32 STUDENTS WIN AWARDS ON THE NATIONAL LATIN EXAM
Congratulations to the 32 BCS students who won awards on this year's National Latin Exam! Our students took home 11 Gold medals, 8 Silver medals, 6 Magna Cum Laude honors and 7 Cum Laude honors. One student, Mokhtar R., received a perfect score. More than 153,000 students from around the world took this year's test, which has 7 levels and consists of 40 questions with a time limit of 45 minutes! Full list of winners
 
SCIENCE RESEARCH & DESIGN CONFERENCE
More than 50 students presented their work over 2 days at BCS's 4th Independent Research Conference, part of our 3-year Science Research and Design Program. Sophomores described their work in poster sessions, while juniors and seniors gave formal presentations. Topics ranged from "Treating the Ebola Virus" to "Predicting the Stock Market Using Sentiment Analysis." Photos. Read the senior student scientists' papers in the conference journal.
SENIOR SPEAKERS
This week's senior speakers - and the last of the year - were (left to right) Richard P., Max P. and Kamyar S. Richard spoke about how he has gone from being a freshman trying to navigate BCS to a senior trying to navigate the world. Max explained that he used to feel he had to hide his technical skills and other interests (such as trading on the stock market) that make him unique, but has since learned that he would "rather die as an original than live as a copy." Kamyar spoke about the fact that the older he's gotten, the more indecisive he's become. He wondered why this happened, if it's really a bad thing. Read more.
LOWER SCHOOL CELEBRATES EARTH WEEK
Every day is Earth Day at the Lower School where the Green Team and Student Action Club are undertaking a joint project to make the school greener. In celebration of Earth Week, every day this week had a theme including "Turn it Off Tuesday," "Waste-free Lunch Wednesday" and "Throw it OUT? Thursday" (Photos) where, at the end of the day classes examined the contents of the recycling, scrap paper, waste and compost bins and discussed how successful they were. Read more.
 
A GREENER ROOF AT LINCOLN PLACE
The Middle School Science Squad elective is in the process of installing a small garden on the play roof at Lincoln Place! It will include a "living wall" portion and 2 rolling wooden planter boxes, as well as irrigation tubing. Plant Donations: If you have any aromatic plants such as mint or lavender you're willing to part with, please contact Ms. Rubenstein. More photos.
JUNIOR NAMED TO BROOKLYN'S BEST HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS
Congratulations to Junior Jimmy C. who was named one of the best high school basketball players in Brooklyn by Courier Life! He is one of only two independent school players honored. Read the article.
 
1ST GRADE EXHIBITS THEIR MATISSE CUT-OUTS
The 1st grade had the wonderful opportunity to visit Matisse: The Cut-Outs, the largest presentation of the cut-outs ever mounted at the Museum of Modern Art. The trip inspired an extended unit of study & art showcase. Students learned about composition, making color choices, and how to work both collaboratively and individually as they improved their cutting skills and discovered the differences between organic and geometric shapes and positive and negative space. Read more from Lower School art teacher Phaedra Mastrocola. Photos
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