Lower Schoolers recently joined their Upper School peers at BB&N's annual Eco Bash, a day devoted to learning about sustainability, climate change, and green initiatives.
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The second floor Upper School art gallery has come to life this week in an altruistic art exhibit featuring student work from BB&N and several other ISL schools. The exhibit is the brainchild of BB&N senior Annabel Kiley who hopes to raise money through a silent auction to honor the memory of Marina Keegan ’08, whose life was tragically cut short in 2012.
BB&N theater students chose a tough act to follow when took the stage for their winter musical production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; the original 1961 Broadway production garnered seven Tony awards and eventually prompted a 1995 reboot that enjoyed a long run, as well as a 50th anniversary run in 2011.
When Upper School French teachers Cécile Roucher-Greenberg and Candie Sanderson began outlining plans for the virtual galley of French artists that their AP class puts together each year, they were hoping to find a twist to enhance the project.
For those interested in discovering the inside scoop on the latest trends and topics in science and technology last month, there are several websites and magazines that Upper School science teacher Leah Cataldo might have suggested checking out. But more likely, Cataldo would have simply recommended a visit to the Upper School on the evening of January 22nd for the school's twelfth annual "Current Topics & Research in Science and Technology Symposium."
The Upper School community room recently housed a special BB&N TEDx Talk seminar featuring three seniors in science teacher Terry Cox's Marine Ecology class. Rose Lober '19, James Brunelli '19, and Leyla Ewlad '19 shared their findings on various research topics, tying each one to a specific United Nations sustainable development goal.
The Speech and Debate team hosted quite the articulate crowd, as over 150 students from 15 DANEIS League schools suited up to engage in parliamentary debate, impromptu speaking, and a prepared interpretive reading at the multi-event tournament.
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Senior Avik Sarkar's impressive musical talents, well known at BB&N, will be broadcast, quite literally, to a much wider audience now that National Public Radio (NPR) has released Show 360 of From the Top
In their first performance of the year, BB&N's One School One Choir sang a rendition of Put a Little Love in Your Heart at the Installation of Head of School Dr. Jennifer Price, concluding the event with a palpable community spirit in the air.
BB&N Football captured the Class A Kevin Driscoll Bowl on Saturday, November 17 with a 21-0 win over Avon Old Farms.
More than 500 community members gathered in a festively adorned Nicholas Athletic Center on November 15th to celebrate the installation of Dr. Jennifer Price as BB&N's fourth head of school.
The tenor of the evening was full-hearted disclosure as twenty-one Upper School students—including two sets of siblings—braved the spotlight to croon ballads and belt out anthems at the annual Cabaret Night.