The spirit and energy of the students at BCD does not end when they move into the upper or secondary schools. All of our halls are filled with laughter, with shouts of glee, and with occasional tears. I loved seeing the Winthrop girls' soccer team wearing white dress shirts and ties and pigtails as a symbol of unity in preparation for their first soccer game on the same day that I noticed best friends in second grade wearing twin outfits - the results of plans made the night before. At recess I see soccer balls kicked, baskets shot, swings swinging, children tumbling down the berm, clusters of girls or boys finding a refuge under the pines at Brook Farm or the archway at Winthrop to talk. I capture visions of newly created games.
Inventions abound when children are left alone.
Childhood is an age of innocence that does not end at seven or ten, and I witness this daily as I interact with our oldest students at Winthrop. I capture the true spirit of BCD on my daily pilgrimages to the classrooms and playing fields. All rights reserved. Photographs by Felix Bajandas, Paul Frantz, Benno Friedman, Light Studio, Frank Peseckis, Lynn Peseckis, Marcia Powdermaker and Maureen Tumenas. Comments regarding the design of these pages should be addressed to the BCD webmaster or 5points.net webmaster .