JAZZ ENSEMBLE WINS NATIONAL HONORS

Congrats to our Upper School Jazz Ensemble who earned 4th Place at the Berklee High School Jazz Festival in Boston, the largest jazz ensemble festival in the country! They are the first NYC independent school big band to win honors in over 10 years! More than 208 bands competed in various categories this year! Listen to their concert.

The ensemble featured performances by: Matthew J. '19, Jake C. '19, Charlie W. '19, Brendan Z. '19, Jude M. '19, Graham S. '19, Nick B. '19, Lukas H. '19, Sean W. '20, Ben S. '20, Sita P. '21, Nola M. '21, Charlie H. '21, Lila B. '21, Antonio D. '21, Oliver S. '21, Adam R. '21, Kai E. '21, Chloe P. '22, Joseph G. '22, Skylar W. '22, Graeme T. '22, Evan W. '22, Miko W. '22, Nathaniel S. '22, Isen R. '22, Will C. '22, Leo I. '22, Truth T. '22.

BC ATTENDS NATIONAL PEOPLE OF COLOR CONFERENCE; NAIS CHOOSES 8 BC FACULTY TO PRESENT WORKSHOPS

BC was well represented among the more than 6,400 educators and students from around the country who attended this year's NAIS People of Color Conference in Nashville, TN. Our delegation included 6 students and 8 Berkeley Carroll faculty who were chosen by NAIS to give presentations.

Our student representatives were Domenic A. '19, Camille A. '19, Idriys A-C. '19, Tamiya F. '19, Bella O. '19, and Alba M. '20.

Faculty members Camille Harrison, Kristen Goodlett, Dayana Jimenez, Brandon Guidry, Amanda Finigan, Shahna-Lee James, Khaliah Williams, and Ashley Finigan were chosen by NAIS to give presentations. Read about their workshops.

3RD GRADE SHARES THEIR GREEN IDEAS WITH GOWANUS CONSERVANCY

Third graders met with representatives from the Gowanus Conservancy to share their models of how to make BC's block of Carroll Street greener! Thinking about why the Prospect Park stream is so much cleaner than the Gowanus Canal, students studied concepts like water filtration and topography, visited both sites, thought about ways to improve local infrastructure, and then built models illustrating their ideas.

LOWER SCHOOL CELEBRATES DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

The Lower School gathered to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. Third graders read "Dreams" by Langston Hughes, fourth graders shared their own dreams for making the world a more green and equitable place for everyone, and the third and fourth grade chorus sang a medley of Civil Rights songs.

4TH GRADER PERFORMS AT MUSIC CONSERVATORY
Congratulations to fourth grader Juliana '27 who performed at the Brooklyn Music Conservatory's Winter Festival! Hear her play Sonatina in C major by Muzio Clementi.

BC KINDERGARTNERS HELP PRESCHOOLERS

Ms. Abreu and Mr. Abud's Kindergarten class has been studying ways they can be helpers in school. As part of this unit, they visited Ms. Connell's PreK3 class to help them draw, build and play in new ways!

ATHLETICS UPDATE

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

10TH GRADERS VISIT FRANKENSTEIN EXHIBIT

10th graders in the English class "Romantics, Rebels, and Renegades" travelled to the Morgan Library to view the "Frankenstein" exhibit, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. They heard stories about the famed ghost-story competition between Shelley, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron, and on display were a range of literary, artistic, and scientific artifacts, including manuscripts of the novel in Shelley's own hand.

PREK 3 CONSTRUCTS ICE CAVE

This winter, PreK 3 has been studying the hibernation and migration habits of winter animals including polar bears and snowy owls. With the help of Ms. DiLeva, Ms. Connell's students made bird feeders to care for the birds that do not migrate south and constructed an amazing ice cave!

2ND GRADERS BUILD SCALE MODEL OF NYC NEIGHBORHOOD

2nd graders have been thinking a lot about the infrastructure and planning of New York City. After visiting Queens Museum to see a scale model panorama of the city, students used skills from social studies, math, and art classes to build their own scale model of a NYC neighborhood!

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDIES DANGERS OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE

7th and 8th graders heard a presentation from the organization Freedom from Chemical Dependence. Prevention specialist John Tummon spoke to students about his own battles with addiction and the dangers of drugs, alcohol, and nicotine use.