3   LIVELY PURSUITS
Every Role, Every Opportunity
Stepping up to self-government, selflessness and self-discovery We believe each student realizes her greatest potential when she challenges and understands herself fully as a person and as an active participant in a larger place and purpose. We believe leadership and service go hand in hand. With each year at Brearley, students take on increased responsibility for themselves and others. From service project coordinator to class president to newspaper editor to theater lighting technician, girls play every role here. They become accustomed to stepping up to the challenges and opportunities before them. They develop a talent for inventing new ways to impact their community in school and beyond. We believe girls’ capacity for leadership is both equal and special. When a girl’s confidence is rooted in her intellectual abilities and in a set of values and life skills learned inside and outside of the classroom, she will dare to test the unfamiliar as she pursues a life of meaning and purpose.
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