Building on the success and impact of previous years, the BFS celebrations of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. took on added significance and dimension in 2015. For the 4th annual schoolwide “Simple and Powerful” Celebration, excerpts from Dr. King’s speech, “Where Do We Go from Here” were broadcast in and […]
Our third and fourth graders have started their unit on coding with an introduction to “Computational Thinking” or strategies for problem solving. The strategies include decomposition (i.e., breaking a problem apart), pattern matching (i.e., noticing a phenomenon that repeats), abstraction (i.e., pulling out differences to find a “rule” that works for multiple problems), and algorithm […]
Students in Natania Kremer‘s service and justice seminar participated in a pen pal program with a California prison inmate and joined with him in creating Power, Love, Education and Justice for Liberation. “I really enjoyed writing to Mume this semester. I think it is a valuable experience to have this interaction with people who have […]
1/13/15 On Monday the BFS MS Girls Basketball Team defeated Steiner 33-4 in the lower gym. The team continued their win streak, winning their second game in the new year. It was a real team effort. Power forward Libby S. was limited in her minutes to due to a weekend injury. Nora S. came off the […]
We want to introduce you to the Visual Arts Faculty as the year is getting going. Enjoy this peak into who makes the great Art Department at BFS! 1. What classes do you teach? I teach studio art in the fifth and sixth grades, drawing and painting in seventh and eighth grades. I also teach […]
1/8/15 On Wednesday the BFS Boys JV Basketball Team defeated Staten Island Academy 61-54 in the lower gym. In the first quarter the panthers looked rusty as they suffered from the long holiday break. They could not make any easy baskets, going down as much by 14 points early in the game. But if it’s one thing […]
Service Learning is an experiential approach to teaching and learning that integrates meaningful service with instruction and reflection. At Brooklyn Friends School, we have a social justice approach to service learning that is grounded in C.A.R.E. (Community, Accountability, Reciprocity, and Equity) and this starts in the earliest years! We encourage students to see themselves as […]
Penny Harvest! by Anna Kotelchuck, 2nd Grade Teacher The Penny Harvest is a longstanding project in our second grade classrooms, and it is an integral component of our math curriculum and our social-emotional curriculum. “Penny Harvest” is run by an organization in NYC called Common Cents. Common Cents was started in 1991 by a father […]
12/16/14 On Monday the BFS MS Boys Basketball Team defeated Friends Seminary 48-45 on the road. The team notched their second win of the season against the fellow Quaker School in dramatic fashion with the three point victory. The team was led offensively by eighth grader Kwesi C-S with 13 points. Kwesi also helped out on […]
Really? Dewey Decimal System? YES! While the “bookstore model” of book organization has been adopted by many libraries, the nonfiction sections of most public libraries and college libraries nationwide still utilize this system. All students in the Lower School have spent time learning how a library is organized, why it is organized in this way, […]
12/9/14 On Monday the BFS MS Boys Basketball Team defeated Berkeley Carroll 50-26 on the road. The team opened up their season with the impressive victory. The team scoring was a balanced affair with 12 of the 13 players that saw time on the court scoring. The team was led offensively by 8th grader Daniel […]
Room to Grow at the Family Center and Preschool by Joy Roberts, Family Center Administrative Assistant Laura Obuobi, Preschool Assistant Teacher “If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.” — Mohandas Gandhi Wise […]
