Experience BMS from the comfort of your home! Our Virtual Open House Sessions are back with new dates for the Early Learning Center, Primary School and Secondary School. Don’t miss the chance to meet our community, explore our programs, and have all your questions answered. Join us and sign up here!
Our community came together with peace-themed activities, a moving sing-along of Imagine, and creative fundraising by our Secondary Students supporting Friedensdorf International. Thank you to everyone who joined — together we shared a simple message: peace begins with us.
On 30th August, we celebrated a very special milestone at BMS – the Einschulung of our 1st Graders. A beloved tradition is the Einschulungstüte – a large, colorful cone filled with sweets and small gifts, making the start of school extra joyful. We welcome our new students into the BMS community and look forward to seeing them grow and thrive. Photo Gallery
Our Primary and Secondary students can join a variety of exciting after school opportunities! Click here to see the overview of activities available to Primary Students, and click here for Secondary Students. Registration should be completed by September 15th. For more information, visit our Club Program Page (Primary | Secondary) or contact club@metropolitanschool.com.
An engaging calendar of activities, learning milestones, and community celebrations is waiting to inspire us all year long. Download our BMS Calendar 2025/26 or explore all key dates in our Online Calendar.
We welcome our new professionals, joining a team of 200 dedicated professionals from 42 different countries, all looking forward to an inspiring and exciting school year ahead. Want to get to know our team? ELC | CCEP | Primary | Secondary | Administration | Leadership
On June 6, 2025, we celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2025. It was a joyful and heartfelt day, marking the end of one chapter and the beginning of many new adventures. We’re proud of everything our students have achieved and excited to see where their paths will lead. Congratulations, graduates!
STEM Week at BMS - It’s a fantastic opportunity to spark curiosity and connect students to the exciting worlds of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Each Grade will explore through hands-on experiments—thank you to all staff for making it happen!
Our annual Sports Days brought students together for two days of movement, teamwork, and shared moments. Secondary took on track and field events, while Primary explored a variety of games and challenges. Thanks to all who helped make it a smooth and enjoyable experience!
Wishing our BMS Community a relaxing and joyful Spring Break—enjoy this well-deserved time to rest, recharge, and make beautiful memories!
From March 5th to 13th, BMS Primary hosted a series of anti-racism workshops, welcoming experts in DEI, leadership, and education. Together with our students and teachers, they led engaging discussions on understanding racism, challenging biases, and fostering an inclusive school community.
100 days of curiosity, new friendships, and exciting discoveries! Our first graders have reached an important milestone in their primary school journey, and we couldn’t be prouder. Congratulations – keep exploring, learning and shining! 27th February 2025
On January 24, 2025, BMS hosted the AGIS School Counsellors Working Group Meeting, featuring Dr. Elke Paul's workshop, "Self-Care as Professional Identity: Building a Personal Wellbeing Compass." The event focused on integrating self-care into professional roles, reinforcing the importance of well-being in counseling. AGIS Working Groups connect professionals across 23 international schools, fostering collaboration, professional growth, and support.
Our BMS Chess Girls Team celebrated a fantastic 3rd place on the 16th of January, winning against 15 other teams from Berlin schools! The Schnellschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaften was for ages up to Grade 12, so they faced stiff competition. Congratulations to Isadora, Nidhi, Ashna, Valentine, Sara and Freya on your win! (Photo by Michał Parzuchowski on Unsplash)
Our Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12 students had the opportunity to participate in a presentation by representatives from the London School of Economics (LSE) and Imperial College in the UK. The session offered valuable insights, tips for competitive applications, guidance on crafting strong personal statements, and detailed information about these prestigious institutions - November 29th 2024
We are proud to announce that our BMS Hawks Basketball team recently took home First Place in the regional secondary school basketball tournament in Berlin. Our Hawks went undefeated in group stage games, the semi-final round, and the championship tournament. An amazing outcome for our students! Coach Ross and Coach Konstantinos commended the group on their excellent team playing skills in all games. GO HAWKS!
