Leadership Development

Success & Ethics

In this class, based on The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, students practice critical thinking with regard to their personal beliefs and their interactions with other people. The goal is for their self esteem and sense of personal power to increase as they learn to take responsibility for their lives and explore different paradigms of life.

Public Speaking

Students gain confidence and fluency in English through learning to organize and deliver formal speeches and presentations. Through a program based on Toastmasters International, students are taught to research issues, think on their feet, and increase their listening skills. These skills are showcased during our annual Speech Banquet when the top speakers are chosen to deliver speeches at a formal business dinner.

Liberal Arts

The purpose of this class is to expand students' critical thinking skills as well as their general knowledge of the world by providing them with a survey of the arts and sciences. A wide range of topics are covered, ranging from Shakespeare to astronomy to comparative religion. Students concentrate on improving their academic writing skills in this class and basically receive a "mini university" experience.

Some of the lesson plans for this class are available online.

Community Involvement

Through the various community service projects done throughout the year, students get to practice their leadership skills in hands-on ways.

Here, some BHA students are shown with boys from a nearby young offenders home, where our students spent the day doing activities with the group.