11/25/14 On Monday the BFS Boys JV Basketball Team defeated FASY 50-30 on the road. The Panthers looked sharp to start the game. Taking a 14 to 2 lead in the first 5 minutes of play. Once again the Panthers lock down defense was the shining star of the game creating 16 turnovers which lead to 25 fastbreak […]
Wow! What a terrific event. Author Julie Sternberg visited Third and Fourth Grade classrooms in November and introduced her new book Celie Valentine: Friendship Over. Julie sharing her process with 4th Grade Julie shared her writing process and publishing process with our students. She debunked the myth that publishing books is for “other people.” Julie linked […]
11/19/14 On Tuesday the BFS Boys Varsity Basketball Team defeated LREI 67-45 as they faced faced off against the tournament host and won wire to wire. The Panthers jumped out on LREI with a 23-4 run in the first quarter and never looked back. Their largest lead being 26 points during the game. The leading scorer was […]
We want to introduce you to the Visual Arts Faculty. Enjoy this peak into who makes the great Art Department at BFS! With BFS seniors, Ariel G. and Eve B. 1. What classes do you teach? I teach IB Visual Arts 1 and 2 (11th and 12th grade). I also teach two history courses – Art […]
We want to introduce you to the Visual Arts Faculty. Enjoy this peak into who makes the great Art Department at BFS! Ellen with Student from Tanzania 1. What classes do you teach? I teach 5th-10th grade ceramics in Middle and Upper Schools. 2. Where did you go to school and what did you study? […]
5th graders learned about Online Safety using Brainpop and then created videos on the topic using Animoto! Click here to see an example of an awesome student video!
Fanny’s 6th grade math class looked at social justice issues through graphs and made a book using iPads! Click Here to View the Book!
This morning, November 6th, was our first BFS Community Issues Conference. The goal for the morning was for upper school students to learn about significant local community issues, to participate in collaborative problem solving, and to identify ways they, as young people, can support constructive change in the community. video by Monet M, Class of 2017 Saundra Thomas […]
As part of our unit on digital citizenship, students learned about copyrights and plagiarism. We learned that all original works (e.g., images, writing, music) are copyrighted and that we need to ask for the author’s permission before we use, copy or distribute the work. We also talked about copyright infringement and its consequences. The students […]
And in case you missed it you can watch all the 2014 TTT Nominee book trailers here.
This summer the English Department assigned The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down to the entire High School and faculty. The purpose was to create a stronger and more enduring bond between the students and faculty. Author Anne Fadiman has written a gripping account of a culture clash between a newly arrived Hmong family […]
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 […]
