Over the years, the number of school-sponsored community service projects has grown at Beaver, involving large numbers of students both in the planning and actual service. Each year ten juniors and seniors are chosen as Community Service Leaders to lead events throughout the year, including the annualSocial Action Day, which involves the entire Beaver community. With the creation, in 2006, of the Anne Hiatt Center for Community Service and Social Change, the school's commitment to service has deepened.

Although classroom time may occupy the majority of the day, a teacher’s and an independent school’s effectiveness is to a large extent determined by the frequency and quality of student/ teacher interactions. Advising is therefore a primary responsibility for BCDS faculty.