Soiree is April 9th, Featuring The Tear Jerkers

 

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We're counting on your help to make the Auction a success.


I know!  I know!  I'm paying independent school tuition and ALSO being expected to take some volunteer slots and NOW you're asking me to create an auction item?     


umm... yes!  The new expectation this year is that each class will produce 2 parties or events, and a class project of some kind.  Maybe this will be your year.

1. Share a resource, skill or service 
Maybe you can call in a favor from your restauranteur pal or hot air balloon hobbyist brother... just maybe there's something in your life or in your network that the Auction Team can turn into a fundraiser.  Think about it for a moment...  View last year’s successful offerings, like figure skating lessons, home organization, scrapbooking, a photo book of the Headlands trip...

2. Collar some friends and host a party or adventure
Two-thirds of the money raised last year came from BPC-generated events and items.
It could be an event for adults (like the Disco and Tapas parties), for families (like the Geo-Caching Scavenger Hunt or the Tamale Making Party) or a drop-off event for kids alone (Amtrak to the Tech Museum, or a movie night at your house)
View more of last year’s successful offerings


3. Coordinate a class art project 
Here's a novel idea: The school has high quality footage of all of your class' assemblies.  Whip up a video retrospective and your whole class will buy it in a hot minute!  More traditional art projects like mosaic tables and such, especially if involving all the kids, are often very successful.  Please make this a discussion topic with other parents when you bump into them.

May Soiree.     Spring Fling.    Cirque du Soiree.    Spring Soiree.

The name may change, but it's always been true to its roots as a true let-down-your-hair dance party.

K-5 Mid-year Curriculum Overview Jan 14th

Connect the dots at this new offering for lower school parents!

Admissions Update, New Board members, Accreditation Update and more

December Admissions Update
Tours of the school are running 4 days/week.  Inquiries and attendance at admissions events are up 15% from last year.  A surprising number of applications for the current school year have been received, and a few have been accepted, bringing enrollment numbers up to the same total as last year.  A few more will be joining the school after the holiday break.

Black Pine Circle's Board of Directors
Two current lower school parents, Adrienne La Pierre (2nd) and Marc Deweretsky(5th), have joined the Board.  <read full Board bios>  Work on next year's budget continues in earnest, including examination of tuition as well as salaries at peer schools.

Accreditation Update
This multi-year process of "shining a friendly mirror" continues, with broad participation across the faculty and staff.  BPC had not previously sought accreditation but embraced the process last year as an opportunity to do a 'stem to stern' review.

Standardized Testing at BPC
It begins in 6th Grade, with little hoopla, as an opportunity for the students to experience standardized tests (bubbles! #2 pencils!), as well as providing the administration with "an interesting bit of data" about how BPC compares locally and nationally (we excel).  Important to know:  an un-timed option is available by request, without penalty or stigma.  Several parents chimed in that the un-timed option had been the right choice for their child.