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Challenging Problems and Interesting Solutions: Curricular Change in Bay’s Math Program

Join Academic Dean Andy Shaw for a new blog series that provides an in-depth look at academics at Bay. For his first post, Andy highlights Bay's math program and its recent curricular changes. These days, it’s not uncommon for an older student or an alum to drop by my office to remark, “Math’s different now…my …

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Reflections on Modernism: Art Classes Visit the de Young

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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Communicating Patterns: Math 2’s Carousel Activity

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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Climate Change: A New, Interdisciplinary Course at Bay

The Bay School Blog sat down with Humanities Instructor Robin Workman and Science Instructor Jonna Smyth in the midst of their preparations for an all-new, project-based class of their own design. Combining science and social science with an emphasis on politics and ethics, the pilot class will be co-taught and fully interdisciplinary, making it the …

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