For the past six weeks, the Fourth Grade has been working on a research project in the library. The context is from their timeline on the walls of their classrooms covering the years 950-1664CE. In the classroom, students have been adding events to the timeline. To connect this learning in the library, students are engaged […]
4/22/14 On Monday the BFS Boys Varsity Volleyball team defeated Greater NY Academy 3-0 (25-21, 25-9, 25-12) in the upper gym. Considering that we had exactly 6 players, the team played a good overall game, ending up with the home victory and keeping the undefeated streak alive. After a rough start, with a first set […]
4/17/14 On Wednesday the BFS Boys Varsity Volleyball team defeated Berkeley Carroll 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-13) on the road to improve to 5-0 on the season. Today’s game showed how important it is to play with consistency, and to make the right decision under different situations. The team ended up improving their game as the match […]
“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” -Benjamin Franklin The Pearl Street Meetinghouse was full Tuesday evening for the Central Park Five 25 Year Commemoration event co-organized by Dr. Eddie Moore Jr., Director of Diversity, Orinthia Swindell, Associate Director of Diversity, and Natania Kremer, Director […]
It seems like every month there’s something new to celebrate: National Pig Day, International Women’s Day, Go Green Week, Pi Day, and the list goes on! April is no different. Since 1996 poets, book lovers, librarians, and teachers have been celebrating National Poetry Month. Take our poll here and test your knowledge on National Poetry Month. There […]
4/8/14 On Monday the BFS Boys Varsity Volleyball team defeated Staten Island Academy 3-0 (25-13,25-17,25-8) at St. Francis College. The team continues making progress, learning and understanding the concepts of the game and team system. After playing inconsistently during the first 2 sets, the team settled down and played a great 3rd set, to finish out the […]
4/3/14 Opening Day!! On Wednesday the BFS Girls Varsity Softball team defeated Martin Luther 15-6 at Van Voorhies Field. It was a great win to start the season. BFS re-enters the ACIS Softball League in impressive fashion. The team has not competed in the ACIS in a long time. What a great group of girls […]
The libraries at BFS are happy to announce that we have added over one hundred books to our collection! This is great news because now you never have to be without a book again. You can now browse our main collection of eBooks on FollettShelf. You can read these books online using a computer or […]
Can I copy that whole book? Can I scan the entire article? How about a class set? What about copying an image from the internet and using it in homework or a presentation without citing it? Teachers, staff and students ask (and don’t ask) these questions often, and there are good answers. Copyright law, while […]
To celebrate Valentine’s Day last week our 6th graders participated in a few rounds of Book Speed Dating. This game is a great way to introduce students to genres, authors, and books they might normally overlook. It was also a great way for me to break out my cheesy matchmaker impersonation and thoroughly embarrass my […]
Winter 2013-14 Season Wrap Up by BFS Coaches BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL Our Boys Varsity team finished the 2013-14 season with a 7-16 record. This team was the youngest team since 2006 which included a freshman and a sophomore in the starting lineup. The Panthers were led by senior Nathan J., and sophomore Quran D. […]
Concrete Poetry Concrete poetry is poetry by design. The second grade classes discovered, read, brainstormed and created their very own concrete poetry. The students all incorporated their learning of poetry from the classroom, connected meanings from the concrete poetry examples we read in library class and created some astounding examples. See below: Samuel, “Seeds” Pearl, “Wind” […]
