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BCA Goes Global (Again)

Sonia Veldhuis May 10, 2023

After four years of quarantine and travel restrictions, BCA’s global exchange program has finally reopened! One benefit of attending Bergen County Academies is the variety of global opportunities offered....

What’s Lit Lancaster?

Fiona Beauchamp May 4, 2023

The staff of Bergen County Academies (BCA) has a variety of teachers with a diverse range of passions and pasts. This year, many new teachers joined the staff, among them Mr. Lancaster, a 9th, 10th, and...

Academy Mentorship Programs at BCA

Academy Mentorship Programs at BCA

Beatrice Song May 3, 2023

Life at BCA is no easy adjustment. Underclassmen are still getting accustomed to balancing studies and social life– but the mentorship programs at BCA offer a solution to this issue. By connecting underclassmen...

Sweet Success: How BCA’s ACAHA Students Prepare for the Chocolate Competition

Lucy Montalti April 19, 2023

Every March, the sweet aroma of chocolate fills BCA’s upper cafeteria as dozens of extravagant cakes are put on display for ACAHA’s Chocolate Competition. The competition is a highly anticipated moment...

A Peek Into the Culinary Academy at BCA

Becca Slaten March 29, 2023

The Academy of Culinary Arts and Hospitality, one of the seven academies at BCA, produces well-rounded students ready for employment in the culinary and hospitality fields. Each ACAHA student is trained...

BCA Mart: Open for Business

Madhav Dua March 29, 2023

The second trimester of the 2022-23 school year is coming to a close, and for BCA Mart, it has been a significant one. For the first time since the onset of the pandemic, BCA Mart has been open for the...

Performance from final day of PlayWeek

The Resurrection of PlayWeek

Christina Tashji March 29, 2023

To be or not to be? More like, to go to PlayWeek or to not go? The obvious answer is to go, of course. Why miss out on a free show? Studio 216, Bergen County Academies’ one and only student-run theater...

BCA Debate: During and After the Pandemic

BCA Debate: During and After the Pandemic

Eliot Lee, Writer March 29, 2023

The BCA Debate team is a part of the Bergen County Debate League, where students from all over the county compete in debates against one another. Students are grouped into partners and debate other duos...

Summer School’s Cool Again: An Inside Look at Pre-College Programs

Summer School’s Cool Again: An Inside Look at Pre-College Programs

Greta Jennings, Writer March 13, 2023

To many go-getter high school students, summer is a time to prove themselves to admissions officers by attending pre-college programs at prestigious universities. BCA students are no different, with 44%...

Preparations for the 2023 AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Examination)

Preparations for the 2023 AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Examination)

Soo Young Yoon, Writer February 22, 2023

After many awaited weeks, the big news finally arrived to the students at BCA: the cutoff scores for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) had come out. For all the students that took...

BCA Gets a Kick Out of the World Cup

Greta Jennings February 22, 2023

It seems like just yesterday that the BCA halls rang with emotion as students cheered victoriously or hung their heads in defeat. Such a memory can be attributed to none other than the World Cup. The major...

The (Not-So) Hidden Passions of Mr. Symons: Superheroes and The Beatles

The (Not-So) Hidden Passions of Mr. Symons: Superheroes and The Beatles

Maria Roberts February 22, 2023

For those of you who have not had the pleasure of meeting him, Mr. Symons is a PhysEd teacher here at BCA. From his daily outfits that always catch our attention to his 'Beatles Friday' tradition,...

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