This or that: ice cream or cake? If you could have any job in the world, what would it be and why? On Wednesday, October 30th, the Middle School kicked off the Mix It Up Lunch series, answering important questions, like those above, and breaking down social barriers in the process. Mix It Up […]
ORDER TICKETS HERE The Browning School – an all boys K-12 institution on the Upper East Side of Manhattan – has extended an invitation to the BFS Boys Varsity Basketball team to play their Varsity basketball team at the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, on Tuesday evening, Nov. 26; time to be announced, […]
On Tuesday, Nov. 26 the 10th grade will host our sixth annual BFS Community Issues Conference. Students in grades 8-12 will learn about significant local community issues and identify ways that they, as young people, can support constructive change in the community. Tenth graders in the class Service and Justice: Raising Awareness & Inspiring Action, have designed the […]
Online registration is now closed so that we may prepare for the celebration. Please purchase bracelets, tickets and register for workshops in the Box Office in the Lobby at 375 Pearl Street. Thank you! WinterFest, now in its 39th year, is a community fundraiser for Brooklyn Friends School. Proceeds from WinterFest support programming for all […]
RESERVE TICKETS HERE The show is not recommended for children under 10. The Middle and Upper School Fall Musical, Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret, will be produced at BFS on Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 21-23. VIEW REHEARSAL VIDEO Take a look into the experiences of the cast and crew as they rehearse CABARET and […]
On Wednesday, in a program led by Spanish Teacher Vanessa Ehler, the 9th grade learned about Dia de Los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, and participated in four workshops to create decorations for an ofrenda. By placing an item that your passed loved one enjoyed on the altar (or ofrenda), the soul […]
BFS community members with Asian/Pacific Islander heritage* and their families are invited to come together for a community-building potluck on Tuesday, November 12 from 6-8 pm in the Pearl Street Cafeteria. Colleagues, parents, kids, grandparents, partners, etc. are all welcome to share in this experience–and good food! If you plan to join us, please complete rsvp/potluck form. Asian dishes welcome, but not required. Questions? […]
The Lower Gym was packed and friends across the country were watching the live stream as the 4th grade performed the 36th annual Halloween Dance on Thursday, October 31st. While it was this beloved BFS tradition’s 36th occasion, the choreography and costumes were completely unique to the class of 2028. In this capstone moment […]
It may have been a rainy and chilly fall morning, but our 8th graders were anything but gloomy as they spent the morning on Tuesday (10/22) in Brooklyn Bridge Park participating in the Day in the Life of Hudson and Harbor study as well as the Billion Oyster Project. The Department of Environmental Conservation […]
Join us for the 7th Annual Brooklyn Friends School Young Womxn* of Strength Conference featuring Dr. Bettina Love (pictured) on Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 9am to 3:30pm at our Upper School at 116 Lawrence Street. This year’s theme is “Strength To Be…” The Conference is for young womxn in grades 7-12. Various workshops led […]
Upper School News for Grade 9 Families City as Classroom This fall, our grade 9 students are actively using the city as their classroom to engage in experiential learning to deepen their in-classroom studies in the humanities and arts. Their immersion in the city was launched with our inaugural City as Classroom Day in which […]
All BFS parents/guardians are invited to an evening event, “Raising Children with Integrity: A Presentation and Worship Share on our Testimony of the Year” on Monday, Oct. 21, 6:00 – 7:15 pm, in the Pearl Street Meetinghouse. The evening will start with a presentation on the Quaker Testimony of Integrity and its roots in Quaker […]
