Attention all artists at Brooklyn Friends School—we want you to show off your talents! Brooklyn Friends School is proud to announce it will be hosting a Community Art Exhibit in its Upper School! This is not exclusively for Upper School students, however. The exhibit is open to students of all ages—from all grades—as well as […]
We are proud to present our Brooklyn Friends Back-to-School Manual for the 2021-2022 school year. Click on the cover image below to view the Manual.
With pride, joy, and belief in the opportunities before us, we are thrilled to welcome our community to the 2021-2022 school year at Brooklyn Friends! Enjoy this message from our leadership team as we prepare to launch into this new school year.
Listen to Crissy read this message here. It is with such pride, joy, and a belief in the opportunities before us that I welcome you into the 2021-2022 school year. We have been hard at work preparing for the start of school, fully in person and comprehensively operational in every aspect. To do that, we […]
Featured Stories in The Life, Issue 1 “Sustaining the Fight: Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett ’84 Looks to Young People to Drive Change” “Homecoming: George Fox Award Recipient Susan Segal Rai ’59 Returns to BFS” “Reaching the PEAC: How BFS Athletics Reimagined Physical Education” “Preserved and Adapted: The Third Grade Haudenosaunee Study” Explore the full print version […]
On the warm and beautiful evening of Monday, June 7, 2021, in the middle of Prospect Park, the 56 members of our Class of 2021 graduated from Brooklyn Friends School, held in the light by their teachers, families, classmates, and friends. Head of School Crissy Cáceres opened the ceremony, followed by messages for the graduates […]
All Community Resources Reading recommendations for ALL ages from the Brooklyn Friends School Library→ Upper School Resources Required reading and guiding questions for Upper School students→ Math activity 1 for rising 11th Grade students→ Math activity 2 for rising 11th Grade students→ *12th Grade IB Visual Arts Students: Create two artworks and finish revising and […]
1959 Brooklyn Friends School graduate and this year’s recipient of the George Fox Award, Susan Segal Rai, cracked a wide smile when asked how she was able to play for every single sports team during her time at BFS. “Back then, the school was so small, if you could breathe, you could make the team,” […]
Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, ‘84, who serves as a House delegate representing the Virgin Islands, says being asked to be our 2021 Commencement Speaker was a special moment. “This place helped make me who I am,” she said while Zooming in from Washington, DC. As a politician, an attorney, and a commentator, Congresswoman Plaskett has always […]
Have Dinner with Friends on Thursday, May 27 at 7pm. Let’s come together and celebrate! Learn how to make one of Chef Tom Buckley’s signature dishes with the Chef himself. After we cook and eat, we’ll stick around for a dance party. Colleagues may attend at no charge and can RSVP at this link. All […]
Join us for a week of virtual activities for and by our alumni community! Alumni Week Events – June 1 to June 7, 2021 RSVP Now to the Events Listed Below Tuesday, June 1 at 7pm, Book Discussion with Gerry Valentine ’81 Gerry Valentine inspires people to build resilience—to overcome setbacks, to look at […]
Dear BFS Community, The range of feelings that have come to mind throughout the Derek Chauvin trial and many others before it are not dissimilar from the sentiments expressed by so many families who have been devastated by racially charged, hatefully charged, and systemically charged actions that have left them permanently shattered asking whether justice […]
