As we begin our own 151st academic year this week, the BFS community extends warm wishes and good luck to members of the Class of 2018, who are bringing the Brooklyn Friends tradition from coast to coast at the following colleges. Barnard College Bates College California Institute of the Arts University of California-Irvine Clark […]
Easy Rider, Parachutist, and Raconteur with a Distinguished Career in the Public Sector Burke Fitzpatrick ’72 was never one to sit still, nor to stay in one place too long. An experienced parachutist, he literally has had a unique perspective on the world around him. For example, when he entered the BFS Kindergarten, the classroom and play […]
On Friday, May 18th, the Jewish Parent Affinity Group, along with the PAT and the BFS Sesquicentennial Committee, hosts a cultural celebration featuring the 1982 Academy Award winning documentary short film, CLOSE HARMONY. The program begins at 6pm in the BFS meetinghouse, 375 Pearl Street This 30-minute film features BFS lower schoolers and a chorus of […]
Quaker, alumnus, parent, and as of July 1, 2017, Assistant Head of School, Seth Phillips ’81 made the observation that he started Kindergarten at BFS one year shy of a half-century ago. “Besides my parents, my time at Brooklyn Friends School had the biggest influence on who I am today,” this BFS ‘lifer’ said. “It […]
Brooklyn Friends School begins the recognition and celebration of its Sesquicentennial – the 150th anniversary of the school’s founding – with the publication of an academic calendar featuring photographs from the school’s archives.With a small sampling from among tens of thousands of archival photographs, we humbly offer a mere glimpse into the social history of the […]
Student Senate President Miles Nabritt ’17 is used to being in the spotlight and he doesn’t mind telling you he’ll miss it. “Senior year is enjoyable because it’s the final year and I’ve been going been going here for seven years,” he said. “Quite recently I’ve been going through all the memories of my time here.” […]
Lucinda Duncalfe Holt ’81 grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The year she started at BFS as a seventh grader her family moved to Carroll Gardens. “We walked to school uphill both ways in the snow, all that,” she joked. It wasn’t quite that bad but she had indeed come from a different world […]
Reunions are the perfect time to celebrate your time at Brooklyn Friends, reconnect with faculty and classmates, and ensure a bright future for BFS with a gift to the school. The Blue Pride Alumni Challenge will encourage a bit of friendly competition among reunion classes. The reunion class with the highest participation in alumni giving by noon on Alumni Day, June 3rd, […]
On January 4th, our young alumni came back to visit BFS and share their experiences since they last roamed these halls as seniors. After imparting their wisdom and advice on our current seniors, they mingled with one another, visited teachers, toured the Upper School building and enjoyed lunch in our cafe with students and staff. […]
Make a Senior Legacy Gift The class of 2016 will be the first to graduate from 116 Lawrence Street, our state-of-the art Upper School facility. In honor of that milestone, a committee of senior parents is working together on behalf of the 12th graders to raise money to create a Senior Legacy Gift. Our […]
Last year the BFS community showed unprecedented generosity, donating $2.6 million to the financial priorities of the school through annual giving, capital giving, gala and restricted giving. Rather than relying on just a few large gifts, more than 1,200 donors touched every aspect of student life at Brooklyn Friends. This year, Brooklyn Friends has […]
Emmy-winning producer Andrew Guidone ’94 entered BFS as a ninth grader. He’s never been a practicing Quaker, but a seemingly prophetic encounter the year before his arrival in 1990 sparked his curiosity. “I had a tutor during my last year of junior high school,” he intimated, “and she revealed to me on her last […]
