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Burke Mountain Academy

BMA COMMUNITY

A Tight-Knit, Values-Based Community

Community is not one part of the BMA experience. It shapes how we learn, train, live, and grow together. Students and staff share responsibility for creating a place where people work hard, treat one another with respect, and support each other's growth.

Life at Burke is built on trust rather than an extensive set of rules. With that trust comes meaningful freedom and an equal responsibility to act with integrity, consider the needs of others, and contribute to the community. Our Honor Code provides the foundation for these shared expectations across academic, athletic, and residential life.

Through the everyday experiences of living, learning, training, eating, and working together, Burkies develop relationships that last well beyond their time on campus. They also develop the humility, accountability, and character required not only to pursue excellence, but to become good people.

Community Values

Since BMA’s earliest years, our philosophy and community values have shaped how students and staff live, work, and grow together. Each generation shares responsibility for carrying these values forward and sustaining the trust, support, and high expectations that define BMA.

Honor Code

Burke Mountain Academy is a community based on trust.

As a member of this community, I understand that we all live together. I promise to respect and be courteous to every member of the BMA community, including students and staff. I also understand that signing the Honor Code means accepting responsibility for addressing violations of it.

I pledge my support of and accept the standards, expectations, and rules of Burke Mountain Academy, as articulated in the Student Handbook. As a BMA student, I agree to live by these standards, expectations, and rules, whether on the BMA campus, at a BMA-sponsored activity, or on trips or in competitions that reflect upon Burke Mountain Academy

I recognize that my personal commitment to support these standards, expectations, and rules contributes to the strength, openness, and trust of the entire BMA community.