ALUM’S PODCAST NAMED ONE OF 2017’S BEST
Congratulations to Sophie Nikitas '10 whose podcast ' The Zoo ' is #33 on  The Atlantic 's list of 50 Best Podcasts of 2017! 
FIRST GRADER MAKES PAGE 1 OF THE NEW YORK TIMES
Our very own Luke '29 appeared on the front page of The New York Times earlier this week amidst a sea of baggage during the recent problems at JFK Airport!
2ND GRADERS BUILD A CARDBOARD CITY
The 2nd grade's Cardboard City is the result of a whole semester of integrated STEAM lessons. Using lessons learned in art, social studies, math, and technology, students explored their neighborhoods, learned about panoramas, and collected data. They used reference photos and Google Maps satellite view to conceptualize a design for their buildings and neighborhoods. Photos . 
SENIOR SPEAKERS
Our first senior speakers of 2018 were Jake R. and Carolyn K.! Jake discussed what it means to be an adult. Step 1: Show up on time. Step 2: Know that you'll never truly stop maturing.

Carolyn reflected on her experience visiting and volunteering in Damascus. Despite the horrors of war, she also observed cooperation, tolerance and harmony among people of different religions and ethnicities.
LOWER SCHOOLERS UPCYCLE, USING SCIENCE & ART SKILLS TO BUILD BUGS
4th graders spent months working on this Build-A-Bug STEAM project. Following lessons on entomology in science class, students designed their a bug with a head, thorax, and abdomen that's adapted to survive in a particular environment. Students, built their bugs in art class using a variety of cardboards, metals, tools and attaching techniques.
(MORE THAN) AN HOUR OF CODE: BC STYLE!
Students of any age can begin to learn coding! Camille Harrison, Lower School STEAM Integrator and Materials Librarian works with 1st - 4th graders to introduce lessons on the basics of coding like sequences and loops. She says it's also important to learn that trial and error is an important part of the process. Photos.
DON'T MISS 
Jan. 15: Dr. Martin Luther King Day (School Closed)
Jan. 16: College Counseling Evening
Jan. 17: Lower School Visiting Author: Javaka Steptoe
Jan. 25: 8th Grade Parents Coffee Meeting
Jan. 25-27: Middle School Play: Midsummer Night's Dream
Jan. 27:  Night at the Museum  (PA Event)
Jan. 29: 5th Grade Parents Coffee
Jan. 31: 5th Grade Concert
Feb. 2: Senior Peer Retreat
Feb. 2: Junior Variety Show
Feb. 5: Peer Parent Night (9th Graders & Parents)
Feb. 6: 11th Grade Curriculum Night
Feb. 8: Instrumental Concert
Feb. 10: STEAM Fair
Feb. 12: 7th Grade Parents Coffee
Feb. 13: Choral Concert
Feb. 15: Night of Jazz
Feb. 19: President's Day (School Closed)
Feb. 20: 10th Grade Curriculum Night
Feb. 24: Unity Fest (PA Event)
Feb. 28-March 2: Upper School Play: Alice in Wonderland
March 1-2: Parent Teacher Conferences
March 5-16: Spring Intensives
March 7: Lower School Math Workshop
March 9: The Benefit for Berkeley Carroll
March 15: 4th Grade Showcase
March 19- 30: Spring Break




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