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The Berwick Innovation Center (BIC) was launched in 2009 to allow students in grades 5-12 to pursue an adult-supported area of study for which they hold a strong interest or curiosity. The projects are primarily conceptualized and directed by the student and focus on a topic or subject matter that is beyond what is available in the regular Berwick Academy curriculum. The Berwick Innovation Center is a project-oriented, student-directed program where students pursue more deeply a self-selected area of study. Students customize their experience, making the study meaningful and tailored to their creative and intellectual interests. The earthquake that devastated Haiti inspired millions across the world to send much needed help to its people. Included in those millions are the students who attend Berwick Academy. There was no question about whether our students would help, the only question was how they would help. Both the Lower and Upper Schools have a relationship with Life and Hope Haiti, an organization dedicated to aiding students at the Eben Ezer School in Milot, a town in northern Haiti. Students in the Upper School chose Life and Hope Haiti as the focus of their fundraising project two years ago and in one week they raised enough money to sponsor six children at the school. Last spring, the Upper School Outreach Group held a fi lm festival called One World Film Festival. Money raised through ticket sales went to Life and Hope Haiti. Middle Schoolers raised enough money to provide the people of Haiti with over 7,000 lunches in just a few short days. Each Middle School student who gave earned a gold badge with an “H” to show they had contributed to the cause. In addition, students in the Lower School raised money for Life and Hope Haiti through the book fair last fall. The entire student body of Berwick Academy rallied together to support the people of Haiti during the devastating time. The determination to aid people in need is not new to our students here at BA, however. Students in every grade level work to help people in the local community and beyond on a daily basis. In total, nearly $7,000 has been raised for Haiti relief and Life and Hope Haiti by students at Berwick Academy. 4 Berwick Innovation Center This year, one Middle School student and fi ve Upper School students chose to pursue projects through the Innovation Center. Among them were a year-long scientifi c study of a bog ecosystem, a poetry-inspired jewelry-making project, a documentary about Berwick Academy entitled Then and Now, a weather system study for community awareness, and the and the use of fashion to educate society about teen depression. On Tuesday, May 11, the students presented their projects to the BA Community, as well as to a panel of faculty and staff who evaluated their presentations. Earth Day Water Bottle Pledge The Upper School Berwick Academy Green Alliance worked with the Middle School Green Committee on a community-wide water bottle pledge that was put in place at the Earth Day celebration on April 23, 2010. The pledge is an effort to reduce the use of disposable plastic water bottles both campus-and communitywide by having participants drink from reusable aluminum water bottles. For every pledge, each participant received an aluminum reusable water bottle with the Earth Day 2010 logo to help get them started. Plastic water bottles are wasteful and damaging to the environment through the processes used to extract the plastics, as well as the pollution it produces from improper recycling and disposal. This pledge kicked off April 23 and is open to any willing participant who wants to make a difference and preserve the environment. BGA and members of the Middle School Green Committee collected signatures from students and faculty during lunches the week of Tuesday, April 27, and it was a great success. There was participation and interest in signing at all grade levels. Sending Hope and Help to Haiti
