A group of BFS 8th graders — Cammi F, Jazz H, Danielle F, and Tessa M — have been asked to present their green proposal to Dr. Jane Goodall at Roots & Shoots and Youth On Making the City Green. The event is Saturday, Sept. 17, from 12 to 3 pm, Allen Shandler Recreation Area – Van Cortlandt Park. […]
Start off the school year with a deeper understanding of the school’s diversity and institutional equity programs. Come to the first “Let’s Chat” session with Orinthia Swindell and Russell Marsh on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 8:30am or 5:30pm. Both sessions will be held in the third floor conference room at 375 Pearl Street. (Light refreshments […]
One of the cycles in the life of a school is bidding au revoir to faculty and staff in June, and welcoming a new group of teachers and administrators in September. This year, we have many experienced, talented and dedicated educators who have joined the BFS community. Three Assistant Heads of School have been appointed: Nitya […]
Brooklyn Friends School begins its 149th academic year with a solid record of achievement by students, faculty, trustees, alumni, and parents. Enrollment for 2016-2017 is 909 students from Family Center through Upper School, with 150 new families joining the school across all divisions. BFS students began their academic year with exciting scholastic, arts, athletics, STEAM, […]
In early July, BFS welcomed three new members to our community who will serve in leadership positions: in the Middle School, Nitya York as Assistant Middle School Head of Academics; in the Upper School, Paul Beekmeyer, Assistant Head for Academics, and Alexandra (“Alex”) Davis, Assistant Head for Student Life. As the new Assistant Middle School Head for […]
On May 13th, some 40 BFS students, parents and faculty paid $10 each to gather in the Upper School cafeteria for the first BFS Model UN fundraising dinner. The appropriately named International Night featured a pot luck dinner prepared by the fifteen current Model UN students and their families. The evening was organized by […]
In early May, six fourth grade teachers, led by Head Teacher Bea Bartolotta and 4C Head Teacher Amy Hertz, journeyed with their 66 students to New York State’s oldest house of worship, the Old Quaker Meeting House in Flushing. The structure, built in 1694 is the second oldest house of worship in the […]
“Wow, this is doing wonders for my fear of heights.” “Oh my god, this is so cool!” “I feel like a superhero!” “I can’t believe I’m in Egypt.” “You’re not, you’re in New York City.” “Stop. No, I’m not.” On a May morning, Middle School math teacher Karima Hassan, who pointed out that she […]
He didn’t speak English, got picked on, and got into fights. True, this young Iranian had been born in Montreal but had moved immediately to Tehran. When he was 10, after the Revolution and during the Hostage Crisis, his family fled back to Canada. “My father was a doctor and didn’t want to get involved […]
After learning about the Haudenosaunee, 3C expanded their understanding of First Nations by exploring the histories of other Native American groups from across the United States. During this social studies unit, each group was responsible for looking into the lives and cultures of one of six nations: Tlingit, Seminole, Chumash, Diné (Navajo), Inuit and Lakota (Sioux). Each […]
The month of May at BFS started off with an exhilarating Middle School production of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. It continues this week with three music concerts featuring our choral, orchestra, and jazz performing artists. And it concludes at the end of the month (May 24, 25, 26 with our spectacular All School Art Show at […]
Violinist Claudius A. Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. – Plato Francisco V. entered the BFS eighth grade on an academic scholarship last year. His passions […]
