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Berkshire Country Day School company history timeline

1946

BCD was founded in 1946 by a group of local parents who wanted to give their children a certain style of education which they felt was not available in the area.

1956

Unfortunately, in 1956 the entire Shadowbook mansion burned to the ground in a tragic fire.

1957

In 1957, the school expanded to include a seventh and eighth grade and kindergarten and preschool, and moved into two new buildings.

1963

Then, in 1963, the school purchased its current campus, the Brook Farm Campus.

1967

In the academic year 1967-68, the school expanded to include ninth grade.

1970

The Society rebuilt a new brick building on the site of the previous mansion and maintained it for their society until 1970.

1972

Also, in 1972, a house for the head of school was built at the rear of the property.

1983

The estate laid vacant until 1983, when the Kripalu Center purchased the mansion's section of the property.

2000

In 2000, the school opened Berkshire Country Day Secondary School (BCD2s), a high school division of the school consisting of grades 9-12.

2007

However, in June 2007 at the end of the academic year, BCD2s was closed, although the ninth grade class option was kept and added back to the BCD student body.

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Founded
1946
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Stockbridge, MA
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Judd Shoval
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