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Game Highlights for Week of October 27th, 2014

10/28/14 On Monday the BFS Girls Varsity Volleyball Team lost 3-2 (25-23, 25-23, 20-26, 19-25, 7-15) to St. Ann’s in the ACIS Finals at St. Francis College. The girls fought hard, putting pressure on St Ann’s, to take the first 2 sets, behind strong serving and strong offense from the middle.  St Ann’s recovered, showed […]

Power Love Education and Justice (PLEJ) for Liberation

Building on the recent Service Learning presentation at the PAT General Meeting that 11th graders Jade, Naya, and Meledi gave on Wednesday, October 22nd, we have included our Power Love Education and Justice (PLEJ) for Liberation brochure below to share with the broader community.  The brochure includes artwork, reflections, and advocacy efforts from a range […]

Google Classroom & Chromebooks

An exciting new app introduced by Google just in time for this school year is Google Classroom. Google Classroom enables students and teachers to collaborate, discuss, and share their work with each other, much like Haiku, the cloud-based online learning tool that the students in the middle and upper schools use on a daily basis. […]

Game Highlights for Week of October 20th, 2014

10/21/14 On Monday the BFS Girls Varsity Volleyball Team defeated Dwight 3-0 in the ISAL Semifinals at the upper gym.  With the victory the team improved its overall record to 14-1 and advanced to the ISAL Finals on Wednesday at Baruch College at 5:30pm. Today was a great experience for our team. After starting slowly, […]

Shakespeare From the Page to the Stage

It’s been said that the key to understanding and appreciating Shakespeare is great teaching. Lucky for BFS students then, whose English and theater teachers not only love what they do – they were recently trained by acting professionals to bring the Bard from page to stage. by Elizabeth Heck, BFS English Department Teachers love teaching; […]

Game Highlights for Week of October 13th, 2014

10/15/14 On Tuesday the BFS Girls Varsity Volleyball Team defeated Packer 3-0 (25-13, 25-23, 25-23) in the upper gym. The match provided the team with another great learning experience. Each set, we played from behind, making key points at crucial moments in order to succeed. Our opponent provided a great challenge, making us play hard […]

Get to Know Your Visual Arts Faculty: Susan Greenstein

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 Lower School Art K-4th grade. 2. Where did you go to school and what did you study? I went […]

Tad Hills Visit: “Can he come again?”

Tad Hills reads aloud to First Grade Wow! What a super visit! Author, illustrator, and BFS parent Tad Hills visited Kindergarten and First Grade students last Thursday. He shared the story of how he became an author, how much he enjoys drawing and painting, and where some of his ideas come from. He demonstrated how to […]

Greeny and the Preschool

Visit the second floor at 375 Pearl Street and you might wonder what that strange looking tower glowing with light is all about. The children will tell you they are growing edible plants such as cherry tomatoes, beans, lettuce, nasturtiums, peas, spinach and basil in an aeroponic garden tower they have named Greeny. In the […]

Learning About Internet Safety

Third and fourth graders learned about how to stay safe on the Internet. The students shared with each other what they know and also watched a BrainPop video on Internet safety. Then, the students created their own public service announcements on ChatterPix Kids, a free iPad app that allows the user to make inanimate objects […]

3D Printing in the Middle School!

The future is now! Our Middle Schoolers are learning about 3D printers! They are learning how 3D printers work and what they can do. Students are even learning how to design something that can be 3D printed using programs like TinkerCad and 3DTin! More to come on 3D Printing from all divisions!

Game Highlights for Week of October 6th, 2014

10/7/14 Photo By: Ira Feuerlicht On Monday the BFS MS Boys Soccer Team defeated Packer 1-0 at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Today the team overcame local rivals Packer in a very close and tense encounter. The wind made playing conditions difficult, but BFS managed to get the ball under control in the early stages, and it wasn’t […]