During its recent tour of the United States, the national under-18 hockey team from Ukraine visited the Berkshire School campus, and a dozen of its members interviewed with members of Berkshire’s Admission Office. Berkshire was selected as a school to visit because of the excellent reputation of its English as a Second Language program, according to Associate Director of Admission Kevin Lydon.

Conducting the tour were, pictured in the front row, Elliot Smith ’07 of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania; Ali Edell ’07 of Madison, New Jersey; and Steph Holmes ’07 of Rye, New York. After the tour the group enjoyed hearty American fare, courtesy of Sage Dining Services.

Top: Dmitri Naida, Aleksei Koval, Roman Khromushkin, Sergei Laptev Middle : Igor Egorychev, Pavel Kozhokin, Egor Egorov, Aleksandr Ponomar, Viktoria Mikolenko, Oleg Koval, Maksim Podkosov, Elizaveta Ryabkina, Ivan Pravilov (coach) Front: Sergei Sorokolat, Elliot Smith '07, Ali Edell '07, Steph Holmes '07, Aleksandr Romanenko