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Thanksgiving Break begins tomorrow afternoon (after classes for the US, and after conferences for the MS). Please review yesterday's Community Health Update for important information on returning to campus Monday, November 30.
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What's been happening at Beaver? |
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Students and faculty have been getting creative in how they collaborate in this hybrid environment—and it's been amazing to watch the innovation! In Upper School, students in Video Production were challenged to put together a short film over Zoom in one 100-minute block. Watch a snippet of the process and the final product here. In the Middle School, students in 7th grade English built "time machines" to travel back in time and re-imagine the first storyteller. Spoiler: none of the time machines actually worked. Regardless, the work is quite impressive, and you can read how it all came together here. |
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Election 2020 was of course a very big topic of discussion. Both divisions talked at length with students about its impact and offered optional workshops that delved deeper into the electoral college, political polarization, and media literacy. In addition, in the Upper School, there were two Student Directed Projects on the election: one that created a website for first-time voters and another that explored election data, trendspotting, and data visualization. |
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It's time for the BVR fall plays! The casts and crews in both the MS and US have been rehearsing on campus and online since September and pre-recorded performances by setting up a theater in their homes. On Tuesday of this week, we hosted the online premiere of A Simpler Time (MS fall play). If you missed it, you can watch the performance On-Demand until November 29. Tomorrow will be the premiere of Twelfth Night (US fall play). Click here for the program and details on how to watch. |
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Over the last two months, Upper School athletes have been participating in sport-specific, skill-based training, strength and conditioning, virtual team-bonding activities, and intrasquad scrimmages. Our Middle School athletics program has been focusing on skill development, and students participated in soccer, flag football, volleyball, cross country, yoga/mindfullness, and field hockey. For all the action and latest updates follow BVR Athletics on Instagram and on our blog. |
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Every fall, both the Middle and Upper Schools spend time building community and celebrating the season. This year, students enjoyed some socially-distanced pumpkin carving, delicious "to-go" fall treats ( apple cider donuts!), bubble soccer, and virtual Halloween celebrations in Middle School meeting and Upper School advisories. |
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We’ve submitted two panels to this year's virtual SXSWedu. We need your votes to get in! Check out the submissions here (and please sign in to vote!):
More details and instructions on how to vote can be found on our website. Voting ends tomorrow! |
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Parent Question of the Month |
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Q: What should I do if my family is traveling for the holidays?
A: Review the MA state guidelines. Then, if you haven’t done so already, preview the new daily attestation questions that will appear in the Magnus app after break to look for a potential stop sign. Please click here to view the questions, and if you anticipate receiving a stop sign, share your plans in the form for which option you anticipate choosing (getting tested or quarantining and learning online for 14 days prior returning to campus).
This will give us important visibility into the number of people returning to campus after break.
If you have any questions and/or would like to discuss potential travel plans or concerns, contact the BVR Health Office directly.
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Where can I find Major Dates? |
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