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Earlier this month, Director of College Counseling Dorothy Jones presented Bay's approach to the college admission process at the National Association for College Admission Counseling's annual conference. Read on to learn more about how the College Counseling team helps students find a college that truly resonates with them. ---------------------------------- Thank you for being here for …
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Last week, the Advanced Drawing and Painting Studio classes went to the de Young museum to see the exhibition “Modernism from the National Gallery of Art." Students were struck by the magnificent size of many of the works, and amazed by the layering of paint and materials. Three students shared their reflections with us. "This …
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What do trees, pies and lemonade stands have in common? In a recent Math 2 class, students used all three to communicate information about patterns during their “Carousel" activity. To begin the activity, groups of 9th- and 10th-graders in Bree Pickford-Murray’s class approached whiteboards around the classroom with markers in hand. Their first step was …
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It’s been a circuitous road to Bay, and Kat Sullivan wouldn’t change a minute of it. Bay’s new Director of Admission, Kat recently joined the staffulty by moving cross-country from Connecticut to San Francisco. While such a big move might have intimidated some people, it’s just been yet another in a long line of adventures …
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Mindfulness Teacher Shahara Godfrey shares her thoughts on - and a meditation exercise about - noticing transitions in our everyday lives. Transitions By now, you have settled down in school. Summer is over and autumn has arrived. Perhaps the adjustment to a school routine has happened. And, maybe for some of you, it is still …
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