WATCH COMMENCEMENT IN JUST OVER 2 MINUTES

Watch our most recent alums graduate in super speed in this time lapse of Commencement 2015, created by our own Upper School Technology Integrator Nick Marchese! (Hint: Turn on the volume for full effect.) More Commencement photos will be posted next week.

6 STUDENTS HONORED AS TOP 1% ON NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM 

Six BCS Middle School students have been awarded special certificates and cash prizes for scoring in the Top 1% of the nation among the 157,000 students who took the National Spanish Exam this year. World Languages Chair Elizabeth Luscombe and teacher Alexa Ramos López recently accompanied 3 of the students and their parents, to the awards ceremony for the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the Exam. 

 Congratulations to Daniel S. '21 and Zachary C. '20, who each took second place overall in their respective exam categories. Henry S. '20, Phillip S. '20, Sara A. '19, and Colin H. '19 earned Honorable Mention.

1ST GRADE CREATES BCS MASCOT... OUT OF BOTTLECAPS!

Check out the first grade's brand new lion portrait on display in the lobby of 701 Carroll St. Made out of recycled bottle caps, it is the culmination of a series of projects throughout the year which used the caps, including the creation of a giant bar graph.

ACADEMICS VIDEO FEATURES NEW ALUMNI

Check out our updated video on Upper School academics, featured on the BCS website. It now includes Head of School Bob Vitalo, Upper School Director Jane Moore and members of the Class of 2015!

BCS'S REPUTATION ATTRACTS MORE GLOBAL EDUCATORS

BCS's reputation as a School of the Future has attracted school officials from around the globe this year. Administrators from El Colegio Los Nogales, a PreK-12 private school in Bogotá, recently visited us as part of their 2-week tour of 6 top independent schools in the U.S. (Berkeley Carroll, Andover, Exeter, United Nations International School, Avenues and Hotchkiss) to learn about our take on 21st century education. 

STUDENTS ATTEND WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

As part of World Science Festival 2015, 10 Upper School girls got the chance to tour two physics labs, an anthropology lab and a chemistry lab at New York University!  They also spoke with the female professors running the labs and heard a talk by Wendy Suzuki, a professor of neural science and psychology who just released the book "Healthy Brain, Happy Life."

ALUMNI UPDATE: ELISE GUARNA '13 & PETER DAMROSCH '08

Elise Guarna '13, who is studying Arabic in Jordan this summer, recently connected with Peter Damrosch '08, who spent the past three years in Jordan teacher/learning Arabic, working with Iraqi and Syrian refugees and developing a map of Amman's public transit system.