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Global Travel: Spring Break Trip Recaps

Over March break, 51 students and 9 adults traveled to Roatán, Greece, and Arizona as part of BUA's Global Travel Program, which emphasizes hands-on, experiential learning, and relevance to the BUA curriculum. View complete photo albums from the 2025 spring break here: Roatán | Greece | Arizona Home base for the Roatán trip, led by BUA biology teacher Dr. Colleen Krivacek, was the Roatán Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS), surrounded by over 30 miles of fringing and barrier reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, and pristine shoreline – a living laboratory and part of the second largest barrier reef system in the world. Student travelers experienced a deep dive (literally!) into marine biology: their classrooms included the Caribbean Sea, with twice-a-day snorkeling sessions, and the wet and dry labs of RIMS. Throughout the week, students had the opportunity to work alongside marine biologists, participating in cutting-edge research projects and conservation programs aimed at... More

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Learning Beyond the Classroom

By Christos J KolovosMarch 28th, 2025in HOS Blog

Over the past few days, I have heard so much wonderful feedback from our students who participated in the school’s global trips over break. Some traveled to the Roatán Institute for Marine Sciences in Honduras, where they worked alongside marine biologists and used the barrier reef as a living lab. Some were in Greece exploring the ancient sites they have read about in classics and history, as well as the roots and realities of modern Greek democracy. Some traveled to Arizona where they took in the region’s natural beauty, learned about indigenous history, and investigated climate change and water issues.  The programs were chosen and designed by BUA faculty, who added their expertise and learned alongside the students. The guiding vision behind all three trips was to create rich, hands-on learning experiences tied to BUA’s curriculum, but which could only happen outside our walls.  Many of the students I’ve talked to reflect... More

School Sports vs. Sports School

By Christos J KolovosFebruary 28th, 2025in HOS Blog

As the winter athletic season comes to a close and the spring season is set to begin, I’ve been thinking a lot about sports and how proud I am of our athletic culture. BUA is not a “sports school” according to the conventional meaning of that phrase in New England independent schools. This is not a place students and families choose because our teams will face elite competition and be visited by scouts. We offer a limited menu of two or three interscholastic sports per season, competing against similar-sized schools in the sports our kids are most excited about. As our long-serving athletic director, Mr. Stone, likes to quip, our football team remains undefeated since the school’s founding – because we have never had one. And I wouldn’t change a thing. What we have is precious and increasingly unusual. There is a vibrant and healthy sports culture characterized by joining. Students... More

Celebrating our Cultures – Together

By Christos J KolovosFebruary 21st, 2025in HOS Blog

This morning, we were all greeted in the lobby by students in the Middle Eastern and North African Student Association, who had brought dates, figs, and other treats for the community in celebration and anticipation of Ramadan, which begins next Friday. Last week, students from the Black Student Union hosted a fun, cookout-themed evening event, which was open to the whole community and featured personal testimonials by students and some excellent food. In the same week, the Jewish Students Organization organized a beautiful Tu Bishvat seder – an important moment for sharing and connection. All of this was fresh off some lovely and well attended cultural events through the fall and early winter: a Lunar New Year celebration sponsored by the East Asian Students Association, where the gym was filled with a delicious buffet, games, and good cheer; a school-wide breakfast hosted by the Latin American Student Association; a garba... More

BUA Students Compete at Prestigious Harvard MIT Math Tournament

This weekend, seven BUA students -- Alex '26, Shaun '27, Kelsey '26, Isha '27, Clair '28, Daniel '27, and Ben '26 -- competed in the Harvard-MIT Math Tournament (HMMT). The HMMT is one of the most prestigious and challenging high school math competitions in the world, bringing together top young mathematicians to tackle complex problems in algebra, combinatorics, geometry, and number theory. Our students showed incredible perseverance, teamwork, and problem-solving skills against fierce competition

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BUA Basketball Defends GIL Championship Title

BUA's Girls Basketball brought home the GIL Championship for the second year running! On February 13, our BUA Terriers beat out BISB 29-21 last night at home, capping a phenomenal season. Special shout out to our seniors -- Celine '25, Mira '25, Rose '25, and Ylan '25 -- on an amazing finish to their BUA basketball careers! Read on for a season recap from Rose '25 and Celine '25: Going into the championship game, BUA Girls’Basketball team was 12-1 in league. They’d given their all every day at practice and it paid off. But the one loss, the enemy in question? BISB. Of course, this made for a thrilling final game, especially backed by BUA’s quest to repeat as league champions. Nerves were high, excitement even higher. It was the Terriers vs the Bulldogs, and believe us, it sure was a dogfight. After a lively announcement of the starting lineups, the game... More

BUA Alum Returns to Alma Mater to Coach MUN Team

Congratulations to our 14 Model UN delegates who attended last weekend's Boston Model United Nations (BosMUN) XXIV conference! This year’s BosMUN was the largest ever, with more than 2,500 delegates from domestic and international high schools. Clair '28 and Nikki '27 both earned third place in their respective committees, The Economic and Social Committee for Asia and the Pacific, and Percy Jackson & the Olympians Crisis Committee, respectively. Alum Ajay Raman '23 coaches BUA's Model UN team and is an instrumental member of the event Secretariat. On contributing to his alma mater in this capacity, Ajay reflects: Coaching the BUA Model UN team has been an amazing journey for me, both personally and professionally. Returning to my old high school has given me the opportunity to give back to the community that shaped who I am, and it's been a joy to share my passion for Model UN with a new... More

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Students Attend DC Civic Leadership Summit

On February 4, a cohort of six BUA students and two chaperones traveled to Washington, DC, to attend the Close Up Foundation and NAIS’ Student Civic Leadership Summit. Under the guidance of program instructors, Betty '26, Bella '25, Reeya '26, Lucas '25, Angelique '26, and Lani '26 considered a variety of viewpoints on pressing current issues, learned best practices in community engagement, and continued building the skills of citizenship.

BUAMUN XIII

On February 1-2 , BUA hosted its 13th annual BUA Model UN conference for Boston-area middle schoolers, offering "a place for the next generation of diplomats to tackle real world problems, both past and present." Organized by Secretariat leaders Yiannis '25, Bella '25, Ryan '25 and Sofia '26, the conference welcomed over 150 middle school students representing delegations from more than a dozen local middle schools -- as well as from one school in Honduras! Scenarios ranged from Japan in the Commission on the Status of Women to Obi-Wan Kenobi in JCC: Star Wars. Click here to view photos from the event.

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