Campus Voices
Each month, The Link visits each of BB&N's campuses to hear directly from directors or teachers about what's on their minds. We share their letters below.
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Lower School
Tracy McLaughlin
There was something mystical and magical about Chinese New Year this year, especially at Neville Place Assisted Living Home in Cambridge. One of BB&N’s kindergarten classes went there to show off the Chinese dragon the students had made for the occasion. Nineteen kindergartners walking around a large room, all of them under one long piece of fabric, is quite a sight to see! More
Middle School
Miles Billings
I enjoy the fact that I am constantly impressed by my students during my first year here at BB&N. And, I am pretty sure I had nowhere near this amount of raw knowledge when I was in middle school. This became evident to me during a recent assignment in my eighth grade history class. But, I discovered that today’s raw knowledge does take some refining and a little bit of old school “know how” to get the job done right. More
Upper School
Tom Siegel
I have found that one of the great things about teaching at BB&N is that the students can be some of the best teachers around. Let me explain. ...The linchpin of strong teaching has been to become a learning partner with each of my students. In a class of ten to fifteen this can be challenging, but I hope that my students recognize my efforts to learn from them even as they are learning from me. More
All School
Duncan Pollock
As director of facilities at BB&N, I am pleased to tell you of a number of initiatives that BB&N has engaged in to move toward a greener campus environment schoolwide. I’m proud that the School has embraced these programs with such enthusiasm. In addition to enhancing the long-term sustainability of the School—as well as the planet it lives on—it is important for a school such as BB&N not only to teach students environmental responsibility, but also to model it. More