Sunday, January 04
PITTSFIELD — Berkshire County high school seniors have been selected to receive John and Abigail Adams Scholarships.

The scholarship is available to students whose MCAS performance puts them at the top 25 percent of their district. To be eligible, students must either score "advanced" on one exam and "proficient" on the other, or "advanced" on both the English and math exams.

Recipients are granted four years of free tuition at the University of Massachusetts or any of the nine state or 15 community colleges in Massachusetts.

Charles H. McCann Technical School and Pittsfield High School have released the names of students who've qualified for the scholarships.

  • Twenty-seven students at Charles H. McCann Technical School in North Adams received the scholarship.

    They include: Alexander Sorensen, Eric McKinney, Kalyn Gelinas, Maggie Levesque, Hannah Nuvallie, Robert Gaspardi, Sean Cota, Alex Segala, Kyle Shepard, David Manzella, Katelyn Brazeau, Samantha Ritcher, Mathew Bak, and Christopher Bohl.

    Also, Robert Dougherty, Bryan Schneider, Michael Senay, Garret Harvey, James Williams, Brian Shepard, Nate McGuire, Jordan Barber, Eric Euchler, Brandon Hoag and Adam Fillion, Hannah Martin, and Taylor Wadsworth.


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    Fifty-five seniors at Pittsfield High School received scholarships.

    They are: Evelyn Atiemo, Nicholas Avanzato, Brittany Botto, Katherine Brites, Isabella Broderick-Forster, Shawn Carman, Michelle Clark, James Collins, Matthew Conklin, Michael Connor, Kasey Connors, Joseph Delmaso, Brennan Dempsey, Jamie Dickhaus, Ian Douglas, Evan Dube, Rauri Egan, Claudia Fanelli, Shea Garner, Aaron Gordon, Rachael Gordon, and Jessica Grise.

    Also, Derrick Haddad, Megan Hamilton, Ryan Harrington, Brandon Harris, Kendel Jester, Daniel Kassmieh, Rebecca King, Benjamin LaFollette, Michael Laureyns, George Leibinger, Kyle Litscher, Colette Lohr, Victoria Mitchell, Gregory Moretti, Gigi Ng, Allison Nichols, Ceira O'Brien, Molly Paluilis, and Averie Prenguber.

    Also, Alison Ritrosky, Derek Roach, Kyle Robitaille, David Rocca, Cory Rodgers, Richard Rufo, Andrew Senger, Hannah Simons, Molly Sullivan, Daniel Tassone, Joesph Tierney, Adam Troiano, Kathleen Vrabel, and Caitlin White.