Due to the global pandemic, the annual National Association of Independent Schools Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) was forced to move to a virtual setting this year.
Each year the conference...
As Burke’s full HyFlex program begins, following the three-week pilot program, students have expressed a range of opinions about whether or not the school was rushing too much into reopening. The HyFlex...
Burke plans to bring back 6th and 9th graders in a new hybrid learning system on December 2nd, with the rest of the school to follow in late January.
Head of School Damian Jones presented the new proposal...
One of the major changes to Burke’s schedule this year is that core classes will be confined to one semester only. For every student, both middle school and high school, that means that normally year-long...
COVID-19 has brought many changes to the Burke community, not least of which has been holding classes virtually, and students have faced many conflicting emotions such as stress and grief. After a makeshift...
As area schools—including—Burke face the difficult decision of whether (and when) to bring students back to campus, one important consideration is student mental health. In a study by the Harris Poll...
Schools around the DMV are considering the prospect of reopening and what that would require. Educators, students, and parents are experiencing a plethora of emotions, from anxiety to excitement.
Some...
After an unprecedented series of events, Burke will have four Student Government presidents for the 2020–21 school year.
Two rounds of voting could not create definitive separation between the tickets...
Burke will now be closed through at least March 30th in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.
In an email to the school community on Friday, March 13th, Head of School Damian Jones cited...
Burke’s tenth grade has been experiencing a new-look leadership program centered around mandatory participation and curriculum integration.
Stacy Smith, Burke’s Director of Leadership Development,...
Burke’s first-ever winter formal on January 24th, introduced new twists like inviting other schools, holding the dance in the atrium, and featuring student DJs Max Streitwieser ’20 and Etienne Jackson-Jones...
As of September 3rd, 2019, Burke’s neighboring building has 185 new residents: the students of Whittle School and Studios.
“The start of the school year has been great and crazy. For most schools,...
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