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Archives for April, 2010

Calendar Items & Information of Note

BCD at the Movies: An Earthday Tale Movie night, a joint venture between the Environmental Club and Student Council, was a great success.  Over $200 was raised to buy motion sensor light switches for the campus.  Kudos to Grace for spearheading the effort.  She was assisted by Kelt, Sam, and Jasper.  Other students pitched in [...]

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Dangerous Women Help BCD Raise Money for Financial Aid

It was a true BCD community event at Shakespeare & Company this weekend as BCD’s own Laurie Schiff, Lisa Kantor, and Pam Rich, along with Debbie Zecher treated everyone to an exceptional evening of ‘Song & Sass.’ Saturday night’s gala performance started off with a cocktail hour of Dangerous-tinis, courtesy of Chris & Tyler Weld [...]

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Arts Night at BCD

Tuesday night, April 20 was a wonderful celebration of the Arts at BCD! Parents and students enjoyed viewing the gallery of student artwork in Fitz while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and sparkling cider courtesy of the Parents’ Association (a special thank you to Sarah Novak and Paige Orloff). Then, it was off to the Furey Hall Music [...]

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Have you seen your child’s class gift?

Thank you to all our BCD students who participated in the making of a class gift for our financial aid benefit this weekend, April 24 & 25 at Shakespeare & Company. Working with parent Doria Polinger and their homeroom teachers and art teachers, students created amazing works of art to help raise money for BCD’s [...]

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Slam Poet Taylor Mali Visits BCD

Taylor Mali, one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement and one of the few people in the world to have no job other than that of poet, enthralled Middle and Upper School students today at an assembly presentation. Eloquent, accessible, passionate and often downright hilarious, Mali studied drama in Oxford [...]

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Calendar News & Other Information of Interest

BCD’s Got Talent Night was a huge success and raised $1,771!  Thank you! Thank you! The Service Learning Club met on Monday to discuss ways to sustain and support our relationship with the school AVS in Salino Haiti.  They have come up with some wonderful ideas and will share them with the school community soon! [...]

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21 Upper School Students Recognized for Top Scores on 2010 National Latin Exam

We are pleased to announce that 21 Upper school students were awarded certificates and medals for their high scores on the 2010 National Latin Exam. The NLE exam is sponsored both by the American Classical League and the National Junior Classical League. More than 150,000 students from all 50 states and 13 foreign countries took the [...]

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1:1 – Arts Block

Did you know that BCD’s Upper School Arts Block consists of over 20 classes for students in Grades 7-9 to choose from? Band Chorus Chamber Music Electronic Music Caribbean Music Guitar Ensemble Drawing, painting, Sculpture Black & White Photography Arts Foundation Mosaics & More Graphic Design Shop Digital Film Improvisational Theater These classes encourage BCD students to explore [...]

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Class Gift Raffle Tickets & Dangerous Women Show Tickets on Sale Tomorrow

Members of the Dangerous Women Event Committee will be selling Class Gift Raffle Tickets and tickets to both performances of Dangerous Women at the wall tomorrow, Wednesday, April 14, and Friday, April 16 at drop off and pick up.  Support your child’s class in their effort to raise money for BCD’s financial aid fund. Raffle tickets [...]

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How much talent does BCD have? See for yourself!

BCD students performed their talents before a standing-room-only crowd of cheering fans last Saturday night. Performances ranged from ballet to stand-up comedy to blistering guitar solos and everything in between. All proceeds will be sent to Haiti to help with the relief effort. A big thank you to all who made this magical evening possible! [...]

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