The evening of Saturday, June 4th was glorious in every way on the rooftop of 375 Pearl Street! The cool breeze, the hugs, the laughter and the stories were all in abundance as we greeted almost 100 members of the Alumni community. While friends gathered from a 50 year time span, there were many gathered […]
Congratulations to the Varsity Baseball Team on their Independent School Athletic League championship! On Monday, May 9, the team won 5-4 against York Prep at Maimonides Park. Watch a highlight video below.
Come Back Together at BFS! Saturday, June 4, 2022, 5:30pm: 375 Pearl Street – The Rooftop After a two year hiatus for our in person alumni reunion, we are thrilled to invite you back to Brooklyn Friends! Please join us on the rooftop of 375 Pearl Street where we will join together in community to […]
Click Here for Important Event Details for Guests Friday, May 6, 2022 – 7pm LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park* The time has come for us to get back together! We joyfully invite you to Spring Gala 2022: Friends Together Again. This is our time to finally unite as a community and to celebrate […]
“Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. Dear Brooklyn Friends Community, It is extraordinary to know that every member of our school community engaged with our collective commitment to celebrating Black Brilliance. […]
There has been no more team-oriented player at BFS over the past four years than senior Alex Basner—and that is not a knock on any of his fellow student-athletes. It is, however, a testament to the player and teammate that Alex has been, which is why celebrating his individual milestone was so enjoyable for […]
Each year, Brooklyn Friends School is proud to sponsor a cohort of colleagues to the NAIS’s People of Color Conference (PoCC) which is the flagship of the National Association of Independent Schools’ commitment to equity and justice in teaching, learning, and organizational development. This year we sponsored an unprecedented 25 members of our community to […]
Each Sunday morning in The Weekly, BFS Arti-Facts examines a moment in history from the Brooklyn Friends Archives. However, sometimes we step outside of the archives themselves and into—well, in this case—a Quaker cemetery. In November, the BFS Community turned out and gifted their hard work and friendship at the Annual Autumn Quaker Cemetery Clean-Up […]
While the Brooklyn Friends School students continued to enjoy Fall Break on Monday, November 29th, the BFS Colleagues immersed themselves in the Fall All-Colleague Professional Day dedicated fully to Diversity, Equity, and Belonging. It was, to say the very least, a day of enrichment, connection, and community. The All-Colleague Professional Day was masterfully designed and […]
Brooklyn Friends School is hitting the road! Head of School Crissy Cáceres is leaving the friendly confines of Downtown Brooklyn for parts unknown—well, we actually know where she is going—and she is coming to see YOU! Crissy is embarking on a nationwide tour to visit as many alumni as possible! “Letting Your Lives Speak” will […]
It was a bright, sunny afternoon at Brooklyn Bridge Park and both of the Brooklyn Friends varsity soccer teams were taking on league rival, Saint Ann’s. From the near sideline, consistent bellows of “come on” and “let’s go” could be heard—possibly as far as across the river in Battery Park. The enthusiasm was coming from […]
