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How can we approach learning and teaching in ways that honour children and deepen our connection to wonder? Take a deep dive into inquiry-based and Reggio-inspired education July 4-6 at the Investigations & Expressions Summer Symposium. 

The installation of our new turf field has begun! A turf field is an exciting opportunity to enhance our student and community experience. You can follow along with the installation's progress by checking our live feed throughout the summer at bss.on.ca/turf.

Join us for our annual Reunion celebration! We look forward to welcoming back our graduates and celebrating our alum community. Reconnect, create new memories, and catch up with past classmates and faculty. This year, we are honouring class years ending in 8 and 3. Register here!

You have an opportunity to perform again in a BSS Choir! We will be forming a Reunion Choir for the Reunion Chapel Service which will be held on Friday, May 26 starting at 5:30 PM, as part of the Reunion festivities. You do not have to be from one of the celebrated years - (ending in 3 and 8) everyone is welcome to participate.

Intersection is an annual whole school event that celebrates the arts across the school. This student and parent event highlights the remarkable work of our students, Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12. Intersection will take place on Thursday, May 11 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Stay tuned for more details!

The Ontario Reggio Association, in collaboration with BSS, is excited to host the upcoming travelling exhibit from Reggio Emilia, Italy called the Mosaic of Marks, Words, Material Exhibition and Atelier. This exhibit tells the story of research done in Reggio Emilia about children’s mark making, drawing, narrative, storytelling and how the exploration of different materials evokes and inspires different mark making experiences. The last travelling exhibit from Reggio Emilia came to Toronto seven years ago, and the previous one was hosted 10 years earlier. This March will be the first time an exhibit has been hosted at BSS.

Peggy Orenstein is the author of The New York Times best-sellers Boys & Sex, Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Waiting for Daisy as well as Don’t Call Me Princess, Flux and the classic SchoolGirls. Her latest book is a memoir, Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater.

The Girls’ March is a student-led movement imagined in 2018 by former Junior School student, Halle Jain. During a research project about gender stereotypes, Halle expressed her concerns about gender inequities, and proposed a neighborhood Junior School Girls’ March that would allow students to voice their support for girls and women all over the world.