The last couple weeks have been full of culminating moments – plays for Upper School and Third Grade, sports awards for fall athletes, the Poetry Assembly for Middle School, the Penguin Colonial Museum for Seventh Grade, the end of the trimester - and much more.  Above is the slideshow from the sports assembly. Please click on the photo gallery to the right for glimpses of some of the other great moments of the last couple weeks.

Now, some News to Use:

Kathryn Lasky Event
Berkshire Country Day School Parents’ Association is pleased to host noted author Kathryn Lasky on Saturday, November 19 at 10 am in Fitzpatrick Hall.   Her award-winning children’s books include the series of books (Ga’Hoole, Wolves,  and Deadlies), Silk and Venom, and many, many others. Click here for more information.

Thanksgiving Soup
Please review today’s email sent to you to review important details about this Tuesday, November 22 event! 

Grades K-6 November/December Mini-Enrichment
Gift-Making Clay Class (K-6) and Nature Explorers (1-6) – please open and print the form here.  Completed information due Tuesday, November 22.

REMINDER – The forms below have been sent home with students, or mailed to parents.  Whenever a form is needed, it can typically be found on the Download bar at the top of this page.  In the meantime,the three forms listed below need to be completed and sent in as soon as possible – a link to each form is embedded below.

Library Book Sale - IMPORTANT
Please open and print the permission form here.

Winter Friday Transportation Plan - IMPORTANT
Plans for every student must be on file.  Please open and print the Winter Friday Transporation Plan form here .

Grades 4-9 Winter Co-Curricular Registration - IMPORTANT 
Please open and print the Registration form here .

Upcoming Calendar Items

Fri Nov 11
No School               Veterans’ Day (Grade 6 theater rehearsal happening)
10 am-3 pm              Grade 6 Theater additional rehearsal

Mon Nov 14
3 pm-4:30 pm         No Rehearsal for Grade 6 Theater

Tue Nov 15
9:45 am-11:45 am  K to Dakota Restaurant
11:25 am                   PK Lunch Bunch

Wed Nov 16
8:15 am-9 am          Head’s Chat – Preschool parents
11:25 am                   Grade 2 Lunch Bunch
3 pm-4:30 pm        Grade 6 Theater additional rehearsal

Thu Nov 17
8:10 am-5:25 pm   Grade 6 to Boston Museum of Science, Pompeii Exhibit
8:15 am-9:15 am    Parents’ Association Steering Committee meeting
11:25 am                   Grade 8 Lunch Bunch
11:40 am                  PS/K Friendship Lunch
4:30 pm-6 pm        St Stephen’s Table, US volunteers

Fri Nov 18
8:15 am-9:15 am     ArtSoiree Committee meeting, Band Room
10 am-11 am             BCD Music & Me, Share and Give Thanks
11:25 am                    Pizza Friday
2:10 pm-2:50 pm   All-School Assembly, Zoo Show
6:30 pm-8:30 pm  PA Movie Night, Legend of the Guardians

Sat Nov 19
10 am-12 pm           Author Kathryn Lasky event - Bring your friends!

Mon Nov 21
11:25 am                   Grade 3 Lunch Bunch

Tue Nov 22              Thanksgiving Soup – dismissal 1 p.m.  no programs follow

Wed Nov 23-            Thanksgiving Break
Fri, Nov 26 

Mon Nov 28
7:45 am-4:30 pm   Library Book Sale
11:55 am                   Grade 6 Lunch Bunch
3 pm-4:30 pm         Winter after-school sports, theater and enrichment begins

Tue Nov 29
7:45 am-4:30 pm    Library Book Sale
4:45 pm-5:30 pm    US Winter Theater parent/student meeting, Furey Hall

Wed Nov 30
7:45 am-4:30 pm    Library Book Sale

Thu Dec 1
7:45 am-4:30 pm   Library Book Sale
8 am-8 pm                Sports Equipment Swap by PA, Fitzpatrick Hall
2:30 pm-4:30 pm  Grade 6 Theater special rehearsal (no sports or US theater)
2:30 pm                     Grades 8 and 9 optional ski trip to Killington, VT departure
3 pm-8 pm                Gr 4-9 Parent Teacher Conferences–No sports/US theater
3 pm-8 pm                PS/LS parents invited to meet with teachers of special subjects
5:30 pm-6:15 pm    Finance Committee Meeting
6:15 pm                      Executive Committee Meeting

Fri Dec 2
No School for Grades 4-9
7:45 am-4:30 pm   Library Book Sale
8 am-12 pm              Grs 4-9  Conferences (PS & LS in school;  Grade 6 Theater on)
8 am-12 pm               PS/LS parents invited to meet with teachers of special subjects
8 am-3 pm                 Sports Equipment Swap by PA, Fitzpatrick Hall
10 am-11 am             BCD Music & Me, When Winter Comes
10 am-3 pm              Grade 6 Theater special rehearsal
8 pm                           Grades 8 and 8 optional ski trip to Killington, VT returns