BCD Profiles
All BCD alums have played a part in shaping the legacy of the school and have undoubtedly left their mark on the world; each contributing and making a difference in their own unique way. Below are some extended profiles we’ve collected for our annual alumni magazine BCD Today. Please click the names to read them.
Alumni are always welcome to speak to our current students about their work and experiences, or to submit their own Alumni News or Extended Profile for the magazine. Contact alumni@berkshirecountryday.org for more information.
Emily Yeager, BCD Class of 2014
Emily is attending Wellesley College. She graduated valedictorian from Williston Northampton School in 2017. Emily also received the Dorothy Bement Prize, honoring a co-founder of The Northampton School for Girls, which is given to the young woman [...]
Dana Piazza, BCD Class of 2006 2S
When Dana was a student at BCD, he was awarded the Winthrop Campus Janie Goldenberg Studio Art Prize. A decade later, Dana has returned to his roots, only now the student is the teacher. Dana began to [...]
Tessa Kelly, BCD Class of 2000
Tessa is forever building and challenging herself and the status quo! Upon graduating BCD in ninth grade, Tessa attended Williams College and Harvard Graduate School of Design. She and her husband, Chris Parkinson, both architects, [...]
Joshua Shapiro, BCD Class of 2010
Josh is finishing his final year at New York University, where he received a grant from the Gallatin Student Resource Fund to host a symposium around K-12 education reform. In advance of this Spring’s symposium, [...]
Gwen Miller, BCD Class of 2004 2S
The Land Use Director and Town Planner of Lenox got her start learning about nature and landscape in Tim Gore’s class at BCD. After graduating from BCD, Gwen attended the Berkshire School, followed by [...]
Eliza Fairbrother, BCD Class of 2009
with Winston Boney, Bean Crane, and Liz Butler I spent 11 years at BCD, which at this point is just over half my lifetime. BCD shaped who I am today in ways that I’m still [...]
Ken Lefkowitz, BCD Class of 1984
Perhaps my most vivid and abiding memory of BCD is Mme Grad handing back the dictées — if you had any wrong or missing accents, she would slash an accent grave on the back of [...]
Frannie Johnson Terwilliger, BCD Class of 1969
I graduated from BCD in 1969. The school had recently added the 9th grade, and I was one of the lucky 1st classes to enjoy an extra year at Brook Farm. I began BCD as [...]
Lydia Chernicoff, BCD Class of 2002
My name is Lydia Chernicoff, and I graduated from BCD in 2002. I remember many things about BCD, but what remains foremost in my mind is the close sense of community. I only attended BCD [...]
Noah Elkin, BCD Class of 1984
Years and grades at BCD: Preschool-9th grade (1973-84)What are your fondest memories from BCD? I spent 11 amazing years at BCD, and made friendships and learned lessons that have literally lasted a lifetime, so to [...]
Suzannah Zeif ’84 Van Schaick, BCD Class of 1984
Upon my family relocating to the Berkshires from New York, I attended BCD from mid-year in 7th grade through 9th grade graduation in 1984. I was terrified to join the class mid-year, but the students [...]
Jim Brooke, BCD Class of 1969
Greetings from Moscow!I did Grades K-5 at Berkshire Country Day School, then my family started wintering near Philadelphia and I did Grades 6-7-8 there, before going to boarding school and on to college. Despite all [...]
Jay Crosby, BCD Class of 1989
Years and grades at BCD – 1982-1988; 3rd-8th gradeWhat are your fondest memories from BCD? My fondest memories include, unfortunately, frequent trips to the assistant principal’s (Mr. Douglas) office. While I may have been considered [...]
Charlotte Jones ’79 Blome, BCD Class of 1979
Charlotte Jones ’79 Blome – Charlotte is an award winning designer who has been creating landscapes since 1991, after spending four years in Japan apprenticing to a master gardener and studying traditional gardens. She started [...]
Christopher St. Clair, BCD Class of 2010 2S
I am Christopher St. Clair, BCD class of 2010 2S. I came to Berkshire Country Day Secondary School as a ninth-grader in the fall of 2006 and left in the summer of 2007 with the [...]
Ethan Flower, BCD Class of 1983
Years and grades at BCD: 1st (1973/74) and 5th thru 9th (1978-83) What are your fondest memories from BCD? My fondest memories are hanging out on the second floor in the main building in a [...]
Harrison Newman, BCD Class of 2011
Life is Good!I just spent almost a month in Tanzania, working (and playing soccer) in a remote village at the N’getaeu Secondary School. I traveled with the Safi School Project (Safi means Life is Good [...]
Dr. Houston H. Stokes, PhD, BCD Class of 1953
Graduation year 1953 from sixth gradeWhere did you go to school after leaving BCD? I grew up on the AP Stokes place, in “Lake Cottage,” the first house to the south of BCD. I know every [...]
Cornelia ‘Nini’ Brooke Gilder, BCD Class of 1964
BCD was still housed on Walker Street, in an old and historic dwelling, when in the spring of 1961, my sixth grade year, I had one of the most fulfilling learning experiences of my life. [...]
Mary Talbot Fee, BCD Class of 1972
Years at BCD: Grade 6 (1969) through Grade 9 (1972)Where did you go to school after leaving BCD? Taconic High School and then on to American University and then San Diego State University for a degree [...]
Joni Michelle Guerette, BCD Class of 1988
Years and grades at BCD – Entered Nov. 1980, in second grade graduated in 88What are your fondest memories from BCD (events/teachers/trips)? I loved our ‘fateful’ trip to Cape Cod in seventh grade; we all [...]
Amanda Rae Busch, BCD Class of 1997
Years and grades at BCD: K-9 (1987-1997)What are your fondest memories from BCD? Story time with Mrs. Underwood in the library. Rock-climbing the chimney of the science building during Spring Fair. Dipping candles and wax [...]
Doug Altshuler, BCD Class of 1985
Years and grades at BCD: 1981-1985 (Grades 6-9)What are your fondest memories from BCD (events/teachers/trips)? I cherish the campus and its surrounding forests as well as the close community I experienced at BCD. Whether playing [...]
Hunter McCormick, BCD Class of 2005 2S
Years and grades at BCD:2001-2005, 9-12What are your fondest memories from BCD (events/teachers/trips)?Every other year, the Secondary School had one Head of School day where the entire student body arrived at school and then departed [...]
Jessica Ryan, BCD Class of 2003 2S
Years and grades at BCD 2000-2003 (BCD2S, grades 10th-12th) What are your fondest memories from BCD?My most cherished memories from my time at BCD come from the two language trips we took to France and [...]