Every year, fifth graders dissect squids in Middle School Dean of Student Life and Science Teacher Laurice Hwang‘s Life Science class. It has become as much a rite of passage for fifth graders as their annual reenactment of an ancient Egyptian funeral procession in their Humanities classes. “In Life Science, we ask what […]
Summer of 2017 saw our faculty flung far and wide. They trekked, learned, discovered and brought back a trove of gems to share in their classrooms. Grade 9 Dean and Middle-Upper School Spanish Teacher Vanessa Ehler spent a week in Mérida, Mexico at a workshop on integrating the arts into literature. “We […]
Outspoken science teacher Janet Villas has a mission to make sure BFS students grow into environmentally active adults. Through her leadership in the IB Environmental Systems class and the schoolwide recycling program, she’s become our “go-to” person on all things green. Middle and Upper School Science teacher Janet Villas has taught Environmental Systems in the Upper […]
Take a look back to 1993 for a fabulous rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at BFS, sung by Middle and Upper School science teacher and past athletic director Janet Villas. Big thanks for making this possible go straight out to several of my BFS colleagues: director of media services Andy Cohen for the […]
