Art, Service projects, theatre, music, games, scavenger hunts, conversation & ethics. That is right – Ethics!
IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMS
IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL CLASSES
Open House January 19. For more information CLICK HERE.
IN-PERSON CLASSES
Sign up for in-person classes HERE
The Ethics for Children program is a fun, safe, interactive learning environment for kids to investigate important topics that affect their lives. Our program fosters empathy, and a deeper understanding of self and others and empowers students to make a difference in their world.
How do we do it? Each of our weekly classes features a lesson drawn from our 5 core principles: Caring for Self, Family, Community, Society (our world community), and the Earth. Our lessons utilize participatory learning through art, theatre, games, music, discussion, reflection, and most importantly – action.
Each month we have a Service Day when all of our students come together to perform a project for the greater good. Past projects have included making lunches for a community fridge, building a bench for our new meeting space, and making enrichment toys for shelter animals.
Our lessons and service projects are influenced by student passions and interests, ensuring our classes have significance to them. Our program does not impose a fixed set of values or beliefs. Rather our goal is to provide a forum where students can identify their own values, expand their knowledge, and gain skills essential to developing and following their own moral compass and voice.
We encourage you to contact us with questions. at https://bsec.org/contact-us/
Full and partial Scholarships are available. Apply at: https://bsec.org/scholarshipapp/
Fall in-person classes will be held on Sundays from 10:00 – 11:30am
at the new BSEC location:
269 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215
Location inconvenient? Our virtual program meets on Wednesdays at 5:00pm (suggested ages
8-12). In-person students are always welcome to join their virtual counterparts for a hybrid
experience.
In-Person Classes are held on Sundays 10:00 – 11:30
Price: $250 per semester (14 sessions)
Sign up for in-person classes HERE
Growing Ethics (ages 6 – 9yo)
Living Ethics (ages 10 – 12yo)
Evolving Ethics (ages 13 and up)
Winter/Spring 2025 Dates
January
19 ( FREE Open House Service Day)
26
February
2
9 (Service Day)
23
March
2
9 (Service Day)
16
23
April
6
13 (Service Day)
27
May
4
18
June
1
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VIRTUAL CLASSES
Sign up for virtual classes HERE.
The Ethics for Children program is a fun, safe, interactive learning environment for kids to investigate important topics that affect their lives. Our classes foster empathy, a deeper understanding of self and others and empower students to make a difference in their world.
How do we do it? Each of our weekly class features a lesson drawn from our 5 core principles: Caring for Self, Family, Community, Society (our world community), and the Earth. Our lessons utilize participatory learning through art, theatre, games, music, discussion, reflection, and importantly – action.
Our lessons and projects are influenced by student passions and interests, ensuring our classes have significance to them. Our program does not impose a fixed set of values or beliefs. Rather our goal is to provide a forum where students can identify their own values, expand their knowledge and gain skills essential to developing and following their own moral compass and voice.
Students who attend our virtual program are also welcome to join their In-person counterparts Sundays in Brooklyn, putting ethics into action with community service projects and other joint activities throughout the year.
We encourage you to contact us with questions at https://bsec.org/contact-us/
Full and partial Scholarships are available. Apply at: https://bsec.org/scholarshipapp/
Have a learner who prefers to be in-person? Our Brooklyn-based n-person classes meet on Sundays at 10:00am.
Virtual Classes are held on Wednesdays 5:00 – 6:00
Price: $225 per semester (14 sessions + optional in-person activities)
Exploring Ethics (Suggested ages 8 – 12)
Winter/Spring 2025 Dates
January
15 (FREE Welcoming Class)
22
February
5
9 (Optional In-Person Service Day)
12
26
March
5
9 (Optional In-Person Service Day)
12
19
26
April
9
13 (Optional In-Person Service Day)
23
30
May
7
14
21
Scholarships are available. Please visit http://bsec.org/scholarshipapp/ to learn more.
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Scholarships are available. Please visit http://bsec.org/scholarshipapp/ to learn more.
ANGEL THOMPSON
Angel Thompson is an artist, writer, educator, and mother. She has a background in visual arts, including an Integrative Arts degree from Penn State University. She has over 10 years of teaching experience, working with families and children of all ages throughout NYC. As an instructor, she is passionate about instilling her students with the skills they need to share their inherent creativity and voice. She is a strong proponent of service-learning and volunteerism. She believes that facilitating experiences for youth where their principles can become action is essential to developing a life of agency for the greater good.
Kerry Warren
Kerry Warren is a New York based actor, teaching artist, and former Co-Executive of the Teaching Artists Guild, TAG. As a theater teaching artist she strives to create a classroom of joy and rigor and hopes to make classical texts such as Shakespeare more relatable and accessible to her students. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School where she received The President Polisi Prize for Artist as Citizen and recently received the NEXT GENERATION award from the National Guild of Community of Arts Education in 2024. She has taught with Harlem Children’s Zone, Lincoln Center Education, GIRLBEHEARD, People’s Theatre Project, the 52nd Street Project, EPIC theatre, ArtsConnection, New York Theater Workshop and a member of NYC Artist in Education Roundtable
Laura Borgwardt
Laura is an actor and teaching artist based in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to BSEC, she currently teaches theater/movement and careers in theater & film for ArtsConnection. Laura is also a co-founder of and teaching artist with CO/LAB Theater Group, a nonprofit for actors with developmental disabilities (colabtheatergroup.com). She lives in Brooklyn with her daughter, Joanie, and their rescue pup, Edith Ann.
Have any questions for us? Please send us a message and we will get back to you right away.
The video below is from one of our classes during our end of year ceremony:
