Berkshire Country Day School students graduate from BCD having been prepared academically, socially, and emotionally for their next educational journey. This journey often begins in one of the fine public high schools or private secondary schools in our community, or in a boarding school further from home.
Choosing the best match for your child is not easy, but our approach to secondary school counseling is designed to help parents and students make informed selections and inspired matches.
In the early fall, BCD holds a Secondary School Information Night and invites representatives from a wide range of secondary schools and area high schools to participate on an information panel. The Associate Head of the Middle and Upper School then meets with every Grade 9 family and student to help them identify schools that will serve them well as she guides them through the application process. BCD faculty write thorough and insightful letters of recommendation to secondary schools based on their years of association with their students, and are able to speak to their many strengths and areas of interest.
Our students have gone on to enroll in such schools as:
Albany Academy
Avon Old Farms School
Bard College at Simon’s Rock
Berkshire School
Brooks Academy
Buxton School
Cambridge School of Weston
Chatham High School
Choate Rosemary Hall
Concord Academy
Cushing Academy
Darrow School
Emma Willard School
High Mowing School
Hoosac Valley High School
Kent School
Lee High School
Lenox High School
Loomis Chaffee School
Middlesex School
Millbrook School
Milton Academy
Miss Hall’s School
Monument Mountain Regional High School
Moorestown Friends School
Mt. Everett High School
Mt. Greylock High School
Northfield Mount Hermon
Pittsfield High School
Proctor Academy
Putney School
Salisbury School
Taconic High School
Taft School
The Hotchkiss School
The Putney School
The Williston Northampton School
Wahconah High School
Walnut Hill School for the Arts
Westtown School
Westminster Academy
“Students from Berkshire Country Day have excelled at Williston earning numerous academic awards, thrived in the creative arts, contributed to Varsity teams, and collaborated on numerous service projects on campus. Over the past thirty years, I have been impressed on each and every visit I make to the BCD campus: students are happy and energized by their learning experiences and well prepared to take on the challenges of life-long learning.’ - Ann Pickrell, Director of Admission, The Williston Northampton School
“Having benefited from already attending a school with a strong sense of community, girls from BCD arrive at Miss Hall’s School understanding that their participation and contribution create the strength of a school community. BCD girls are passionate about learning, and contribute boldly and creatively to the community in the classroom, on the fields, in the arts, and during their Thursday morning Horizons internships” – Kim Boland ’94, Interim Director of Horizons, Miss Hall’s School