This year was another very successful year for BCD students applying for admission to independent secondary schools. Applications went to twenty-five independent boarding and day schools, and every BCD student who applied was accepted: Berkshire School, Buckingham Browne and Nichols School, Concord Academy, Emma Willard School, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Holderness School, Horace Mann School, The Hotchkiss School, Middlesex School, Millbrook School, Milton Academy, Miss Hall’s School, Nobles and Greenough School, Northfield Mount Hermon School, Philips Academy (Andover) , Proctor Academy, The Putney School, Riverdale Country Day School, Trinity School, and Westover School. In addition, a few students were accepted but ultimately waitlisted at Choate Rosemary Hall, Groton School, Philips Exeter Academy, and St. Ann’s School.
Yesterday, I also received a joyful email from the ecstatic mother of two BCD alums and soon-to-be graduates of Pittsfield High School, sharing that both students had been accepted to Williams College. We are similarly proud of those students that will depart BCD in June equally prepared to flourish and meaningfully contribute at PHS, Lenox Memorial High School, and Monument Mountain Regional High School next year.
Credit for each child’s success at BCD must be directed to our deeply dedicated teachers. Their passion for teaching, creativity, and enthusiastic involvement throughout our community established the culture where each student’s promise could be recognized and inspired. Everyone in our community, whether through their hard work, support for BCD, concern for our campus and the spirit of the community, and care for each child over these many years was evidenced in our students’ character, interviews, efforts, and performance throughout the secondary school application process. For all of these reasons and so much more, and as we collectively celebrate the achievements of all of our students, we all can be proud of BCD.