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Legendary Jazz Drummer Visits BB&N“I have never been able to read music, to me it is just fly poop on paper,” said Han Bennink during his recent visit to BB&N’s Upper School. Clearly the 70-year old Dutch, jazz drummer’s humor is as irreverent as his music. More
Athletics Spring Information LetterPlease click here to read the BB&N Athletic Department Spring Information Letter, from Athletic Director Rick Foresteire '86. More
World Languages Department Awes Students at US AssemblyThe World Languages Department recently coordinated a very special assembly for Upper School students to celebrate their accomplishments in language and culture. The students filed into the Nicholas Athletic Center and sat in areas designated for the language they are currently studying – French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, or Latin – and the competition began. More
Upper Schoolers Earn 39 Globe Scholastic Writing AwardsThe annual Boston Globe Scholastic Writing Awards were announced in January, and BB&N blew the field away for the second consecutive year. More
BB&N Beginner Artists Work in Ca-Hoots with Upper School ColleaguesThe Upper School Art Gallery’s latest exhibit may be titled “One Hundred and One Owls Flew In”, but it was a different kind of fly-in at the gallery—the invasion of dozens of Beginner students—that turned the Grand Opening into an historic occasion for BB&N. More
Acclaimed Author Visits Morse BuildingSusan E. Goodman, author of many acclaimed nonfiction books for children, spent the morning with the Beginners, Kindergarten, and First Grade recently. More
Around the World in 50 Minutes with Margaret HardyThe ten seventh graders in the Latin class file one by one into the room. They drop their heavy backpacks down and take their seats. The lunch break is over, and they don’t look quite ready to relinquish it. They chat a bit, and the boys playfully throw an elbow here and there as they fish their Latin notebooks and pencils out of their overstuffed bags.... More
Letter from Head of School Rebecca T. UphamAt a great many institutions, the goal of crafting a statement of mission and values can be a dry, uninspiring exercise. I am happy to report that this could not be further from the truth at BB&N! More |
