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Zippy, Meet BCA

Zippy, Meet BCA

Alex Weber, Managing Editor May 9, 2020

On March 2nd, a lucky group of students at Bergen County Academies were given the chance to hang out with Zippy. Zippy was invited to BCA in order to provide comfort, reduce stress levels, and decrease...

Knitting For Life Recognized on News 12 for Donations to Healthcare Workers

Knitting For Life Recognized on News 12 for Donations to Healthcare Workers

Cadee Lee May 8, 2020

On April 20th, BCA students Francesca Osborn,  Hannah Ferrer, Rachel Mina, and Olivia Culleton were aired on News 12 for their efforts to thank doctors and nurses who are fighting COVID-19 through...

VBCA Series Part 2: Commentary, Opinions, and Pass/Fail

Emily Hashem, Writer April 28, 2020

  Part 2 - Looking Forward-Pass/Fail LOOKING FORWARD: OPINIONS AND SURVEYS BCA vs Other Schools In a way, the current situation is a massive trial run for the feasibility of virtual schooling....

VBCA Series Part 1: VBCA is Good, but How Do We Make it Better?

Emily Hashem April 1, 2020

This article is part of a series.  Contents:  Part 1  Preface and methods  Survey results and analysis  Updates from student council  Helpful links and resources Part...

On-Line Learning Experiences at BCA in Time of COVID-19

On-Line Learning Experiences at BCA in Time of COVID-19

Ariana Lee March 30, 2020

Coronavirus, COVID-19, has been on the upsurge sadly taking  thousands of  lives and putting many at risk throughout the U.S, China, Italy, and around the world. This pandemic has become so problematic...

Leena Memon - StuCo President

StuCo’s New President and Vice President – Leena Memon and Vivian Tan

Cadee Lee March 30, 2020

Leena Memon and Vivian Tan, Bergen County Academies’s new Student Council President and Vice President, have been continuously working together to bring new improvements to the school. Some of their...

The Making of “Legally Blonde”

Yilin Xie March 9, 2020

From February 27th to 29th, the musical production of the Bergen County Academies, Legally Blonde, played in the school’s auditorium and received marvellous responses from the audience. Like any...

BCA: Beyond the School

BCA: Beyond the School

Amelia Okulewicz, Writer February 28, 2020

Since the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, students, Lindsey Polevoy, Reese Conway, and Tiffany Kim have been avidly working on the “Community Service 2020” contest for SkillsUSA called Feed...

BCA SkillsUSA’s American Spirit Team Leads Intro to Culinary Class at Annual BCA Flash Event

Bryant Kye February 25, 2020

On Saturday, January 25, 2020, the Bergen County Academies held its annual BCA Flash event, teaching middle school students in Bergen County a variety of courses ranging from Robotics to Beginner’s...

Mahomes celebrates the Chiefs’ victory in the Super Bowl (photo from CBS Sports).

Did BCA Students Watch the Super Bowl?

Eli Engler, General Editor February 25, 2020

On Sunday, February 2, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 in Super Bowl LIV (54). The two teams had to battle their way through the AFC and NFC respectively to earn their spot...

‘Playing Hooky’ A Clothing Brand Started by BCA Teens for Teens

February 11, 2020

In the summer of 2019 three like minded BCA students decided to put their heads together and develop a clothing brand that reciprocated their passion for experimental fashion along with their own unique...

Student opinions on preferred tests.

Assessment Opinions

Meghana Veldhuis February 5, 2020

        The typical BCA school day is incomplete without frenzied students cramming information into their heads before a test or rapidly adding last-minute details to a project a few minutes before...

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