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Learning & Discovery

an education that grows with you

Learning at Berkeley Carroll combines academic rigor with joy—the spark that motivates authentic discovery.

Students engage in hands-on learning, ask big questions, and apply their ideas to the world beyond the classroom. With agency and choice woven throughout the curriculum, students deepen understanding, build confidence in themselves and their decisions, and pursue meaningful pathways toward the future.

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Our academic program is intentionally designed for global competence, creativity, and hands-on, minds-on learning. From the earliest grades, students engage in experiences that challenge them to think deeply, collaborate authentically, and develop the confidence to shape their own learning. Choice, voice, and student-centered inquiry are at the heart of our classrooms.

We meet students as they are, and empower them to become who they want to be through an education built on curiosity, agency, and meaningful connection. Assistant Head of School for Program and Innovation Stephen Mak

Dr. Stephen Mak

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Be Nurtured and Become

Where your child will be nurtured and celebrated, and discover who they are. 

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Be Engaged and Explore

Study on rooftops and build a battle bot. Explore opportunities that match your limitless potential. 

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Be Recognized and Impactful

Find what you love, where you excel, and which way you want to go.

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Academic Program Highlights

Global Education

Berkeley Carroll’s mission statement ends with a commitment to prepare students for “a life of critical, ethical and global thinking.” The interconnectedness of the modern world, the explosive growth of technology and its impact on how we communicate, as well as the profound challenges the world now faces, call for an education that pushes beyond the boundaries of traditional subjects.

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STEAM

Berkeley Carroll’s STEAM initiative is focused on offering students exciting opportunities to delve deeply into Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. But more importantly, STEAM is about pushing students and teachers to explore the intersections of these disciplines and how they can be used to solve real-world problems.

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Portrait of a Learner

At Berkeley Carroll, learning is as much about who students become as what they know. Our Portrait of a Learner captures the mindsets, capacities, and values we nurture from PreK through Grade 12—guiding students as they discover their strengths, embrace their identities, and engage thoughtfully with the world. It reflects our commitment to developing curious and globally aware young people who learn with purpose and act with integrity.

Explore our Habits of Mind

BC helps to “build” students from LS, to MS, to US who are not only confident in their education but in their skin. They embrace difference and advocate for those who may not have the ability. I was grateful for that gift when all of my children went to college from BC—they found their feet very quickly.

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Student Outcomes

College is a match to be made, not a prize to be won.

College Counseling works collaboratively with parents, guardians, teachers, deans, and advisors to provide informed guidance to our students as they explore their options. We encourage a reflective approach, one that cultivates the self-knowledge our graduates need to make informed choices.