In the 2009-2010 school year, eighty students completed AP courses at Berwick Academy. One hundred and thirty-one AP tests were taken. Several students received AP Scholar Awards for their outstanding scores. AP SCHOLAR Granted to students who receive grades of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams. Emerson Bilodeau ‘10 Catherine Brodeur ‘10 Benjamin DelPrete ‘10 Becca Fetters ‘10 Philip Hahn ‘10 Derek Lavigne ‘10 Olivia Waterhouse ‘10 Jenna Maddock ‘11 Excellence in Language NATIONAL FRENCH EXAM - Students who placed in the top 5 scores in the State of Maine: Level 4: Jenna Maddock ’10 – 1st Place and 9th in the Nation, Olivia Waterhouse ’10 – 4th Place; Level 3: Cristina Salvador ’11 – 2nd Place and 7th in the Nation; Level 2A: Hannah Sattler ‘13 – 1st Place, Jane Merrow ‘13 – 2nd Place, Maddy Keefe ’13 – 3rd Place, Erin Trainor ’12 – 4th Place Other Top Placements in Maine: Level 5: Mollie Stolzer ’10 – 8th Place, Jo Fletcher ’10 – 10th Place, engagement Katie Robb ’10 – 11th Place, Steph Staples ’10 – 12th Place, Chris Atwood ’10 – 14th Place. Level 4: Katie Robb ’10 – 8th Place, Elizabeth Hopkins ’11 – 9th Place, Sophie Merrow ’11 – 9th Place, Ian Wright ’11 – 11th Place, Phil Hahn ’10 – 12th Place, Annie McGuigan ’10 – 15th Place. Level 3: Jessica Murray ’12 – 10th Place. Level 2A: Conor Ablowich ’12 – 6th Place, Mitch Rodgers ’12 – 6th Place, Lydia Waldo ’13 – 6th Place, Lyndsay Brattan ’12 – 8th Place, Laura Noerdlinger ’13 – 10th Place, Benn Clapp ’13 – 12th Place, Kerry Eaton ’13 – 12th Place, Cat Connors ’13 – 13th Place, Ronak Padukone ’12 – 14th Place. Level 1A: Amy Rawn ’13 – 10th Place, Eliza Hazen ’13 – 14th Place. Level 1B: Sarah Brodeur ’13 – 12th Place. NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM - Students who placed in the top 5 scores in the State of Maine: Level 4: PLATA – Ari Andrews-Efstathiou ’10 – 1st Place; Level 3: ORO – Katy Davis ’12 – 2nd Place; PLATA – Jamie Meader ’13 – 4th Place, Danny Mac Kinnon ’11 – 5th Place; Level 2: PLATA – Caroline Seekins ‘12 – 3rd Place, Averill Daly ’11 – 4th Place; Level 1: ORO – Elizabeth DuChene ‘12 – 2nd Place Other Top Placements in Maine: Level 5: PREMIO – Elena Tinios ’10 – 7th Place, Molly Towey ’10 – 11th Place, Kate Cavanaugh ’10 – 12th Place, Becca Fetters ’10 – 13th Place. Level 4: BRONCE – Mary DePascale ’12 – 7th Place, Win Hahn ’12 – 7th Place, Danny Bottino ’11 – 8th Place. PREMIO – Tyler Harley ’11 – 12th Place, Jamie Wilson ’10 – 14th Place, Brian Rawn ’11 – 15th Place, Skyler Stern ’10 – 15th Place. Hannah DePaoli ’11, Keith Hope ’11, Jenny Scharff ’11. Level 3: PLATA – Devon Wood ’12 – 6th Place. BRONCE – Ben Siegel ’12 – 10th Place, Bill Leach ’11 – 13th Place, Stephen Garabedian ’12 – 14th Place. PREMIO – Henry Young ’12, Brooke Moschetto ’11, Amy Stedman ’11, Joe Borg ’12, Eliza Jacobs ’11, Parker Woolley ’12, Nicole Kleinmann ’12, Kyle Mullaney ’11. Level 2: BRONCE – Rachel Hawes ‘ 13 – 8th Place, Chris Richards – 9th Place. PREMIO – Isabel Werman ’13 – 14th Place, Dylan Martini ’10, Abby Scanlon ’12, Camden Carter ’13, Carly Gill ’13, Max Linemayr ’13, TJ Dolan ’12, Tristan Dardani ’13, Andrew Waterhouse ’13, Nate Winters ’12. Level 1: BRONCE – Breandan Haley ’13 – 12th Place, Katie Marsh ’13 – 16th Place, Hayley Reddington ’12 – 16th Place, Connor Barrett ’13 – 17th Place. PREMIO – Jonah Goldblatt ’13, Jonathan Malloy ’13, Ryan McGuigan ’12, Chase Rosa ’13, Kelsey Hayden ’13, Grahm McGlinchy ’12. NATIONAL LATIN EXAM Gold Summa Cum Laude – Prose III: Elizabeth DuChene ’12, Matthew Graichen ’12; Latin II: Lily Hahn ’13, Amelia Hazen ’11, Sarah Putnam ’13. Silver Maxima Cum Laude – Latin V: Olivia Zeff ’10; Prose III: Alexandra Zannos ’11; Latin II: Gabrielle Blackman ’13, James Davis ’13, Blake Downey ’13, George Henkel ’13, Brooke Moschetto ’11, Elena Penati ’12, Nell Simon ’12. Magna Cum Laude – Poetry IV - Benjamin DelPrete ’10; Prose III: Logan Bement ’12; Latin II: Justin Koppstein ’12, Adnan Malek ’10. Cum Laude – Poetry IV: Samuel Winters ’10, Katharine MacFarlane ’11, Andrew Briggs ’11; Prose III: Alexzandra Lizama ’11; Latin II: Taryn Decker ’11, Grahm McGlinchey ’12, Hayley Reddington ’12, Rob Roy ’10; Latin I: Brian O’Day ’12. Cristina Salvador ‘11 Ian Wright ‘11 Alexandra Zannos ‘11 AP Exams and Scholars AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION Granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on fi ve or more of these exams. Christian Dicker ‘10 Oliver Hammond ‘10 Jim Maddock ‘10 Dylan Martini ‘10 Samuel Winters ‘10 AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR Granted to students who receive an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Briana Bouchard ‘10 Skyler Stern ‘10 Mollie Stolzer ‘10 Jamie Wilson ‘10 Biology Calculus AB Calculus BC Chemistry Computer Science A AP COURSES OFFERED AT BA English Literature & Composition French Language Physics B Psychology (new 2010) Spanish Language Statistics Studio Art 2-D Studio Art 3-D United States History 5
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