MS Minutes: 05.14.25 - Beaver Country Day School

Hello Middle School Students and Families! Below is a recap of this week’s MS Meeting.

Ellery Harper ’31, Ruby Parker-Geller ’31, and Estelí Valenzuela ’31 ran today’s meeting. You can check out the slides from this week’s meeting here.

THE BVR STUDENT

Aarav Khanna ’31 shared “Takes only what they need.“

I chose to present “takes only what they need” because I think it is important to not waste supplies and resources you do not need. When you take extra supplies, there will not be enough for other people that might actually need it. I do this when I am on the D-Level during Create. I make sure that I do not use more than I need because we all deserve to have access to all supplies and the opportunity to use all resources.
Aarav Khanna '31

Announcements

Conor McKinley ’29 and Liam Weeks ’29 recapped the last Hiatt Leadership Institute “Take The Reins: Focus on What’s Yours to Impact.”

We reflected on what it means to be a social impact leader as a middle school student, and we learned that being a leader is not about how loud you are or about a title. It’s about noticing a need and doing something about it. Leili Singer ’26, a junior student leader, shared about her trajectory as a leader at Beaver and about her Cohn Grant project building sensory boards for children with disabilities. Leili challenged us to break into teams to design a sensory board for a 10-year-old boy named Cezanne. After sharing details about the boy’s needs, we got to work making our prototypes. It was too hard for Leili to pick just one team as the best design, so she decided that she is going to put together two designs into one.

Marli Forrester ’29, Jasper Ingenthron ’29 and Zach Chiu ’29 AND
Camille Torres-Vega ’29, Reade Mrazek ’30, and Bea van Stolk ’29!

Congratulations on creating amazing designs that will for sure make Cezanne super happy and excited to learn!

Ms. Garayúa reminded students about the May 16 deadline for Hiatt Summer Fellowships.

Performances of the Upper School Musical, 9 to 5, are this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, May 15, 16, and 17, at 7 p.m. in Bradley Hall.

Please note that 9 to 5 contains mature subject matter and may not be appropriate for young audiences.

Brette Buckley ’29, Ave Hurley ’29, and Eka Krishnan ’29, this year’s Head Admission Ambassadors, encouraged all 7th grade students who are Admission Ambassadors to apply to be next year’s Head Admission Ambassadors. Ms. Mahdi will send out the Head Admission Ambassador application to all current 7th grade Admission Ambassadors. Students must complete and submit the application by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20.

Students are invited to join the Beaver Community at the Massachusetts Youth Pride on Saturday, May 17 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Activities and programming will continue from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to enjoy with your parents/caregivers. All students and parents/caregivers are welcome to join the school group and march together! Mr. Castillo will send a reminder email with a link to sign up. Please sign up by Thursday, May 15.

Student Council announced an all-Middle School field trip to Kimball Farm on Friday, May 30. Students will spend the day enjoying activities such as bumper boats and mini golf. Lunch and ice cream for dessert will be served. We will be back on campus by 3:30 p.m.

Ms. Smith addressed the 6th and 7th graders to let them know about a form that will be emailed home to complete with their families about their thoughts and reflections on this year as we prepare for next year.

Each spring, we carefully place students in class sections and advisories for the following school year, and we will do our best to create the groupings of students most conducive to learning. The Looking Ahead Form 25-26 will be sent to students and families this evening.

Congratulations to the following student award winners from the recent Debate Tournaments!

Olivia Smith ’30 3rd overall speaker (Lumos Spring Tournament)
Rishaan Chowdhury ’29 and David Yatskar ’29 Semi-finalist (Tournament of Champions)