Seven core values – originality, quality, respect, sustainability, community, wellness, and citizenship – provide clear guidance for everyone at BCD as we engage in the shared responsibility of fostering each student’s growth while supporting their individual talents and passions. Two of these values frame much of the good work that has been occurring at BCD this year.
Originality: We provide learning activities that inspire creativity and thoughtful reflection in an environment where each student is nurtured, celebrated, and encouraged to take risks.
Quality: We promote academic excellence and scholarship so that each student can flourish and succeed through a vigorous curriculum and an extensive offering of arts and athletics.
In this year’s issue of BCD Today, we share stories about our vibrant, expanded, and enhanced Arts program, with special emphasis on our new studios and a cadre of talented artist/educators…. These stories reflect the expression of our values and speak to the relevance of our mission, the strength of our faculty and community, and our goals for the future of BCD. They demonstrate the passion with which we seek to advance the very best in each student, developing their skills, habits of mind, and creativity along the way.
I am proud of BCD and our amazing students, talented teachers, and engaged community members. With dedication and intention, we seek to build upon the legacies of those before us, committed to our mission and the future health and vitality of the school. If you have not returned to BCD in some time, I invite you to reconnect. Please share your stories, visit the campus, go to our website, and imagine how you may want to join us in our future endeavors.
(Excerpt from my introductory letter. Special note: Development Associate Joanne DelCarpine served as editor and managed the entire process of creating and publishing this year’s issue of BCD Today. She has done a fabulous job, and I am grateful!)