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SCIENCE STUDENTS WATCH LIVE HEART BYPASS
Ms. Smith's Upper School Human Anatomy & Physiology students watched a live quadruple bypass surgery on a 59-year-old patient with severe coronary heart disease at the Liberty Science Center. The operating room where the surgery was performed (at Morristown Medical Center) was equipped with three cameras showing the room, staff, monitors and surgery. The cameras also had microphones so students could ask questions and hear what was going on. Read more in Ms. Smith's article for the BC Blog.
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BC HOSTS & TOPS NYC DEBATE TOURNAMENT
BC hosted 300 visitors last Saturday at a citywide, Middle School forum debate tournament. The topic was whether immigration in the United States would benefit the country economically.
The tournament’s top four teams were from Berkeley Carroll and posted perfect 3-0 records: Eden W. '21 and Ariella S. '21 (1st Place); June F. '21 and Maggie S. '21 (2nd Place); Ava S. '21 and Lila S. '22 (3rd Place); and Margot S. '22 and Jesse P. '23 (4th Place).
Ariella and June also placed first and second, respectively, in the individual speakers category. For a complete list of 16 BC students who competed (all had winning records), click here.
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WINTER ART SHOW & CONCERT
Middle and Upper School students presented their art, videos and more at the Winter Art Show on Wednesday evening at Lincoln Place. Immediately afterwards, the Wind Ensemble, Upper School Orchestra, Chamber Choir (featuring BC faculty members!) and the Middle School Jazz Ensemble performed at the evening's concert.
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2ND GRADE BUILDS HUGE CITY OF THEIR DREAMS USING STEAM
Second graders just completed an intensive 2-month unit where they followed the urban planning process (using STEAM principles) to design and build a huge cardboard city, which they assembled in the Athletic Center.
After conducting neighborhood surveys, consulting city historians, and learning about zoning, architecture and building design, each student built a commercial, residential or recreational space. Then they collaborated to build a metropolis that met their community's needs. Read more or watch a short video. See class photos of students with their buildings.
(If you’ve been wondering why STEAM studies are more powerful that studying science, technology, engineering, art and math separately, watch the video.)
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CANDLE LIGHTING: BC WELCOMES WINTER
The Lower, Middle and Upper Schools celebrated the start of Winter Break, after a successful first semester, at the annual Candle Lighting ceremonies this morning! Representatives from each grade, plus Head of School Bob Vitalo, Parent Association members, faculty, staff and alumni each lit a candle.
Anne Gunning, physical education chair and coordinator for girls' athletics, addressed the Middle and Upper School. The Third Grade Chorus, Fourth Grade Chorus and Upper School Choir performed as well. Lower School photos and Middle and Upper School photos.
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UPPER SCHOOL PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH ON GENDER CONSTRUCTS
Upper School students in Women on the Edge, a 10th grade English elective, presented their research on how gender is constructed in our society. Each student chose a gendered "cultural artifact" such as an advertisement, toy or hygiene product and examined its explicit (and implicit) gender assumptions. Photos.
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AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR TEACHES SIGN LANGUAGE TO LOWER SCHOOLERS
Award-winning children's book author Kentrell Martin spoke with kindergartners and first graders, reading from his book, "Shelly Goes to the Zoo," which incorporates American Sign Language into the narrative. Students learned 20 signs for words such as yes, no, smart, animal, bear, lion and alligator. Read more. Look at photos or watch a video of our students signing in ASL.
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KINDERGARTNERS EXPLORE THE SENSES AT BOTANIC GARDEN
Kindergartners participated in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's "Sensory Exploration" workshop, during which they explored a diverse collection of plants, using four of their senses — hearing, smelling, touching and seeing. They also visited the Fragrance Garden, the first garden in the country designed for the sight-impaired. In the garden, they touched and smelled the plants. Braille labels identify the specimens, which grow in raised beds at just the right height for people in wheelchairs. Photos.
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ALUMNI UPDATE: WALKER HARRISON ‘10
Perplex.city, a statistics blog run by Walker Harrison '10, was recently featured on Time Out New York for a post about pizzerias in New York! Visit Walker's blog here.
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UPPER SCHOOL SUPPORTS MOSQUES AFFECTED BY ISLAMOPHOBIA
Troubled by recent reports of Islamophobia, Upper School students and faculty recently gathered to write letters of support and solidarity to mosques across the country, which have received hate mail.
With guidance from lovenotesforamerica.wordpress.com, which compiles a list of mosques that have received hate mail and are willing to receive letters of support, students and teachers hand wrote and mailed 35 warm, thoughtful and heartfelt notes. Ms. Drezner, Mr. Sanchez and Ms. Heldring coordinated the effort.
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AUTHOR RJ PALACIO VISITS 4TH GRADE
Award-winning author RJ Palacio spoke with 4th graders about her book "Wonder," showed them the layout for her upcoming picture book, "We're All Wonders" and explained what it was like to be on the set of "Wonder's" film adaptation, which will come out next year.
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AFTER SCHOOL UPDATE
Our Lower Schoolers have been busy this fall in BC's 25 After School Enrichment Courses, including So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star!, Textile Arts, Lego Robotics and Swimming. Photos. Winter 2017 After School Course Registration opened earlier this week.
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BEHIND THE SCENES: MIDDLE SCHOOL THEATER TECH
Middle School theater tech classes helped construct the set and props for "School House Rock Live!," the Middle School's fall musical.
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Have a wonderful Winter Break! See you in 2017!
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DON'T MISS
Dec. 19 - 30: Winter Break (School Closed)
Jan. 2: New Year's Holiday (School Closed)
Jan. 16: Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday (School Closed)
Feb. 16: 11th Grade Curriculum Night
Feb. 20: President's Day (School Closed)
Feb. 22: 10th Grade Curriculum Night
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