With the winter holidays approaching, rituals and traditions seem to be in the air – from gathering around a turkey at Thanksgiving to spinning dreidels for Hanukkah and decorating Christmas trees. Perhaps as a result, this week, I’ve been reflecting a lot on the role of rituals in students’ experiences at school.

Students in the Upper School elective Marginal Voices of the Hispanic World recently explored Afro-Cuban culture through the art of dance. As part of their semester unit on Afro-Cuban heritage, the class welcomed acclaimed performer TaDeo Asojano for an immersive Afro-Cuban Dance Workshop, conducted entirely in Spanish.

In a recent project, Upper School Engineering students at Berkeley Carroll took on a unique challenge: finding creative ways to improve campus spaces to better serve the school community.