The BFS English Department and Libraries have shared their required (for grades 5-12) and suggested summer reading lists for students in all grades, preschool to 12. Books for the required reading were given already to students in their classes. Newly enrolled students have receive copies of their books through the Enrollment Office. Following are the […]
Our 4th grade students have been working diligently on their prototypes, jingles, 3D logos, and webpages for their upcoming STEAM exhibit. In about two weeks, our students will be visiting Heights and Hills to meet their pen pals as well as to get some feedback from them about their prototypes. Here are some photos of our […]
“I’m having a lot of fun during my senior year. It feels like the culmination of many years of work in academics, sports, and extracurriculars, and it’s a nice feeling to see it come to fruition.” Emmitt Sklar ’17 , a lifer who entered the BFS Preschool at age 3, isn’t letting sentimentality get him down […]
Student Senate President Miles Nabritt ’17 is used to being in the spotlight and he doesn’t mind telling you he’ll miss it. “Senior year is enjoyable because it’s the final year and I’ve been going been going here for seven years,” he said. “Quite recently I’ve been going through all the memories of my time here.” […]
Lucinda Duncalfe Holt ’81 grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The year she started at BFS as a seventh grader her family moved to Carroll Gardens. “We walked to school uphill both ways in the snow, all that,” she joked. It wasn’t quite that bad but she had indeed come from a different world […]
At a moment in which uncertainty in the world seems pervasive, we find that Brooklyn Friends School is increasingly a beacon in the daily lives of our children and of our family as a whole. Our children are learning to think critically, discern truth and form educated opinions. At BFS, our children can and will […]
Sonja Johansson is the grandmother of BFS fourth grader Toby and first grader Lena. In the fall she sent Lower School Fourth Grade Head Teacher Bea Bartolotta the book Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan, a Newbury Award-winning and Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Honored […]
On Thursday, May 25th, the Preschool hosted Grandparents and Special Friends Day and what an extraordinary day it was! Over 200 guests from as close as State Street to as far as Turkey arrived at Pearl Street and headed to the Meetinghouse for greetings and music. They were wowed by our Middle School jazz musicians and 4th […]
Dear Lower School Families, Life in schools is always busy, but never busier than when teachers and their classes are bringing a rich and satisfying year to a close. There is almost too much to tell you about, but what follows are some highlights. Our third graders are headed out for an overnight trip to […]
Brooklyn Friends School Athletics 2017-2018 Dear BFS Friends, Welcome to another Brooklyn Friends School Year and to the BFS Athletics Program. I hope that everyone is excited about the upcoming school year. We encourage all BFS students to be a part of the program and represent BFS as a student-athlete by joining the BFS athletic […]
On a lovely afternoon in May, several first graders and teachers took a neignborhood walk. Lower School Head Teacher Laura Leopardo and Student Teacher Claire Shaman accompanied a group of seven kids — two or three from each first grade homeroom – on a march of sorts to drop off a stack of letters written by themselves […]
Dear BFS Families, As we prepare for the upcoming admissions season, we anticipate another year of strong interest in the Family Center and Brooklyn Friends School. In effort to provide the highest level of attention to legacy* families, it is essential for us to know about legacy children who will be applying to Brooklyn […]
