The capstone event of our Latinx Heritage Month celebrations is next Friday, November 2, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at 375 Pearl Street and is open to everyone in the BFS community (family and friends). This evening of interdisciplinary project presentations showcases work in language, art, music, drama, and science. Traditional food, cooked by students and […]
Please join us at the sixth annual Young Womyn of Strength Conference, “Self Care In The 21st Century”, with keynote speaker Jada Monica Drew. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2018 9:00am-3:00pm 116 Lawrence Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 A primary goal of the conference is to provide young womyn in grades 7 through 12 with positive […]
All Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Grade families are cordially invited to a Listening Party to celebrate the release of Adam Gidwitz’s debut podcast, Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest! Adam will be coming to celebrate the exciting release with BFS children and families on Tuesday October 30th. The celebration will be held in the Lower School […]
Calling local craft vendors and artisans! On Saturday, December 1, 2018 from 11am to 5pm, Brooklyn Friends School will host its 38th Annual WinterFest. Held at the Brooklyn Friends School building at 375 Pearl Street in Downtown Brooklyn, WinterFest highlights include a local artisan holiday market, music and entertainment, children’s activities and craft work- shops, […]
Brooklyn Friends is celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month from rooftop to basement and from Pearl Street to Lawrence Street. Middle School art students are diving in paintbrush-first. Read the details below of how our artists are being inspired by Hispanic/Latinx artists and traditions. Fifth grade Studio Art students fabricated Barriletes Gigantes-the traditional large kites in […]
Middle School Head Glen Pinder led his first overnight student trip last spring for BFS, but it wasn’t just a typical chaperoning necessity. When the opportunity arouse to join the entire seventh grade class to the City of Brotherly Love, he jumped at the chance. “Being from Philadelphia, it was like coming home again,” he […]
Lisa Arrastia, the new Head of Upper School, comes to BFS with a stunning, well-earned 11-page resume. Here are just a few of the highlights. Before joining BFS this year, the New York City native was the Middle School Principal at United Nations International School (UNIS) in Manhattan. She was also a lecturer in SUNY […]
As we begin our own 151st academic year this week, the BFS community extends warm wishes and good luck to members of the Class of 2018, who are bringing the Brooklyn Friends tradition from coast to coast at the following colleges. Barnard College Bates College California Institute of the Arts University of California-Irvine Clark […]
READING Here are links to the summer reading, which is required for Middle School and Upper School, and recommended for Preschool through Middle School. Middle School Required Reading Upper School Required Reading BFS Librarian Summer Reading Lists SUPPLIES Only the Middle School has a supply list, which it shares with families over the summer: MS […]
Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017, a natural disaster that brought new challenges to the island and shed light on the political mistreatment as well as the civil and economic inequities that have resulted from five centuries of colonialism. In the days after Hurricane Maria made landfall, Brooklyn […]
