community engagement

This past summer several Beaver students traveled to Costa Rica to live and work on an organic farm. Danny DeLeon ‘11 took part in that trip and shared his experiences with parents at the annual Parents’ Association Fall Dinner. Photos from the trip can be seen at right or in a Flickr gallery.
This summer, I [...]

With Beaver moving to a 1:1 laptop environment, would we need all of the desktop computers we had on campus? And if not, what would become of them? 8th grader Gabe Snyder was asking these same questions…and he had an idea.
I have been volunteering at the Kenny School in Dorchester. I would help kids with homework, [...]

This year, the annual Parents’ Association Fall Dinner featured presentations by students who participated in activities related to social justice education. The speeches were used to highlight the work being done by Beaver’s Hiatt Center for Social Justice Education. Here are two students’ speeches.
Maeve Williams ‘10 – Women2Women Conference
This August I attended the 5th Annual [...]

Matt Robbins ‘10 reflects on his independent study.
My independent study began as an opportunity to learn about the history of Israel, Boston-based Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and Haifa, Israel-based NGOs. I originally expected to attend one or two LeadHaifa/Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) events and that was it. However, thanks to the LeadHaifa program, the Boston [...]