On Monday, November 11th, the Visual Arts Department debuted an exciting new series of visiting artist lectures and workshops in the Upper School. The goal of the visiting artists series is to introduce our students to artists working in a variety of mediums, styles and subject matter. Our visiting artists will present and discuss their work […]
BFS Lower School Art Teacher, Susan Greenstein is an artist who in endlessly inspired by the world around her. When not in her BFS classroom, she can most likely be found painting alongside her husband, fellow artist and art teacher at Edward R. Murrow High School, Phil DeSantis. Greenstein and DeSantis have been painting together […]
1/14/14 On Monday the BFS Boys Varsity Basketball team defeated Packer 62-46. The Panthers traveled a couple blocks away to play local rival Packer in their second meeting of the season but unlike the previous meeting, Brooklyn Friends was able to win in convincing fashion. After the first quarter, Packer led 10-6, but from the […]
It’s a new year and that means new books! Maybe you missed a few great titles from 2013? Well we’ve got you covered. Check out any of these lists to catch up on the some excellent reads from last year: NYPL’s 100 Titles for Reading & Sharing (Includes titles for Pre, Lower, and Middle grades) SLJ’s […]
1/9/14 On Wednesday the BFS MS Boys Basketball team defeated York Prep 46-39 in its first league game of the season. The team returned from the winter break with a splash as they played well in front of their home crowd in the lower gym. The team was led in scoring by seventh grader Myles […]
In response to the typhoon that struck the Samar and Leyte provinces in the Philippines last month, the Brooklyn Friends School community held a bake sale today. Baked goods were made and donated by Preschool through Upper School students as well as faculty and staff. The bake sale raised money for mosquito nets to be distributed to […]
The Third Grade has spent time learning to navigate the library this Fall. Recently, we asked them to conceptualize the Dewey Decimal Classification System and track themes that emerge from each hundreds section from 000s to 900s. Students worked in pairs to explore one section and become experts to then share what they discovered using […]
The Second Grade classrooms meet student curiosity about ocean animals with an exciting research project that spans several weeks. In the library, we have supported this experience by enjoying learning apps on the iPads, exploring ways to navigate the library to find nonfiction materials, and how to use a nonfiction book for research. Most recently, […]
12/11/13 On Tuesday the BFS Girls Varsity Basketball team defeated Birch Wathen Lenox 36-22 in the lower gym. It was the teams first win this week and fourth in a row. The girls got off to a slow start, but so did our opponent. Both teams were feeling each other out in the first few […]
12/4/13 On Tuesday the BFS Girls Varsity Basketball team defeated Rudolph Steiner 28-10 on the road at Pace University. The team was upbeat as they traveled by train just over the bridge for the league contest. Coming off a couple disappointing loses the team had a very strong practice the day before, which they spent the whole […]
11/26/13 The BFS Boys Varsity Basketball team defeated MMFS 49-42 in the lower gym. The Panthers were led by senior Nathan J., with 19 points, 13 rebounds, and 7 steals. Supporting him were junior Adam W. with 10 points, 9 rebounds, and senior Adam G., with 7 points and 5 rebounds. Brendan G., and Phil C., who […]
Across the Lower School Division, students have been studying the Dewey Decimal Classification System. We have been learning how the system originated, how it is organized, and how to navigate the library space. The Fourth Grade created book spine poems to share their assigned section of the nonfiction section of the library. The idea was […]
