Bay View Academy

Technology and engineering have been at the forefront of Bay View Academy’s development. 

In conjunction with the Monterey Bay Aquarium of Research Institute and Monterey Makers, Upper School students participate in an annual BVA TechFest. Students are provided with opportunities to work with professionals, exploring 3D Printing and CNC machines, Arduinos, Augmented Reality, mBots, Underwater Rovers, and 3D Printing Pens, to name a few stations.

At our Lower School, students participate in Engineering Day. Through our community partners, our youngest learners have the opportunity to spend the day immersed in hands-on engineering challenges that will allow them to build, investigate, and create.

BVA teachers develop and teach lessons that go beyond state standards. By focusing on differentiation in the classroom, we have continued to work towards closing the achievement gap, and meeting the needs of all of our diverse learners. In addition, Bay View Academy’s community partnership philosophy flourishes, with a multitude of off-site field trips enhancing our students’ educational experience. 

Bay View Academy has successfully implemented Restorative Practices, which allow each member of our community to develop and implement BVA’s core values and allows individuals who may have committed harm to take full responsibility for their behavior by addressing the individual(s) affected by the behavior. In working to avoid such behavior in the future while creating an inclusive BVA community, our goals are to promote peace, develop mutual respect, empathy, and cultural awareness of ourselves and all community members.

Our Community Support Counselors support student social-emotional growth and development by teaching social-emotional skills during classroom lessons, providing mental health counseling for students and resources for families. Our counselors work with small groups of students and individuals providing them with skills to navigate the complexities of collaborative learning, individual accomplishments, and peer relationships.