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Special Programs
The seventh and eighth grades are filled with enormous intellectual, social, and moral growth. During these years, they are given increasing responsibility, the opportunity to make choices, and the chance to be leaders. BB&N provides many options for Middle School students to explore these issues through special programs.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
At BB&N, community service takes a prominent role in the lives of students. It means stepping outside of the Middle School environment and doing something for the larger world, whether running a coat drive, assembling Thanksgiving Day baskets, or cleaning up the banks of the Charles. For students especially interested in serving their community, the Middle School offers a Community Service club that meets once a week to plan and implement various activities and projects.
MULTICULTURALISM
The School is dedicated to excellence in its educational programs and in personal character development. Fundamental to such excellence is an inclusive curriculum, and a diverse community where members learn to live within and to appreciate and celebrate a rich variety of cultures. To that end, BB&N offers programs throughout the academic year that celebrate and appreciate the differences within our community. These activities include academic programs, parent and student organizations, and inclusiveness training.
Academic programs: Studies of Native American Cultures, Eyes On The Prize Series on the Modern Civil Rights Movement (LS), Facing History and Ourselves, African American History, Chinese History Language and Culture, African American Literature, Spanish Language and Culture, Latin American History, English Course focused on "Portraits" (MS)
Parent Organizations: Parents of Black Students for Cultural Diversity (a part of the BB&N Parents Association) provides a supportive organization for parents of black students, which is open to all parents of color. Inclusiveness Training for Parent Representatives began in 2002
Student Support Groups: Asian Cultural Society, Multicultural Students Alliance, Jewish Cultural Group, Womens' Issues Group, Gay Straight Alliance, Islamic Society (US), Affinity Lunch Group (LS), Multicultural Students Association (MS). These groups are designed to provide support for students from all backgrounds, interested in diversity, and to allow students to participate in enhancing diversity in a focused way, through the group they join and participate in.
Multicultural Events: Kwanzaa Dinner, Asian Cultural Evening, Kwanzaa Dinner, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, Lower School Black History Month Event, Spring Gospel Concert and the end of the year Diversity Appreciation Dinner. These are all-school events which provide enlightenment, education, cultural sharing and social opportunities for all members of the community
Regional/Outreach Opportunities for Students and Professional Development Opportunities for Adults: AISNE Student of Color Conference (Upper and Middle School) AISNE Diversity Conference (Upper and Middle School) AISNE Diversity Conference for Adults, AISNE Hiring Workshop and Job Fair for Candidates of Color, AISNE Diversity Coordinators Luncheon(s), NAIS National People of Color Conference and Students of Color Leadership Conference, BB&N Student Diversity Leadership Conference (US) and Diversity Leadership Workshop (LS) Faculty Diversity Education (Professional Development/ NAIS Diversity Summer Institute, Milton Summer Diversity Conference.
Multicultural/Diversity Committee's: Each campus has a diversity committee made up of faculty and/or, administrators, parents and students. There is also a diversity committee on the Board of Trustee level made up of trustees, parents, administrators and faculty.
Admissions/Outreach: We currently have relationships with the following organizations and schools to support our admissions initiatives to diversify our student population: Nativity Prep, Mother Caroline Academy, Roxbury Prep, Renaissance School (Roxbury), Summerbridge, Citybridge, Saint Paul AME Church. (In addition we work with several other youth organizations, churches and day care centers throughout the Greater Boston area)
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