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Our School

Known. Loved. Challenged.

BPD Academy exists to raise young people who can think clearly, act honorably, and love what is worth loving. We do this in classes small enough to have real conversations, with adults who agree to stay long enough to know every student by name.

Since 1887

A short history.

1887
Founded as the Bridgeway Preparatory Academy by a consortium of local families seeking a rigorous, non-denominational school for their sons and daughters.
1914
Heritage Hall completed — the brick academic building still anchoring the quad today.
1968
Coeducation fully integrated across all four divisions.
1993
Capstone Research Program launched, based on a model developed by two senior faculty during a sabbatical year.
2012
Arts & Innovation Center opens, doubling studio and performance space.
2019
Dr. Elena Marquez installed as the eleventh Head of School.
From the Head of School

We owe each student a school that actually knows them.

This year at BPD Academy we have asked a simple question: does each student, every day, feel seen by an adult in this building? The honest answer — still — has to be earned. It is not something we assume from enrollment numbers or tuition dollars.

Schools that are famous for caring about students are usually schools that have chosen to stay small on purpose. That is the discipline we try to keep. We add a grade-level advisor instead of a dean of strategic initiatives. We spend on a second college counselor instead of a fourth marketing hire. We teach our faculty to slow down.

What I ask of our families in return is simple: trust us with the slow work. An education is not a product. It is a long, uneven apprenticeship in being a person, and the adults who do it best are the ones who agree to be patient.

Elena Marquez
Head of School, since 2019
Governance

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is the legal and strategic guardian of BPD Academy, charged with the school’s mission, finances, and long-range planning. It meets five times a year and is composed of current parents, alumni, and community members.

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