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A Path that Starts Here Can Take You Anywhere.

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Student Leadership

At Berkeley Carroll, leadership is rooted in empathy, initiative, and community.

Students develop agency and purpose by taking on roles that strengthen their school, serve their peers, and elevate their voices. These opportunities help students grow into thoughtful, collaborative contributors — both at BC and beyond.

What Leadership Looks Like at BC

Leadership at BC is more than holding a title — it is about listening, engaging, and helping a community thrive. Across divisions, students practice the skills of collaboration, reflection, and responsible decision-making. These experiences foster confidence, character, and a sense of belonging that supports their development as emerging leaders.

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Key Society

Berkeley Carroll Key Society members are here to provide prospective students and families with an accurate and enjoyable representation of the school. They strive to create a friendly atmosphere where prospective students and their families feel welcome. They educate visitors about BC's academic program, and share insight into how active the school's student life is.

Meet Our Keys!

student government

In the Upper School, each grade has two elected representatives who meet with the grade dean to plan and discuss grade-wide events and initiatives. There is also a four-member elected Executive Council who meets regularly with the Upper School Director and Dean of Students. 

honor council

The Honor Council is a student-run organization in the Upper School that has two main functions: to hear cases that involve honor issues and to help be a leader in creating a culture where academic integrity is a guiding principle. The council is led by two co-chairs who are elected by the Upper School student body. 

Peer Mentorship

The Peer Mentorship program at Berkeley Carroll is a unique opportunity for students to have a direct and palpable impact on the quality of community life in the Upper School.

Meeting on a weekly basis over the course of a year as mentors with a small group of freshmen, high school seniors help ease the transition into high school by providing a forum where students of different ages and backgrounds can build friendships based not just on the respectful recognition of differences but on an appreciation for their common interests and goals.

The senior peer mentors provide classes that focus on building relationships, fostering collaboration, increasing self-confidence, developing problem solving skills and acquiring decision making strategies.

Senior Peer Mentors, who go through a rigorous application and selection process in the spring of junior year, begin their training with a week-long retreat before the start of school in August. During the school year the Peer Leaders meet as a group with the Peer Mentorship faculty advisor and are observed and evaluated by the advisor throughout the year. The small group meetings with 9th graders, however, are led strictly by the seniors, who are ultimately in charge of planning and shaping each lesson. Each senior keeps a detailed teaching journal, makes weekly lesson plans, and leads demonstration lessons on pertinent adolescent topics for the rest of the peer leaders on a regular basis. The seniors act as role models to the freshmen, and use their enhanced leadership skills and problem-solving abilities to help maintain a respectful and safe community within the school.

Peer Tutoring

Middle and Upper School students also have the opportunity to be tutored by Upper School students. Peer tutors are nominated by their teachers and trained in effective tutoring practices.