It was April 29, 1945, when approximately 32,000 prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp walked free after 12 years of imprisonment in a Holocaust camp.

When Kara Froula ’00 was a student at BGA, she found mentorship and an ability to think more deeply.

“Don’t stop! Keep going!”

These were the words repeated to each Plato by Upper School English teacher Sam Wade ’12 as they exited the bus to make the trek down to the Harpeth River for the 85th annual Tug.

It was in his Lower School science class that Luke Williams ’23 discovered his passion and career choice – engineering and robotics.

BGA senior Kendall Grimes '22 and BGA English teacher and department chair Leah Handelsman sit together at a table on a normal Wednesday afternoon, discussing the nuances of words in a shorthand language that can only come from years of working together.