. (7)

3rd) Zia PH. (7)

CERTAMINA (TEAM CONTESTS)

Novice/Latin I: 1st) BCD: Helena B. (8), Julia R. (8), Grace R. (8), Jasper CK. (7)

Myth: 1st) BCD Gold: Halina P. (8), Isabelle R. (7), Michael W. (9), Ben W. (9)

2nd) BCD Black: William B. (8), Julian M. (8), Abigail S. (7), Nick S. (7)