Classes begin at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday through Friday and at 9:00 a.m. on Mondays.

Please call or email the attendance line at 617-738-2321 or attendance@bcdschool.org to report an absence, lateness, or early dismissal. Students are responsible for making up missed work. If a student is going to be absent for an extended period of time, Ann Bevan Hollos in the Middle School and Lisa Brown in the Upper School should be informed.

Please only park in designated parking spots. The left lane of the BVR parking lot should always be through traffic (no stopping). US students who are approved to drive to campus should use the left lane to drive straight through to the student parking area. No one should drive up into the Front Circle to drop off or pick up students. The front circle is reserved for handicapped parking only.

Please know, seniors have priority to receive a parking decal. After seniors have received their parking decals, we will determine how many available spaces remain for juniors. Depending on that number, we’ll either distribute decals to every eligible junior who wants a decal or we’ll implement a lottery to determine who can receive a decal. Please contact Mr. Manning for more information about parking and parking decals. Parking decals are required for anyone to park on campus.

Bus Transportation to and from Beaver Beaver offers transportation to and from campus, with routes including Boston/Brookline, south of Boston, Westwood/Needham/Wellesley, Wayland/Weston/Wellesley, and Winchester/Lexington/Belmont. See routes here.

To register for the bus, email Kellie Sullivan and Stephen Pyle.

The shuttle bus leaves the Chestnut Hill T-Stop (on the D-Line) each morning at 7:30 and 7:45 a.m. (8:30 and 8:40 a.m. on Mondays). In the afternoon, the bus leaves campus at 3:45 and 5:45 p.m. The service is free. Riders should look for a yellow bus with “Bedford Charter” on the side.

Beaver offers reduced-price monthly T-passes for students.

If you’re having trouble logging in or using Canvas, contact the Registrar’s Office.

Canvas is a learning management system that helps us  improve our classroom communication and provides more transparency about our practices.

More simply? It’s a virtual hub for a student’s homework, to-dos, and schedule, and a place for families to see feedback, comments, and grades.

As a parent/caregiver, you can see the following on Canvas:

• Course materials and resources
• Assignment calendar and to-do list
• Ongoing feedback (this will look different for different classes and grades, and may include rubrics, checkmarks, messages to review teacher comments, etc.)
• Grades (similar to feedback, the types of grades vary by class, and can include letter grades, number grade, checkmarks, etc.)

Please keep in mind, Canvas is one part of our feedback loop (Middle School and Upper School); it is not the only place families receive feedback.

PowerSchool is Beaver’s online student information system for students and parents.

It contains:

• End-of-term grades
• Class schedule
• Attendance
• Zip code list
• Family directory
• Course registration (students only)

Log in to PowerSchool at bcdschool.powerschool.com/public.

Please use it to verify/update your contact information all year round.

Instructions for logging into PowerSchool as a parent are sent from the Registrar’s office by email.

If you have any questions please contact the Registrar’s Office at registrar@bcdschool.org.

MySchoolApp is Beaver’s re-enrollment contract site, and also the place where you can access your family’s Blackbaud Tuition Management account on the MySchoolApp Resources tab, thanks to the two sites being integrated with one Single Sign On.

For any issues logging into MySchoolApp, please contact Courtney Garcia.

The community directory can be found in PowerSchool.

Step by step instructions:

1. Log in to your PowerSchool account
2. Click on Community Directory on the left side menu.
3. Choose your search type based on your needs. You can search by last name, grade level, or use control/command + F from to search from the whole community list displayed by default.

Other resources available on that screen are the List of families by Zip Code so you can plan carpooling, for example, and the link to all Faculty & Staff Contact Information.

Questions? Email the Registrar’s Office.

To access pictures of your children at sports games, school events, and various other activities, visit our SmugMug page.

The pictures are categorized by events such as arts, sports, and PA dinner. You can save the photos to your computer or purchase prints directly through SmugMug.

Your child’s safety and privacy are our top priority. To help protect images of the BVR community, all photo galleries we post on SmugMug will be password-protected. We will share the password in our monthly parent newsletter. If you forget the password, don’t worry! Just email communications@bcdschool.org.