Innovation

Berwick Innovation Center

What is so special about BIC?

The Berwick Innovation Center (BIC) is an evolving program that reaches far beyond the physical Berwick Academy campus. BIC allows students the opportunity to follow their own intrinsic path to discovery.
Through BIC, students design, direct, and drive their learning. Acknowledging that those roads are as different as every student, BIC provides the framework for students to pursue their passion, learn more deeply, and connect to the subject matter in new and creative ways. Drawing from our mission, BIC encourages creativity, engagement, and entrepreneurship, while promoting the ideals of “virtue and useful knowledge.”

Berwick’s curriculum balances tradition with innovation. Some ideas, texts, or thinkers are timeless while others are timely. At Berwick, we are constantly reviewing what we teach and how we teach it, so our students can participate in classes that are interdisciplinary, engage ideas at the forefront of innovation, and hone 21st century skills. BIC is an ever-evolving program, continually expanding and changing with our students’ interests. The possibilities are endless and we look forward to what the future will bring for BIC.

Berwick Academy

Berwick Academy, situated on an 80-acre campus just over one hour north of Boston, serves 550 students, Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 and Post-Graduates. Berwick students are from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and several countries. Deeply committed to its mission of promoting virtue and useful knowledge, Berwick Academy empowers students to be creative and bold. Berwick strives to graduate alumni who shape their own learning, take risks, ask thoughtful questions, and come to understand and celebrate their authentic selves.