BASIS Independent Brooklyn

Last week, our Grade 6-8 band and choir students had an incredible opportunity to travel to Orlando to learn at Disney's Imagination Campus with Ms. Davis and Ms. Klares.

Band and choir students dove into an immersive workshop exploring how Disney harnesses the power of music in storytelling, in business, and throughout their theme parks. Beyond the classroom, they experienced the magic firsthand with park visits, a Cirque du Soleil show, and unforgettable performances by marching bands and an exceptional a ca****la choir.

It was a trip full of inspiration, learning, and lasting memories.

On this Memorial Day, we pay tribute to all the men and women who gave their lives in service to our nation.

Congratulations to BIB '22 alum Szymon Snoeck, who was honored with the 2026 Applied Mathematics Faculty Award at Columbia Engineering.

Szymon was recognized for his outstanding achievements in applied mathematics, with a strong focus on algorithms and machine learning for high-dimensional data. He studied the limitations of popular data visualization algorithms, resulting in two publications at the 2026 International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory and the 2026 International Conference on Learning Representations. Next year, he will start his PhD in computer science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. Driven by a passion for geometry, Szymon continues to explore the intersection of theory and application in modern data science.

His interest in machine learning was apparent back in high school, and we remember his Senior Project on "Saturated Autoencoder as Adversarial Defense" for AI systems.

Our graduates never cease to impress us. Congratulations, Szymon, and to our entire Class of 2022, who just graduated from college!

At the National Geography Bee in Cambridge this past weekend, Billy M. ‘28 was one of 38 students who qualified from over 6000 participants! He placed 11th overall.

Please join us in congratulating Billy!!

“The seniors leaving us this year have set a standard that will echo through our halls long after they have gone,” commented Head of School Josh Harmon. “This class, in particular, has brought a rare combination of dedication and compassion to everything they have done here, and I have no doubt they will carry that same spirit into the university communities they will join next year.”

Read our latest blog post, "Celebrating our Class of 2026 College Acceptances."

Celebrating BASIS Independent Brooklyn’s Class of 2026 College Acceptances We are incredibly proud to share news of college acceptances of BASIS Independent Brooklyn’s Class of 2026! Our seniors have spent the past weeks deciding

Thank you to the moms and maternal figures who were there for all the big milestones, from the first day of school to the big concerts, all the way to high school graduation.

Happy Mother's Day!