UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS TRAVEL & STUDY ACROSS THE GLOBE THIS WEEK
More than 70 Upper School students and faculty have departed BC on academic travel programs to the Southern U.S., including Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama; India; Granada, Spain; and Cap D'Ail, France, as part of this year's Spring Intensives courses! Follow their adventures on the blogs below:
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UNITY FEST IS A HUGE SUCCESS, ATTRACTING 350+
Congratulations to Parent Association on another great Unity Fest! The annual event, organized by the Mosaic Committee, attracted more than 350 people from the BC community.
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STUDENTS USE ‘PENDULUM MUSIC’ TO STUDY HOW TECH INFLUENCES MUSIC CREATION (SPRING INTENSIVES)
Check out this
process piece
called 'Pendulum Music' by Steve Reich set up by Upper Schoolers in the Music and Technology Spring Intensive as they explore how technology has influenced music creation and performance. In this piece, four microphones suspended above amplifiers and speakers are set in motion, and shift in feedback create the music.
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LOWER SCHOOL GREEN TEAM HELPS ANIMALS AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
The Lower School Green Team, whose chosen mission this year is to help animals affected by climate change, welcomed visitors from The Sato Project. The team plans to help the organization, which brings dogs from Puerto Rico to the U.S. for adoption, by raising money to cover veterinarian, transportation, and foster care costs. As an added bonus, Sherri Paller's Kindergarten class stopped by to interview the Green Team for the next edition of the Lower School newspaper.
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STUDENTS TELL THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEYS THROUGH NEEDLE CRAFTS (SPRING INTENSIVES)
These Upper Schoolers are exploring how weaving, knitting, and quilting have long been used to tell the stories of many cultures in the Weaving a Tale Spring Intensive Course. As each student works on a project that tells a part of their personal journey using tactile, writing, and storytelling skills, they'll also study textiles in famous narratives, such as Penelope in 'The Odyssey' or Arachne and Athena in Greek mythology.
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UPPER SCHOOLERS TOUR VIETNAM WAR EXHIBIT AT HISTORICAL SOCIETY (SPRING INTENSIVES)
These Upper Schoolers toured the new exhibit on the Vietnam War at the New-York Historical Society as part of a Spring Intensive course on 1968: The Year That Rocked the World. The exhibit includes a whole section on 1968, describing the Tet Offensive, the step-back of President Johnson, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, and many other important events.
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OUR STREETS HAVE NEW TREES THANKS TO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS
Siena B. '22 and Annie M. '22 reported empty tree pits in Park Slope to Million Trees NYC as part of their project on afforestation for Matt Erdosy’s 8th grade science class. Thanks to their work, Lincoln Place now has three new trees between 7th Avenue and Prospect Park!
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UPPER SCHOOLERS LEARN SURVIVAL SKILLS ON URBAN WILDERNESS SPRING INTENSIVE
As part of a lesson on survival skills, Upper School students in the Urban Wilderness Spring Intensive were challenged to create the lightest weight, most caloric, tastiest, and most cost-efficient meal. They conducted a lab in which they observed the burning of small food pieces to measure caloric density and then held a camp stove cook-off to rate their meals on the other categories.
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14 STUDENTS SELECTED FOR NYC INDEPENDENT SCHOOL HONOR BAND
14 BC Middle and Upper Schoolers were selected to play in the Independent School Music Association of New York City's annual honor band concert, which included a master class from the Saturday Night Live band's saxophonist Ron Blake!
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Students also played an Upper School concert led by Dr. Anthony Branker, retired head of Jazz Studies at Princeton University.
Participating Upper School students included: Mokhtar R. '18, Graham S. '19, Lukas H. '19, Oliver S. '21, Charlie H. '21. Middle School participants included: Will C. '22, Truth T. '22, Chloe P. '22, Mikaela O. '22, Nathaniel S. '22, Evan W. '22, James E. '22, Joseph G. '22, Ellor H. '22
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4TH GRADE VISITS NY PHILHARMONIC TO HEAR MUSIC OF HARLEM RENAISSANCE
4th graders took a trip to hear music of the Harlem Renaissance composed by Duke Ellington and William Grant Still and played by the New York Philharmonic at David Geffen Hall.
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ACCLAIMED AUTHOR-ILLUSTRATORS VISIT LOWER SCHOOL
3rd and 4th graders welcomed Selina Alko and Sean Qualls, authors and illustrators of books like 'Emmanuel’s Dream', 'The Case For Loving', and their latest 'Can I Touch Your Hair?: Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship'. They read 'Why Am I Me?' aloud to students, discussed how they work together with paint and collage to create artwork, and talked about how they come up with new book ideas.
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RESERVE YOUR YEARBOOK TODAY!
It's time to reserve your 2017-18 yearbook! To reserve your copy, which includes school photos of BC students from all three divisions, bring $65 cash or check made to “The Berkeley Carroll School” to Ms. Schaffer at the Knowledge Bar in the Middle School library. Books will be distributed in June. Questions? Email mcorrea@berkeleycarroll.org or mschaffer@berkeleycarroll.org
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MIDDLE SCHOOL COSTA RICA SERVICE PROJECT UPDATE
The 7th and 8th grade have raised just over $3,800 of their $5,000 goal to fund a meaningful service project in partnership with the Costa Rican community where they will live and learn later this month. Contribute to their
Crowdrise campaign
. Last week's book sale raised $1,300 of that total. Thanks to all the parents, faculty, and students who contributed and shopped!
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DON'T MISS
March 10: SATs
March 12-16: Spring Intensives
March 19-30: Spring Break
April 4 & 5: National Spanish Exam
April 11: 9th Grade Curriculum Night
April 12: 5th Grade Parents Coffee Meeting
April 14: ACTs
April 16: 7th Grade Parents Coffee Meeting
April 19-21: Middle School Musical: James & The Giant Peach
April 20: Global Youth Service Day
April 23: Faculty In-Service Day (no classes for students)
April 24: Welcome to the Upper School for 7th Graders
April 24: Fiscal Literacy Workshop for 12th Graders
April 24-27: ERBs
May 3: 6th Grade Parents Coffee
May 3: Brooklyn/Staten Island College Fair
May 3 & 4: Upper School Cabaret
May 5: SATs
May 7: 8th Grade Parents Coffee
May 8: 5th Grade Trip to Buehler Science Center
May 8: Instrumental Concert
May 8: College Campus Resources Workshop for 12th Graders
May 9: Brooklyn in Solidarity event
May 12: NYC Independent Schools Science Research Conference
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