JUNE 2, 2020 5:30PM ET Click Here for Recording of Event Promotional video created by student leaders: On February 23rd, just two days after the Brooklyn Friends School 11th grade returned from their Nobis Project field study experience “Race, Power, and the Preservation of African-American History & Gullah-Geechee Culture” in Savannah and on […]
May 8, 2020 A Message from Head of School Crissy Cáceres I am thrilled to announce that Kamaya Prince Thompson will lead our oldest group of students as Head of Upper School beginning July 1, 2020. Kamaya will succeed Lisa Arrastia. Although we have only been in partnership for less than a year, I have […]
“I had an idea to start a dance team…” Jamara Hill, a 2010 graduate of Brooklyn Friends School, has a deep relationship with her alma mater as well as the student body, having joined the BFS faculty full-time this academic year as a teacher in the Physical Education Department and as a 7th Grade Middle […]
Bridge Film Festival Turns 21 As Students Enjoy a Virtual Film Festival on a Virtual Platform Since the year 2000, Brooklyn Friends School colleague Andrew Cohen has organized and produced the Bridge Film Festival. It was created with the goal of encouraging creative – and socially conscious – middle and upper school students to produce […]
Since the transition to Virtual School, the Office of Service Learning & Civic Engagement has organized meaningful virtual opportunities for students to continue their social change efforts with community partners and with each other across divisions! Here are some exciting highlights: In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, NAACP Director of Environmental […]
Scotch Tape dispensers as eyeballs? Sweet potato as a mouth? Somehow, they work! In their Virtual BFS art classes, Lower School students created found object portraits. Can you spot the Supreme Court Justice among them? We are in awe of their creativity!
Enjoy a moving and uplifting collaboration of BFS colleagues and our multi-talented middle and upper school orchestra and choir students, who present the traditional Shaker hymn, “Simple Gifts.” As you might imagine, virtual teaching, learning – and producing – this video episode was anything but simple, but the result is indeed simple, beautiful, and most […]
Last fall, a group of 3rd grade students showed up at our Head of School’s Office and requested to meet with Crissy. They then proceeded to sit with her and began with, “We are here because we need your help.” The rest, as they say, is history. A powerful letter in hand, they advocated for […]
NBC may have Jimmy Fallon, CBS may have Stephen Colbert, and Comedy Central may have Trevor Noah, but BFS comes out ahead in the ratings with Kate and Jonathan! Kate, Jonathan, special guests, and a staff of Lower School comedy writers have brought laughter and joy to the Virtual BFS community. Stream all ten episodes […]
As Preschool students enjoy their daily interactions with classroom teachers and each other on Zoom, they also engage with specialist teachers. Enjoy a song about fish (with lessons in counting and colors) with music teacher Nancy Tanney.
Putting their writing and art skills to work while celebrating National Poetry Month, the 3rd grade wrote and illustrated their own haikus. The students took inspiration from “Wabi Sabi” by Mark Reibstein. In “Wabi Sabi”, a small cat seeks to find real beauty in unexpected places. We are touched by these students’ abilities to […]
¡Es un pájaro! ¡Es un avión! ¡No! ¡Es un superhéroe de distanciamiento social! While there have been a myriad of adjustments for our students and colleagues during this time of Virtual BFS, the learning and creativity have gone unchanged! Case in point, Middle School Spanish students recently wrote and designed their own public health information […]
