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 […]
UPDATE (1/30/17) The team continued their winning ways at the Ivy League Model UN Conference at U Penn, with the following commendations: BEST DELEGATE to EMMITT SKLAR representing Helmut von Gerlach in the Ad Hoc Committee. This committee was the most elite in the conference. It was open by invitation only. The scenario was that […]
On May 13th, some 40 BFS students, parents and faculty paid $10 each to gather in the Upper School cafeteria for the first BFS Model UN fundraising dinner. The appropriately named International Night featured a pot luck dinner prepared by the fifteen current Model UN students and their families. The evening was organized by […]
It’s not unusual for BFS faculty to take advantage of summer seminars offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and other organizations, then return in September to regale the faculty and enhance their curricula with all they have seen and learned. This year saw some particularly colorful and profound experiences unfold. Upper School […]