Congratulations to the BMS Model UN Team on another successful conference at Oxford! Our students attended the 10th Anniversary Model UN Conference together with their peers from international schools all over the world. BMS delegates prepared speeches and delegation sessions on underrepresented and underexplored issues of global importance. Congrats to Arwa and Elisabeth, Arianna, Marieluise and Charlotte, Feliks and David, Selin, Isadora, and Zadie on winning awards! We look forward to the next round!
IBDP Visual Arts students recently participated in a printmaking workshop given by visiting professor Riccardo Baccani from NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) and the Graphic Design and Art Direction faculty. Our students had the opportunity to ask questions and listen to information about Italy's largest Art & Design Academy and the exciting courses offered in Milan & Rome. Thank you to Professor Baccani!
BMS students helped to clean up and restore a local animal sanctuary in Brandenburg, improving the living and feeding environment of cows, pigs, and other farm animals. Our Secondary students look forward to this project each school year, now in its 4th year! These projects not only provide our students with an opportunity for direct service in their local area, but also help them complete their CAS activities as part of their IB DP Studies.
Our campus is always busy this time of year preparing our students for university applications, and we recently welcomed university representatives from ESADE University, Spain and King´s College, London to speak with our students on admissions, study programs, and campus life. We look forward to welcoming Bard College Berlin, London School of Economics, and Imperial College London this month!
We look forward to welcoming interested families to our virtual open house sessions for the 2024/25 Academic Year. Our admissions team will lead the presentations, explaining our school program, school life, and the application process. Members of our academic leadership will also be on hand to answer specific questions from our guests and explain the benefits of our K-12 international curriculum.
Dedicated members of our Model UN Club are preparing for the 10th Anniversary Model UN Conference at Oxford University on November 21st. The conference is always a high point in the school year for our Model UN Club Members and the theme this year will be focused on global spotlights. Our students will prepare speeches and engagement activities aimed at understanding underexplored and underrepresented issues in the global political spheres of international relations.
Our dedicated CCEP Team is gearing up for the annual CCEP talent show in our Primary School. Our artists, singers, dancers, and performers will take to the BMS stage in early February. We look forward to welcoming our community in the new year for the show in our school auditorium!
We would like to highlight the amazing talent and artistic vision of Ulkar, Gr. 11, with her recent drawing of our Tortrasse BMS Campus Entrance. Showcasing student learning is always a central focus at BMS--well done, Ulkar & thank you for sharing your art with our community!
Artist Credit: Ulkar, Gr. 11. Click here to see the full image!
Our Secondary students recently participated in a Berlin-wide initiative to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. By creating artistic posters with messages, symbols, and text, BMS students were able to bring important and historical themes to life. Freedom, protest, peaceful revolution and many more ideas were creatively illustrated by our students! These posters will be part of an open-air installation in Berlin curated by the Kulturprojekte Berlin and Mauerfall35.
Museum excursions, arts & crafts workshops, a Halloween party, Lego club, student-led café, soccer tournaments, and so much more await our students during the Fall Vacation Program 2024, beginning on October 21st. We look forward to welcoming our Primary school students and ask our parent community to follow the registration details from our CCEP Team on our BMS Parent Portal.
Our Secondary faculty has been busy preparing an engaging Theme Day, taking place this year on October 15th. The day is dedicated to offering our students with a day entirely dedicated to transdisciplinary themes across our curriculum from Gr. 7-12. Each year level will focus on a specific theme from their lessons and deepen their learning through a creative task, science lab experiments, excursions, panel discussions with external experts, and so much more! Stay tuned for a few impressions.
BMS will host a university presentation and talk by four key liberal arts institutions from the United States, featuring Barnard, Bowdoin, Pomona College, and Williams College. Guests will hear presentations on U.S. academic programs, undergraduate admissions, and financial aid, as well as learn about key features of these four institutions. Join us on October 2, 2024!
BMS had a special visit from members of the Class of 2022 to invite our faculty to a showcase event for an app they are creating to aid teachers in navigating how learning is impacted in our digital world. Stay tuned for the launch and link--hats off to our Alumni for their creativity and ambition!
Our staff and teachers are busy preparing an exciting afterschool and club program for our students in Primary and Secondary School. Find the Secondary Program here and the Primary Program here with details on how parents can register and other important deadlines. We look forward to beginning our club program on September 25th!
