I visited two English classes early this week. The teacher in the ninth-grade class asked students to prepare for and stage a trial of Odysseus to determine whether he should be held responsible for the disaster with the cyclops Polyphemus. During opening statements, rebuttals, and cross examinations, students cited facts and textual evidence (from Book […]
Thank you to all the families who joined us for Parents Day earlier this week. What joy to have so many parents attending classes with their children and getting an up-close look at life at BUA. I heard from quite a few parents about how taken they were by the care and passion of the […]
At our opening meetings in August, BUA’s faculty and staff voted to adopt a smartphone policy designed to support our students and preserve the community we cherish. In broad strokes, 9th and 10th-graders are now asked to deposit smartphones in a cabinet by the front desk when they arrive at school in the morning. 11th […]