Author David Sheff Highlights BWL’s Drug Education Program
	A New York Times bestseller and a prominent voice in the drug education movement, David Sheff recently addressed BWL parents.

	Harrison Moore Scholarship Awarded to Eighth Grade Student
	This year's recipient of the prestigious Harrison Moore Scholarship is Alexander Van Zijl.

	Annual Art Show Comes to BWL
	The BWL lobby has been transformed into a colorful gallery, showcasing work from Studio Art, Woodworking, Sculpture, Ceramics and Photography classes.

	Breakfast at the Harvard Club
	The Fifth Grade celebrated their upcoming transition from Lower School to Middle School with an outing to the Harvard Club.

	Summer in the City 2013
	In addition to our successful two-week day camp for students in grades K through 6,

	Interview with Headmaster Frank J. Carnabuci III
	During the summer of 2012, Frank J. Carnabuci III completed his twentieth year as Headmaster of The Birch Wathen Lenox School.

	Middle and Upper Schoolers Perform in out-of-School Holiday Concerts
	As winter begins with its shortening days and mounting schoolwork, a few brave Middle and Upper School students spent the last month stretching, leaping, singing, composing, and altogether working well into the dark during preparations for their out-of-school holiday concerts.

	A Conversation with Dr. Lee Jones
	Just a glimpse into Dr. Jones’s 10th floor classroom reveals the ardor his 33 years at BWL has brought to the discipline of history and to the young minds he shapes.

	Capital Campaign Surpasses $10 Million Milestone
	BWL Headmaster Frank J. Carnabuci III has announced that the School has passed the ten million dollar benchmark for its first comprehensive Capital Campaign of fifteen million dollars.

	Nate Sassoon ’18 Tackles the Origin of the Universe
	When he was just three-and-a-half, Nate Sassoon recalls looking into the telescope in his apartment and asking himself, “How did the moon get here? How did the Earth get here? How did I get here?”

	In Its Inaugural Season, BWL Squash Team Braves High School Nationals
	Squash is a sport of mind games, strategy, pain, and suffering. It pits two players on an 18.5’ x 32’ court to whack, wheeze, and lunge their way to the best of five games.

	Award-Winning Author to Speak at Book Fair
	The BWL Book Fair begins on Wednesday, May 16th, featuring National Book Award Winner Colum McCann.

	Ms. Gelula's Senior Art Elective Welcomes the New Calendar Year
	With the recent release of BWL’s 28th consecutive school calendar, Maryann Gelula and the seniors in her Studio Art electives are making their own mark in time.

	Upper School teacher Dr. Wendy Darby is Published in China
	Director of Communications Jessica Lichtenstein recently interviewed Dr. Darby about her book, Landscape and Identity: Geographies of Nation and Class in England (Berg Publishing, 2000), which has now been translated and published in China by Yilin Press, Nanjing, China.

	BWL Teachers Team Up and Win Half Ironman Triathlon
	On Sunday, October 2, Lower School science teacher Dean Kelly, Upper School English teacher Tim Donahue, and fifth grade head teacher Charles Miller joined forces to win the MightyMan Half Ironman triathlon in Montauk, NY.

	Cameron Wolfe ‘12 and Asher Bank ‘12 Undertake Monumental Community Service Projects
	“The goal is to make community service part of what your life is,” says Academic Dean and Community Service Coordinator Susan Leonard. “In order to be a member of a community, you don’t just take from it, you give to it,” she says.

	Chelsea Swift ’14 Runs into Elite Company
	Chelsea Swift ’14 was recently nominated as one of only two girls in her age group for a Runner of the Year award, presented by the New York Road Runners Club (NYRR).

	The BWL Spring Gala
	Please join us in supporting the 2012 Spring Gala, Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the Pierre Hotel. Attached is the invitation and response card.

	Cole Collier ’17 Puts Down Commanding Swim Performance in Buffalo
	From December 8th to 11th, 2011, Cole Collier ’17 stole a page from the Michael Phelps record book.

	Constitutional Law Expert Introduces Students to Justice
	Although it was ratified over two hundred years ago and refers to militias and quartering soldiers, the Bill of Rights is the lifeblood of one of BWL’s liveliest classes: Constitutional Law.