WATCH: Highlights from ‘A Night to Shine Our Light’
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BFS Holds Thrilling ‘Night to Shine Our Light’
CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO RECAP OF ‘A NIGHT TO SHINE OUR LIGHT’ The Brooklyn Friends community jammed into the Pearl Street Meeting House to hear Head of School, Crissy Cáceres, unveil the school’s dynamic Strategic Vision. The evening, entitled A Night to Shine Our Light, was attended by more than 300 family members, […]
Important Reminders About the Fall Fantasy Parade
As an inclusive school community, we want everyone to participate in this all-school parade in a way that is developmentally appropriate and aligned with our values. We ask that your children select a costume that is consistent with the spirit of celebration and unity. Our office of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging has provided this extremely important […]
Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month Closes with Fiesta
After a month filled with celebration of Latinx identities and Hispanic Heritage in BFS’ class rooms, on stage, in our readings, and much more—the joyous month came to a close on Friday evening, when Head of School, Crissy Cáceres, proudly welcomed more then 250 friends to our community dinner. It was certainly a fiesta to […]
BFS 11th Graders Dive Into IB History
BFS’ 11th grade students in International Baccalaureate (IB) 20th Century World History: Authoritarian States come to each class session prepared with notes and questions that interrogate their reading on a topic. Their teacher, Dr. Jon DeGraff, serves as a discussion guide by periodically directing the students to examine areas that need exploration. “For the most […]
BFS Centers the Lenape People
On Sunday, October 8, 2023, BFS’ Arti-Facts column, which appears each week in The Weekly, was dedicated to respectfully recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In a previous Arti-Facts, we looked at the role that the Lenape people played in the naming of Pearl Street. Today, we would simply like to remember and celebrate the humans who […]
BFS to Launch Strategic Vision on October 30
You are cordially invited to be a part of a momentous event in BFS’ history—and future. After nearly four years of system building, strategy making, and witnessing our community’s powerful appetite for change and growth, Head of School Crissy Cáceres will be unveiling our Strategic Vision for Brooklyn Friends School. We know you will not […]
Alum Spotlight: Lifetime Friend Returns to Stage
Congratulations to Amara Granderson ’13, who is a Lifetime Friend, and will be starring in the new off-Broadway production, pray. Through music, movement, and human connection, pray celebrates and reckons with the complexity of spiritual inheritance, summoning the curiosity, anger, confusion and bliss that transcends generations of Black womxn across the African diaspora. pray is co-produced by the National Black […]
Peter Mackie: Truly a Lifetime Friend
Peter Mackie is a colleague at Brooklyn Friends School. He is the Design, Advancement, and Data Systems Specialist and works in the Communications and Advancement departments. That, however, is what would go on his resume—and does not begin to tell the story of how he and his family are connected to this community—especially when it […]
2023 Graduate Adds Oxford to Resumé
UPDATE: This article originally appeared in the summer edition of The Light magazine. Since publication, Ruby was accepted to attend the University of Oxford! Congratulations, Ruby! _________________________________________________________ From the beginning of time, which—to be clear—around these parts is 1867, there have always been many entry points to BFS. Whether a student comes for their final […]
Student Voices: Theo’s Journey Back to MS
My life at Brooklyn Friends School began in the Blue Room. One of my earliest memories was seeing giants walk the halls, and it was only later that I understood that these were students from the Upper School. Twelve years later, I am one of those giants, having just wrapped up my freshman year in […]
BFS Celebrates Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month
As BFS begins its first full week of school of the new year, we are preparing to recognize and celebrate the breadth, power, and Wepa of Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month. Although every day is a moment to celebrate the power of who we are, from September 15 through October 15, we “take up space” and […]