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Buckley's Upper School robotics team, finished up a great season this spring in which they participated in three competitions, each lasting three days.

“Start thinking of the world wide web as a community with a trillion places to go and four billion people there. It is the biggest community your children will ever be a part of,” said Lori Getz, educator and internet safety expert, during a special series of Parents’ Association meetings to discuss technology use for children, tweens, and teens. 

The magazine’s cover story profiles “10 Extraordinary Teenagers who are Excelling Wildly in the Valley.” Buckley senior Vale R. is one of them – featured for his incredible accomplishments in engineering research, and for being on track to earn his pilot’s license this summer. Learn more about Vale by reading the article here.

This year, making history at Buckley, the boys tennis team has been officially recognized as a Division 1 team. 

As Buckley’s swim team prepares to dive in for the start of the season, practices are in full swing. Head Coach Juliet Suess is bringing a new coaching style that encourages the strengthening of athletes’ minds and bodies.

This month, when you enter the Robert Young Library, look all around and you’ll find the Shooting for the Stars: Black Women who Pioneered Space Travel exhibit for Black History Month. 

At the end of each season, as seniors gear up for their last game on their home field or in their home gym, we take time to celebrate the time seniors spent with their teammates and at the school.

When you step into the Media and Tech lab, a new space on campus, you’ll find Virtual Reality exploration opportunities, microphones for podcasting, game design equipment, and other technology to boost learning in the classroom. 

In a unique format designed to deliver this year’s Upper School Spring DEI Symposia, advisory groups met on campus to stream pre-recorded student-led sessions before engaging in conversation to answer discussion questions and provide feedback.

To deliver this year’s Middle School symposia, students presented and participated in a full day symposium of pre-recorded content covering topics such as representation in STEM, the AAPI experience, and women in the workplace:

On January 6, senior Vale R. was announced as a Regeneron Scholars for his project titled “Enhancing Performance and Sustainability of Firefighting Aircraft in the Era of Wildfires Fueled by Global Warming” that focuses on improving firefighting aircraft using a low-cost, retrofitted aerodynamic device.

Sidney Poitier: a Hollywood trailblazer, actor, parent to two Buckley alumni, and dedicated member of Buckley’s Board of Trustees from 1988 to 1994 passed away on January 7, 2022.