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Beaver Country Day School is an independent, college preparatory day school for students in grades 6 through 12 founded in 1920 and located on a 17-acre (69,000 m2) campus in the village of Chestnut Hill, in Brookline, Massachusetts, near Boston. Recently the school has been moving toward calling itself only by its initials, "BCDS," although this is a somewhat controversial move within the student body.[1] BCDS is a member of the Cum Laude Society and the National Association of Independent Schools, an affiliate of the Coalition of Essential Schools, and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
[edit] History BCDS was incorporated as an elementary school and an all-girls' high school in 1920 by a group of parents who were interested in progressive education and the Country Day School movement. The school took its name in Boston, where some of the founders had been involved with a school for younger children later referred to as "Little Beaver." (In an amusing historical chain, it seems that Beaver Place was possibly named for the Beaver, one of the ships of the Boston Tea Party; the ship (a Nantucket trading vessel owned by Joseph Rotch) in turn was named for the North American beaver, the rodent whose pelt was valued in Europe as a source of felt for high-quality hats. Thus, the "how did the school get its name?" question has a long and convoluted answer.) Beaver's first head of school was Eugene Randolph Smith, a prominent progressive educator and a follower of the educational reformer John Dewey; Smith had previously been head of the Park School of Baltimore. The school opened in a facility in Brookline, and moved to the present Chestnut Hill campus in the mid 1920s. Crosby Hodgman succeeded Smith as headmaster in 1943 and led the school until 1967, when Donald Nickerson became head. Nickerson resigned in 1973 and was succeeded by Philip E. McCurdy. McCurdy's successor, Jerome B. Martin. led the school from 1985 until 1992, when the current head of school, Peter R. Hutton, took over. Over the years the school has tried to remain true to its progressive roots while evolving with the times; from the 1930s into the early 1940s Beaver was part of the Eight-Year Study, a comprehensive educational experiment designed to test the efficacy of progressive education. The school adopted coeducation in 1971. [edit] Students BCDS offers grades 6 through 12. Current enrollment (2009-10) is 423 students, of whom 305 are in the upper school (grades 9–12). Classes average about 15 students; one hundred percent of Beaver graduates go on to four-year colleges and universities. The school community is diverse, with students coming from 45 towns in the metropolitan Boston area and speaking 20 languages besides English at home. About 25% of students and 20% of faculty are of color. Currently 25% of students receive financial aid. [edit] Programs and facilities   BCDS prides itself on offering challenging, student-centered academics as well as in offering programs to inspire and engage the creative spirit and the body. Nationally regarded for professional development, BCDS trains all teachers in advanced elements of curriculum and assessment design as well as best practices for addressing individual student learning styles. The college preparatory curriculum, which emphasizes real-world problem solving and collaboration, includes advanced courses in mathematics and the sciences as well as the opportunity to do honors-level work in all disciplines; in recent years an increasing number of students have elected to do independent study in pursuit of active intellectual interests that fall outside the curriculum. BCDS also requires two full years of study in the visual and/or performing arts for graduation, and students must pursue an interscholastic sport or fitness activity each year as part of an extensive afternoon program. Beginning in 2009-10 all students are required to bring laptop computers to school. Teachers have been trained to incorporate Web 2.0 applications, such as blogs, nings and wikis, into the curriculum to expand students' opportunities to create and share content. The school's facilities complement the program. The main classroom building, dating from the 1920s, has been continuously upgraded to meet expanding curricular demands, and the science wing includes a fully equipped biotech laboratory. The comprehensive arts program is largely housed in the three-story Visual and Performing Arts Center, opened in 2004. The school integrates community service and social responsibility into its curriculum through its Hiatt Center for Social Justice Education, created in 2006 in memory of Anne Hiatt '47. A new athletic center, completed in 2007, fulfills the second of the two major needs identified by the school's Strategic Plan of 2000. (The first was the Visual and Performing Arts Center, built in 2004.) The building consolidates athletics in one space with a new 24,700 s.f. gymnasium, fitness training room and locker rooms. BCDS fields interscholastic teams in soccer, field hockey, golf, cross country, basketball, fencing, volleyball, wrestling, baseball, softball, tennis, ultimate frisbee, and lacrosse and is part of the Eastern Independent League. [edit] School songStand we now to hail thee, Beaver, [edit] Notable persons who have attended Beaver Country Day School
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