Che bella voce!
Take a look back to 1993 for a fabulous rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at BFS, sung by Middle and Upper School science teacher and past athletic director […]
Category: History of BFS
William Bunker Tubby – the first architect of BFS
Many know that Brooklyn Friends School began in the “social room” of Brooklyn Monthly Meeting at 110 Schermerhorn Street in 1867. Lesser known is the fact that our school […]
Finding BFS: Further Evidence
Some may remember that we published an article about the 1931 Football Team in 2006, honoring the 75th anniversary of their incredible feat, A Perfect Season – The Football Team […]
Miss Woodward, innovator at BFS and beyond from 1900 to 1951
Examining the history of Brooklyn Friends School means also examining the history of education in Brooklyn and New York City. Brooklyn Friends School has a long history of educational […]
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 […]
All About Norregaard
BFS celebrated Martin Norregaard’s 50 years with BFS with much fanfare at Reunion 2011. To jog your memories, Martin taught Middle School English and Social Studies from 1961 to […]
Lights! Camera! Action!
In 2001, Brooklyn Friends School and its students were featured with Alanis Morissette and other celebrities in a public service announcement for Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern […]
That Show Took My Breath Away…
Always fun to find playbills from BFS theatrical performances, so we are making some available as they emerge from the school’s archives and from personal collections. While more playbills […]
Lovely Surprises
I typically hate surprises, but some are always appreciated: there is nothing quite like finding a BFS historic treasure in either a traditional or electronic mailbox. Every once in a […]
BFS History? There’s a book for that…
Editor’s note: since the publishing of this article in 2013, the School celebrated its 150th anniversary and published Brooklyn Friends School: 150 Years of Light. Some of us will remember […]
Close Harmony, of course!
It is a musical time in the Archives. A faculty member’s recent request to see the highly-acclaimed Academy Award winning documentary Close Harmony sparked nice memories. Filmed at BFS […]
BFS Playground on Grace Court, 1914 to 1923
In 1914, Friends School – as it was then called – was expanding at all levels, with its young high school program being one of them. Our athletic program […]