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Upcoming Musical Events at BCD

Winter Concert

Friday, December 12, 1:30 PM, Fitzpatrick Hall

Lower School Chorus (Grades 1-3), Middle School Chorus, Middle School Band, Upper School Band, US Vocal Ensemble

Private Music Lesson Concert

Sunday, May 3, 2:00 PM, Furey Hall

Students in BCD’s After-School Music Lesson Program perform

Middle School and Upper School Spring Music Concert

Friday, May 15, 1:30 PM, Fitzpatrick Hall

Middle School Chorus, Middle School Band, Upper School Band, US Vocal Ensemble

Lower School Music Concert

Friday, May 29, 1:30 PM, Furey Hall

Lower School Chorus, Kindergarten Children, 3rd Grade Maypole Dance

By BCD Blog|2014-11-25T09:01:05-05:00November 25th, 2014|

November Happenings

In November we learn about the Wampanoags, the Native American tribe that lived in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Our classroom has a good selection of books that we use as a springboard for discussion, and we also try our hand at two of their art forms, weaving and pottery. We also learn about the Pilgrims – who they were, why they left England, and what they hoped to find in America. In one student’s words, “They left because they wanted to think their own thoughts and the King of England wanted them to think his thoughts instead.” The children have had lots of questions about the interaction of these two different groups of people. Luckily for our curriculum, they had a cooperative and peaceful co-existance (at least initially!) Their example of working together dovetailed perfectly into two recent events, the PS/LS cooperative gathering and PS & K’s annual Friendship Lunch. For the first, PS-Grade 3 students gathered in the 1-2 classroom to create a huge fruit salad together. Bigger students helped younger ones cut fruit. All definitely enjoyed eating the results.

Friendship Lunch was another example of children cooperating together. Earlier in the week, PS and K listened to the classic story, Stone Soup, and then the children made cornbread, homemade butter, and place mats in preparation for our lunch on Wednesday. Adults cooperated too, by preparing the meal together, serving, and then cleaning up (huge thanks-yous go to two PS and one K mom, Heather, Carrie and Natacha!)

Making place mats

Shaking cream to make butter

Making cornbread – yum!

Enjoying our meal together

About a month ago, Mr. Lindenmaier asked the kindergarten if they would present some poems at Thanksgiving Soup. If you’re planning to be there helping with Soup on Tuesday, you’ll have the pleasure of seeing the class present three poems. What an honor!

And speaking of Thanksgiving, I hope yours is filled with the warmth of family and delicious food!

Andrea

By BCD Blog|2016-10-25T15:02:59-04:00November 21st, 2014|

Creativity Lives Here…

Trimester II Arts Block classes kicked off last week with a dynamic range of studio intensives for Upper School students. Teaching artists, Phil Knoll, Tom O’Neil, Max Spitzer, and Ben Evans bring their unique skills and philosophies to these courses that balance experimental processes with technical instruction. With the common goal of creating art-making experiences that challenge, inspire, and provoke the way in which our students express ideas, instructors are committed to crafting meaningful journeys of investigation and discovery.

In his Painting class, Mr. O’Neil encourages students to engage in an ongoing dialogue as they work and rework their individual painting surfaces. Last week, the class used a variety of dry and wet media to experiment with additive and subtractive methods of creating depth and interest.

“It’s in the details” was the theme of Mr. Knoll’s latest Drawing With Confidence class. With an individualized, hands-on approach, Mr. Knoll models techniques and concepts in a way that promotes courage, creative risk-taking, and a “just do it” attitude.

The Sculpture studio is an active, physical space where students work with traditional and non-traditional materials on a large scale. With a process-based philosophy, Mr. Spitzer challenges students to solve problems, manipulate a variety of media, and learn the vocabulary necessary to be able to articulate ideas and make informed criticisms.

Form follows function in Mr. Evans’ Functional Tableware ceramics class. Last week, students looked at and discussed wares of different styles, time periods, and cultures. Students continued to work on their own pieces as they learned about wax resist application and methods of surface decoration.

Stay tuned for more Visual Arts news from the Lower and Middle School as well as a save-the-date notice for our next Open Studios event!

By BCD Blog|2016-10-25T15:02:59-04:00November 21st, 2014|

Hot Futbol Soccer Drive

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Recently John Evans spoke to Grade 7 about Haiti and his organization Hot Futbol, and they were inspired to begin a collection.

The Hot Futbol soccer drive is to help children in Haiti ages 7-13 play soccer. The 7th grade is asking for gently used soccer cleats, soccer socks, soccer balls, shinguards and t-shirts that could be sent to Haiti for these students. Students can drop these items off in boxes located in Ryan, Peterson, Oakes and Albright. The drive will continue through the month of November.

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Sarah Pitcher-Hoffman
Grade 7 Advisor 1725012_757538817592372_525900655_n

By BCD Blog|2019-01-10T13:03:59-05:00November 5th, 2014|