“Ask others to dance with you – even if you don’t know them.” This directive, listed as a rule for “How to Have Fun at the Family Folk Dance”, is at the heart of this beloved event. The intergenerational celebration of traditional dance, which will hold its 19th rendition this Saturday, January 12th, is a […]
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Dec. 12, 2018 Registration for Winter/Spring 2019 Afterschool is now underway and will conclude on Monday, Dec. 17. That means that BFS pre, lower, and middle school families have five days to consider which classes students will take during afterschool hours in the new year. Afterschool provides countless ways for students to stretch their imaginations, […]
More than 100 fifth through 12th graders will bring the gift of music to audiences in the BFS meetinghouse this week at the annual winter music concerts. The concerts are the culminating highlight of the fall semester of middle and upper school music classes in chorus, jazz, and orchestra. Performance is a key part of […]
Article by Jack D., Class of 2021, Poster by Claire Z., Class of 2021 On November 20, 2018, the Brooklyn Friends School Class of 2021 hosted the fifth annual Community Issues Conference. This year’s conference welcomed students from the BFS eighth grade for the first time and a number of other New York City public […]
WinterFest on Saturday, December 1st is a celebratory community-building event for the entire family and an important PAT fundraiser for our School. Support and engagement from the preschool to the upper school is critical to WinterFest’s success. This year, the WinterFest committee is assigning ownership of a specific activity to each class but feel free […]
Enjoy Season 3, Episode 5 of The Life: TechCity. Get an inside look at academic technology at BFS, shared by the students themselves in IB Computer Science class, MS Technology class, and Lower Schoolers working in the Maker Space. Beyond the depth of their learning, what stands out most is the ease with which all […]
Appointment effective July 1, 2019 A message from Crissy Cáceres: Dear Brooklyn Friends School Community, It is with humility and honor that I welcome the opportunity to serve as your next Head of School. With each connection that I had during my days with you, I experienced a thoughtful and vibrant community devoted to […]
One week later, the Brooklyn Friends School community is still buzzing from the festivities at the inaugural Latinx Heritage Celebration on the evening Friday, November 2nd. Organized with heart and hard work by a group of faculty members led by Laura Murtula, Myriam Juarbe, Maria Sanchez, Felix Alberto and Kim Allen and with the […]
RESERVE YOUR TICKETS HERE See a video-podcast featuring interviews with the student cast and crew. FROM THE GUIDE TO MUSIC THEATRE: In the Heights explores three days in the characters’ lives in the New York City Latino neighborhood of Washington Heights. The score features hip-hop, salsa, merengue and soul music. In the Hispanic community […]
Extraordinary Heights (S3,E4) from Brooklyn Friends School on Vimeo.
The BFS health offices are booming with an array of cold symptoms and stomach bugs. Many of our friends are leaving school early or have missed school in the past month due to illness. Here are a few tips to stay well during this cold and flu season: – Stay home when you are […]
