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  • Leadership, Resilience & Teamwork in Sport

    Burke’s launched the fall Upper School athletics season with 132 student-athletes competing at eleven levels.

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  • Empowering Leaders of Tomorrow

    Educating, encouraging, and empowering girls is paramount at Burke’s, and students find leadership opportunities across the Lower and Upper School.
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  • Welcome Assembly: Song and Cheer

    This all-school tradition is filled with joy and celebration at the start of every school year!
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  • Girls’ Adventures in Math (GAIM)

    Burke’s 4th-8th graders put their best mathematical foot forward in the 2024 GAIM competition! 
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  • Outdoor Education

    Outdoor Education is a hallmark of Burke’s program supporting how we educate, encourage, and empower our students.
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  • Mindfulness at Burke's

    Staff and faculty refreshed practices around mindfulness and engaged in curriculum conversations.
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  • ExploraVision Honorable Mentions

    The Class of 2026 came away with not one, but three honorable mentions for this year’s nationwide ExploraVision competition! 
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  • First Grade Ocean Animals Project

    First graders embarked on a learning journey under the sea!
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  • Third Grade Circuit Circus

    A light-up Skeeball game, a spinning ballerina, a flying Snitch—these are just a few of the creative attractions in the Circuit Circus this year!
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  • Climate Change Podcast Project

    The 6th graders are climate change scholars, activists, and… podcasters! 
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  • International Women's Day

    Burke’s had the honor of hosting Commander Rebecca Calder, USNR, (Ret.) at our annual International Women’s Day Assembly.
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  • Celebrating Black History Month

    February was filled with opportunities for students to build community, learn and celebrate Black History Month.
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  • Celebrating the Lunar New Year

    Lunar New Year was celebrated throughout campus, bringing together students, teachers, and families.
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  • Second Grade Play

    In early February, the Class of 2030 performed “Cinderella Is Annoying… And Other Points of View.”
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  • World Read Aloud Day

    Twelve authors Zoomed in to the Lower School on World Read Aloud Day to honor the joy and power of reading.
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  • Exploring the Value of Compost

    K Yellow students have been looking at the hidden values of waste and what it means for the environment around them.
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  • Multiply and Game On!

    Practicing multiplication has never been this much fun!
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  • Taking a Stand

    Upper and Lower School held their annual assemblies to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as reflect on how to engage in making the world a better place. 
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  • World Languages

    One of the many ways Burke’s stands out among its peer schools is the fact that three different World Languages are offered in Upper School.
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  • Ring in the New Year with Joy

    In January,  the Lower School comes together to celebrate the new year with songs, bells and a spirited countdown!
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  • Bay Area Changemakers Class

    Bay Area Changemakers, formerly E Block, is a six-week Upper School class taught by Renita LiVolsi and Anna Yatroussis from the Office of DEIB.
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Burke's mission is to educate, encourage and empower girls. Our school combines academic excellence with an appreciation for childhood so that students thrive as learners, develop a strong sense of self, contribute to community, and fulfill their potential, now and throughout life.
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