All BFS parents are invited to a discussion with Rick Lavoie, best selling author of “The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child” and educator on learning disabilities. “The Motivation Breakthrough” is a valuable resource for all of us who are searching for ways to inspire and discover that elusive motivational spark […]
Please remember the Brooklyn Friends Fund in your year-end giving plans.
After months of collecting story ideas, reading books to discover craft elements and authorly techniques, drafting, revising, editing, publishing and cover-making we were ready to share our stories with guests and each other. Thank you so much to all of you for supporting our 3C authors! Please enjoy the pictures below from our publishing celebration.
Artistic baking entrepreneur and BFS lifer Charlie Hills ’16 has been especially busy this year, both in and out of school, but this nostalgic student still makes time to reflect on where he’s been and what might lie ahead. “It’s a very strange year for everyone because we all know that next year we’ll be […]
BFS lifer Abrielle Moore ’16 is enduring the stresses of senior year — balancing homework, volleyball and college applications — with grace. “It’s nice to feel like I know what I’m doing,” she says, “so that has made things a bit easier.” The varsity volleyball team made it to both league championships which, given the […]
On November 12, Director of Service Learning & Civic Engagement Natania Kremer and a swift team of Upper School students held a half- day Community Issues Conference for the BFS Upper School as well as other independent school students and faculty in the new BFS Upper School at 116 Lawrence Street. Tenth grade co-organizer […]
TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD-OUT. The Middle and Upper School proudly presents the Fall 2015 Musical, Ragtime, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov 19-21. Tickets are free but must be reserved here. Ragtime, based on a book of the same name by E.L. Doctorow, weaves the stories of historical figures and fictional characters at the turn […]
Outreach to prospective students takes many forms at Brooklyn Friends School. In addition to strong partnerships with organizations such as Prep for Prep, Teak, A Better Chance and many others, the school’s enrollment office is active at school fairs and family events throughout New York City. Earlier in the school year, on Oct. 5, Director […]
It’s not unusual for BFS faculty to take advantage of summer seminars offered by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and other organizations, then return in September to regale the faculty and enhance their curricula with all they have seen and learned. This year saw some particularly colorful and profound experiences unfold. Upper School […]
These are two very busy weeks for 4th graders at BFS! The Halloween Dance was a smashing success. We were so proud to see the results of all their hard work, commitment and creativity. Many thanks to all the parents who helped make this day possible. Thank you also to Margaret. Watching these rehearsals and […]
Today in Spanish class we talked about Day of the Dead, which is celebrated in in all Spanish speaking countries – but in México they take it to a whole new level! On November 1st and 2nd Mexicans remember their loved ones that have passed away. Families prepare “la ofrenda” in their homes by setting a table […]
A Visitor from Oaxaca shares his talents with young student artists. Folk artist Fernando Félix Peguero García estimates that about 3,000 people live in his hometown in the pueblo of Santa María Atzompa in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, and that 90% of them work in clay. Fernando, at the request of Visual Arts teacher Ellen […]
