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Upper School Actors Give Their All in Sweet Charity
BB&N Community Celebrates Diversity at One School One World
BB&N’s theater was filled with music and song this winter as the annual Upper School musical delighted audiences in Neil Simon’s Sweet Charity.
The BB&N community gathered at the Nicholas Athletic Center on November 21st for One School One World (OSOW), the School’s celebration of multiculturalism and diversity.
PICTURED: x 1 x Daniel Strodel ’16 and Phoebe Tsao ’16 x 2 x Sophia Attie ’16, Adria Alexander ’16, Talia Curhan ’16, Sarah Nissenbaum ’16, Samantha Wong ’17, and Sofia Sulikowski ’17 x 3 x Katie Massie ’16 and Zack Horwitz ’16
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Held bi-annually, the fifth OSOW highlighted BB&N’s various initiatives, programs, clubs, and curricula. The event also provided a venue for School families to promote understanding of cultures and countries. The festival featured countless tables of exhibits, “main stage” student performances, and artwork from all three campuses. In addition, BB&N teachers from all three campuses were out in force to show off the student work and the multifaceted activities taking place in their respective classrooms.
PICTURED: x 1 x Rabia Kassim ’18, Alia Rizvi ’18, and Demetra Vernet ’16 x 2 x Sahaj Swaroop ’29 x 3 x Kaveri Bhargava ’19 and Samiha Datta ’19 x 4 x Smiling faces from the event say it all!
2 2 3 BB&N Commemorates the Legacy of Dr. King with Annual MLK Luncheon The BB&N community came together on January 18th to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with the School’s annual MLK Luncheon. Now in its 32nd year, the event allows for reflection on the impact of Dr. King’s legacy through speakers, musical performances, and thoughtful discussion.
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The theme of this year’s gathering, “keeping it in the family,” was captured by guest speakers Janine Cozier P’15, ’17, ’19, ’21 and Freddie Jacobs P’15, P’17, both of whom spoke to the idea of “the American dream and my family, BB&N and beyond.” Head of School Rebecca T. Upham and Director of Multicultural Services Lewis Bryant also spoke at the event alongside a handful of students performances. Among those students bringing their unique perspectives and talents to the event were Chongyuan (Alex) Hong ’20, Cordiana Cozier ’19, and Annabel Kiley ’19.
Upper School Integration Bee Putting their math skills to the test this spring, 19 Upper School students participated in that most daunting of competitions, the 2016 Integration Bee. Racing each other and the math gods at large, students furiously solved equations in the name of fun, personal glory, and Ben & Jerry’s gift cards. “The competitors sweated it out and left everything they had on the white boards of room 183,” says math chair Chip Rollinson. “There were many valiant efforts and a few costly sign errors…but ultimately Elisa Tabor ’18 and Aurash Vatan ’19 battled it out for the 2016 BB&N Grand Integrator prize.” In a neck-and-neck finals, Vatan eked out a narrow victory to earn this year’s crown, followed closely by Tabor and Gabe DeSantis ’16. Congratulations to all of the participants for a lively and exciting competition. Elisa Tabor ’18 and Aurash Vatan ’19 proudly display their winning gift certificates from the Integration Bee 5