UPPER SCHOOL SPRING INTENSIVES TAKE ON NYC & BEYOND
BC’s acclaimed two-week Spring Intensives program  offers Upper School students the opportunity to study one subject that’s beyond the scope of traditional courses in greater depth, emphasizing thoughtful comprehension over content coverage.  This year, students chose from 19 courses. A few highlights:

5th GRADE UNVEILS THEIR EGYPTIAN TOMB
Students, parents, faculty and staff learned about life in ancient Egypt as they explored the fifth grade's annual Egyptian Tomb, which featured "artifacts," murals and even a "mummy." Visitors also played iPad games the students coded on Hopscotch about different aspects of life in ancient Egypt. Take your own tour online, led by BC fifth graders, in this 360 degree video created by BC parent Chad Ruble (put your cursor on the video and slide it around to follow the tour guides). Photos.
BC BENEFIT RAISES MORE THAN $500K
Thank you for making this year's Benefit for Berkeley Carroll such a success! Together we raised more than $500,000 for Berkeley Carroll! Photos.  We couldn't have done it without the enthusiasm and support of our co-chairs and volunteers. A special thank you to Kebra Caleo and Nicola Fabens.
BC ALUM-ATHLETES MEET UP AT AMHERST & HARVARD SPRING TRAINING
Former teammates, BC/Amherst's Anthony Spina '13/'17 and BC/Harvard's Ian Miller '14/'18, met for dinner in Florida, where they are training with their college squads over spring break.  

The alums are both seeing success on the baseball field at Amherst College and Harvard University, respectively. Anthony led the NESCAC in home runs and earned All-League (second team) honors his junior year. Ian is ranked first in the nation for pitching complete games, eighth in the nation for the lowest number of walks and hits per inning pitched and seventh in the Ivy League for his earned run average.
SPRING TEAM SCHEDULES
Many Middle and Upper School spring team schedules are now up on our site! We'll be adding the JV and Varsity Baseball and Ultimate Frisbee schedules to the webpage in the coming weeks -- so check again later or just sign up for iCal and the team schedules you want will be automatically added to your phone/digital calendar when they're posted.
SENIORS EARN OPPORTUNITIES AT MET MUSEUM & BRIC TV THANKS TO BC INDEPENDENT STUDY
Upper schoolers have earned exciting opportunities based on work they've done in their own independent studies! Jordan L. '17 (left) is creating a documentary with Bric TV about Greg Anderson-Elyse, a Haitian-American comic book artist based in Brooklyn who integrates aspects of African mythology into modern stories. The network will be paying him for his work, providing him with a cameraperson and airing the documentary on television.

Keelan C. '18 has been selected for a prestigious internship working with curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art due to her study on the creativity and power of medieval women.
KINDERGARTNERS COLLABORATE ON GIANT RAMP TO HELP PUT A BALL IN A BASKET (VIDEO)
Kindergarten scientists have been hard at work studying motion, with a focus on rolling. Each student designed and created their own small ramp out of cardboard and practiced rolling different types of balls and cars down the ramp at different angles.

They attached their individual ramps together to make a large class ramp, and then attached each class' ramp together to make a giant kindergarten ramp! The students were also challenged to figure out where to place the blue basket to catch the ball at the end. Watch the short video to see what happened.
ALUM UPDATE: AARIAN MARSHALL ‘08
Aarian Marshall ’08, a staff writer at WIRED covering autonomous vehicles, public transit, urban planning, traffic management, smart cities and new mobility models, spoke on a panel at SXSW in Austin titled “Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads (Maybe).” 
FIRST GRADE PRESENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
First graders in Ms. Benipayo's presented their research projects for their families. During a unit on non-fiction reading, each student chose a topic to learn more about and found five interesting facts to share. They then decided on the best way to present that information, with many students deciding to create dioramas.
PreK LEARNS TO PICKLE VEGGIES
Former Lower School teacher Ms. Lan Wong returned to BC last week to teach PreK students in Ms. Mulvaney's class how to pickle vegetables. Photos. 
7TH GRADE STUDIES MEXICAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS
Seventh graders concluded their unit on Mexican-American relations by creating a timeline from 1845 to the present day in an effort to look at major elements of this history, such as the Mexican-American War, the Bracero Program and Border Patrol, through multiple lenses. The timeline focuses on five different perspectives: Mexicans searching for work, non-Mexican working class Americans, Mexican-American workers, non-Mexican-American business owners and the U.S. government.
EVEN A BLIZZARD CAN’T STOP ‘EM: BC STUDENTS LAND IN COSTA RICA
After a two-day flight delay, our determined seventh and eighth graders arrived in Costa Rica, to work on a service project in partnership with the local community they will be living with and learning from!  Follow their work and learning here.  We’ll post an update and photos after Spring Break!
HAPPY SPRING BREAK! SEE YOU IN APRIL!





DON'T MISS 
March 21-31: Spring Break (School Closed)
April 4-6: National Spanish Exam (6th-8th Grade)
April 8: Unity Fest (PA Event)
April 10: Let's Talk About 7th Grade Breakfast
April 11: Passover (School Closed)
April 13: Let's Talk About 8th Grade Breakfast
April 14: Good Friday (School Closed)
April 17: 9th Grade Curriculum Night
April 17: Let's Talk About 6th Grade Breakfast
April 17-20: Middle School ERB tests
April 19: Green Coalition Party (PA Event)
April 20: Upper School Information Night for 7th Grade Parents
April 20: Let's Talk About 5th Grade Breakfast
April 21: Grandparents Day
April 27-29: Middle School Play
May 1: Gathering for Parents/Guardians of Students of Color
May 5: Senior Scholars Presentation (Day 1)
May 6:  Science Research & Design Symposium (Day 2)
May 8 & 9: Senior Scholars Presentations (Days 2 & 3)
May 12: Evening of Jazz
May 13: NYC Student Science Research Conference
May 14: Senior Prom
May 16: Choral Concert
May 17: Senior Arts Night
May 18: Dance Concert
May 19: Senior Prom
May 22-24: Senior Exams
May 24: Junior SRD Presentations
May 29: Memorial Day (School Closed)
May 30: 6th Grade Instrument Concert
May 31: Upper School Recognition Ceremony
May 31: 5th Grade Instrument Concert
June 1: Middle School Instrument Concert
June 2: Commencement (Half day for the entire school)
June 9: 4th Grade Arts Showcase
June 10: Komera Walk/Run (PA event)
June 14: Lower School Arch Day
June 15: Last Day of Upper School
June 15: Middle School Closing Ceremonies


Sync BC event info & updates directly to your calendar -- no need to type it in anymore:  Subscribe to iCal !