2 BC STUDENTS WIN NATIONAL HONORS FOR WRITING

Congratulations to Sara A.M '19 and Asa K.'23 who just received National Medals, the highest honors from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, which are bestowed on the most outstanding writing works in the country! Sara won a Gold Medal for her Critical Essay and was also one of only 30 students to win a Silver Medal with Distinction for her entire writing portfolio! Asa won a Silver Medal for her Personal Essay!

STUDENTS LEARN LEADERSHIP & TEAM BUILDING IN TANZANIA

Upper School students on our Tanzania academic program spent an amazing 12-day journey, collaborating with students in Arusha in cultural exchanges and learning sessions, where everyone was challenged to think about leadership, both at the community level and personally. They stayed with area families and learned about the community and culture of the Karatu region.

The group went on safari in Ngorogoro Crater where they saw zebras, wildebeests, gazelles, Masai giraffes, lions, water buffalo and hippopotami, and visited Olduvai Gorge, where they saw the birthplace of our earliest ancestors. They also engaged in team building activities with their Tanzanian buddies to help develop everyone's leadership skills, which included gathering water from the local well and wheelbarrowing it to a church, providing it with water for the next week (most buildings there don't have running water).

THE BC LION ACCOMPANIES PreK ON SPRING BREAK

BC was never out of mind for our PreK students during Spring Break as they brought a BC lion cub stick puppet with them and sent us selfies to document the lion's adventures. More photos.

ATHLETICS

Read Athletics Director Dick McGrath's previews for Upper School teams and Middle School teams.

3RD GRADERS STUDY TOPOGRAPHY IN AUGMENTED REALITY AT THE BETA LAB

3rd graders have been studying the Gowanus watershed, and recently visited the Beta Lab and its augmented reality sandbox to learn more about topography and water movement. The sandbox, built by BC Engineer-in-Residence Ryan Byrne and the US Robotics Team, helped the students visualize virtual water flow over a variety of landscapes.

MIDDLE SCHOOL IMPROVES COSTA RICAN VILLAGE

Middle School students in our Costa Rica academic travel program stayed with local host families in the village of Chilamate, learning about Costa Rica firsthand, and working with the community on service projects which included painting a preschool classroom and garden work. They played soccer with their new friends, and went hiking, river swimming, zip lining and on a chocolate tour. They also learned to milk a cow and interviewed staff at an ecolodge (in Spanish)!

SENIOR SPEAKERS

Congratulations to the latest round of Senior Speakers! (L-R Maija F., Domenic A., and Olivia K.) People know Maija as a hardworking student with a passion for debate and surfing, but she wanted to share aspects of her fun and adventurous side, and gave several humorous examples, like when she wanted to be a fashion icon in Lower School and wore a fedora and flip flops every day, even when it was below freezing.

Domenic discussed his love for the Bronx, describing summer days playing street games with friends and seeing his beloved Yankees play. He hopes everyone will visit the borough, like the American Studies walking tour he led last year did, to see firsthand why he believes it's NYC's best borough.

Olivia talked about some of the invaluable life lessons she's valued most from her 4 years at BC. These included how she learned how to study from Ms. Adler; how to recognize the important things in life from Dr., Hughes; and perseverance from Mr. Rubin. She said she will carry all these lessons with her to college and into the rest of her life.

3RD GRADE LENDS A HELPING HAND TO KINDERGARTNERS

Ms. Fong's third grade class visited Ms. Khordoc and Ms. Smith's Kindergarten class to share their building techniques and work on a tasty building activity: creating unique structures using mini-marshmallows and toothpicks.

SPRING INTENSIVES: THE VIDEO

This year's Spring Intensives dove deeply into a wide array of subjects from the evolution of hip-hop music, marine science research & solutions, cannibalism, World War II in film, making podcasts and several academic travel programs. (video)

MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH TEAM MAKES THEIR MARK AT STATE COMPETITION

Congrats to the Middle Schoolers who recently competed in the MathCounts State competition at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. They had a great showing and just missed finishing in the Top 20.

BC BENEFIT RAISES OVER $500K+

Last month's Benefit for Berkeley Carroll was a huge success thanks to our trustees, parents, alumni, faculty and friends, who together raised over $500,000 for Berkeley Carroll! Photos.

STUDENTS HONE THEIR SPANISH IN GRANADA, SPAIN
Students in our Spain Spring Intensive visited Granada where they honed their Spanish skills at a language school located in the oldest neighborhood of the city and immersed themselves in cultural activities which included visits to the Alhambra and the city of Córdoba and living with host families.

ALUMNI EVENT WITH DR. AYANA E. JOHNSON'98

Marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson '98

spoke to alumni, parents and students about her career arc, how she became a pivotal voice in the effort to conserve and protect our oceans and how to "use the ocean without using it up." Dr. Johnson received her Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and has spent her career advocating for conservation policy and solutions through social justice.