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Arts News, October 4

Christopher Parsons, Theater Arts Teacher
October 4, 2019

Developing Characters in Improv Elective

The seventh and eighth grade students in this year’s improvisation class have been working hard on developing characters and expressing emotions. Improv scenes are more captivating to watch when they involve one crucial element: emotion. Feeling emotions in improv enables audiences to enjoy a deeper level of performance and comedy. Often times, the best movies, stories or memories, have a strong tie to feelings. The pictures you see are the starting points for different emotions. Can you guess what emotion each picture is trying to convey?

BDS

May 1, 2026

Chicka-dee-dee-dee! Local birds are beginning to migrate back to the Gallery as year three of our school-wide birding project gets underway. Students throughout the school will help us to collect and visualize data representing bird calls detected by our Haikubox,…
A "mad scientist" leads an activity with two campers at April vacation camp

BDS

April 27, 2026

During April Vacation Week Camp, BDS transformed into a mad science lab where campers learned about volcanoes, earthquakes, and paleontology. They studied strawberry DNA and learned about watersheds in the outdoor classroom. A guest visit from Dr. Victor Von Doom (aka teacher…
BDS Athletics Update 1 04.17.26Web

By Stephen Marks, Director of Athletics |

April 17, 2026

This week provided a slightly quieter but equally meaningful stretch in our spring athletics season, as we balanced competition with the incredible eighth grade Capstone presentations and prepared to head into the April vacation week. On Wednesday, the varsity tennis…
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