Alum Profile: Peter Trachtenberg ’70
Author of the critically acclaimed The Book of Calamities, Peter Trachtenberg began writing seriously at BFS and never stopped. Peter Trachtenberg ’70, an accomplished writer whose latest book debuted in […]
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Alumni Profile: Camilla Church Greene ’60
An anti-racism public school reformer speaks frankly about being BFS’ first African-American K-12 student, and of a lifetime spent bucking tradition. “I remember being the only person of color. My hair […]
Alumni Profile: Stephen Wermiel ’68
He started out writing about the Supreme Court for BFS’ former student newspaper The Life. It spawned a decades-long career covering the court up close for the Boston Globe and the Wall […]
Alumni Profile: Dr. Lawrence Madlock ’66
Class of 1966 alumnus Lawrence Madlock, MD, went to segregated schools in Memphis, Tennessee, and entered BFS as a junior in 1964 “under some strange circumstances.” He returned to BFS […]
Alumni Profile: Jill Kneerim ’56
Boston literary agent Jill Kneerim continues launching the careers of heavy-hitting journalists, novelists, poets, scholars and short story writers who have won the Pulitzer Prize and other major awards, but […]
Play an important role at BFS – Friends Forever!
Read the Brooklyn Daily Eagle article “BFS Bests Calhoun for Volleyball Title“ Great moment last week at BFS: our Boys Varsity Volleyball team won the PSAA championship, an amazing feat […]
50 years ago, we wore what at BFS Commencement?
BFS and the Class of 2014 may be gearing up for Commencement right now, but at this time 50 years ago, it was the Class of ’64’s big moment to […]
Remembering Benjamin R. Burdsall, 1903-1968
Got to thinking about Benjamin R. Burdsall this week as our Upper School faculty has been doing its own thinking about recipients of our annual awards for the Upper School […]
Join us for Alumni Day, June 7
Dick Begelman, 1968 BFS Alumni Day is June 7 and it will be a fabulous event as always. Our annual Alumni Day is for all alumni, faculty and friends. Alumni of […]
Janna Scores 1,000th Career Point
Senior guard Janna J. scored her 1,000th career point for BFS On Wednesday February 20, 2013, Girls Varsity Basketball Senior Janna J. ’13 scored her 1,000th career point during the […]