April is We đź’™ BFS Libraries Month! Celebrate with us at our book fair on Wednesday, April 19 and Thursday, April 20 (7:30am to 5:30pm each day). Our Brooklyn Friends and Families (BFF) Friends of the Library Committee, in partnership with our library colleagues and local independent bookstore McNally Jackson, is excited to bring back […]
By the BFS Social Justice Team This past Wednesday marks the start of Womxn’s History Month. As always, BFS wants to uplift and celebrate all who identify as womxn this month and every month. This observance is a result of waves of local efforts across the nation dedicating the week of International Women’s Day, March […]
Brooklyn Friends School showed off its Blue Pride at our second annual SkateFest! Held on Saturday, March 4, 2023, Pearl the Panther led the ice skaters on the scenic rink at LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park. In addition to many loops around the rink, about 300 friends of all ages enjoyed hot chocolate, […]
This year, BFS Black History Month will center Black Resistance, Power, and Voice, in collaboration with the Upper School’s Black Affinity Group and the Committee for Social Justice. This youth co-created focus of this season will highlight the power of resistance in the day-to-day fight for racial justice, which includes the resistance of comfort for […]
On Saturday, January 21, 2023, nearly 120 members of the robust BFS community filled the newly-renovated Upper Gym for our Community Design Day. The full-day, in-person experience allowed our community to harness the power of our collective imaginations to help inspire the future of Brooklyn Friends School and our strategic plan. Watch a video montage […]
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students at Brooklyn Friends School paid tribute to Dr. King! You can watch the video here!
Dear BFS Community, As many of you know, earlier this school year we embarked on a comprehensive Strategic Planning initiative—ensuring that BFS continues to grow and evolve as one of the most mission-centric and influential educational communities in our city and our nation. Over the past several months, in partnership with our Board of Trustees, […]
It is not often that one finds a community that perfectly combines mission driven colleagues, students and families, an alignment of values and vision, and a general orientation toward the practice of meaningful engagement in social justice, action, impact, kindness, and joy. This is what I have been immensely grateful to have found—and now be […]
Every so often, we need a little help from our friends. The Beatles knew it first, then Joe Cocker took it to No. 1 on the charts, and then more than 50 other singers have covered the song. Here at BFS, we need help from our friends to partner on planning for our future. As […]
BFF Trains with Friends Council on Education The Brooklyn Friends and Families (BFF) Leadership Group dedicated their October meeting to a training session with Drew Smith, the Executive Director of the Friends Council on Education. The group of our family leadership volunteers invited Drew to lead them in the session dedicated to “clerking” a committee […]
I remember my English teacher in my junior year of high school. Her name was Hester Keller, and I remember being terrified of her. The summer before the class began, I remember dreading the work that I would have to do that year, believing it would be too hard. I had heard from older students […]
