Mr. Libenzon will attend the annual conference for College Admissions Counselors, where he'll learn the latest updates in his field and connect with admissions officers from many American colleges and universities, as well as his peers from high schools across the country.

Ms. Bayer, the director of BHS's compenency-based education subprogram, and two of her colleagues in the program, will travel to New Orleans to attend the annual conference of the Aurora Institute on competency-based education.