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 […]
The $7.5 million raised is a reflection of the commitment that our families, grandparents, alumni and friends have made to the individuals that we are shaping at Brooklyn Friends School. On Thursday October 27th, the community gathered together to celebrate the completion of our most successful philanthropic initiative to date – the Light the Way capital campaign. […]
Brooklyn Friends School begins its 149th academic year with a solid record of achievement by students, faculty, trustees, alumni, and parents. Enrollment for 2016-2017 is 909 students from Family Center through Upper School, with 150 new families joining the school across all divisions. BFS students began their academic year with exciting scholastic, arts, athletics, STEAM, […]
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 […]
After months of intensive planning by a dynamic group of volunteers, the 17th annual Black History Month Celebration has arrived. This year’s theme is Brooklyn Activism.Talking about activism and what makes someone an activist helps children think about how changes happen in a community. Through a variety of workshops ranging from Food Justice, Animal Rights, Craft Activism, Homeless […]
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. – Winston Churchill The new BFS Upper School — and not just the student body — is beginning its second semester in continuing elegance, openness and style. Please take a moment to enjoy these stunning images captured by photographer Chris Cooper (©2015 by Chris Cooper), courtesy of the Upper […]
This week, BFS observed its traditional Day of Concern by focusing on the Holocaust. In the 1970s, Day of Concern was more focused on BFS, a day for coming together, discussing issues within the school community, and working to better the school community. In 1982, BFS has its May 20, 1982 Day of Concern about […]
Introducing Brooklyn Friends School’s new visual identity is exciting, yet it also makes us fondly recall logos from our past. Let’s take a look back at what can be considered our main logos through the years, beginning with today’s and ending with our earliest-known visual identity. “The Inner Light,” 2014 In our new visual identity, […]
Delighted to follow up last week’s post about the BFS Literary Magazine Collection by adding the years 1961 to 1974. Literary magazines of this period evidence an enormous change in BFS history: the late 1960s to early 1970s, when BFS shifted from a traditional college preparatory model to an incredibly progressive school. While many things led to this institutional […]
All good things are worth waiting for, and our literary magazines are no exception. At this time, the surviving BFS literary magazines from 1926 to 1960 are available in the Literary Magazine Collection of the BFS Digital Archives, along with the 2003 edition of Wordflirt, the present Upper School literary magazine. 1961 to 1974 literary […]
The program of our first commencement, from 1910 BFS has always strived to be compassionate for its community, particularly for its students, both while enrolled at our school and forever after. Compassion is often found at the core of the Quaker Testimonies. One of the nicest BFS archival finds remains the “BFS chapter” from the personal […]
Last month, on the BFS Facebook page, an alumna asked about the BFS Panther, the mascot of the BFS Athletics program. The Panther is relatively new to our athletic program as both our nickname and costumed mascot. BFS Athletic Director David Gardella shared his understanding of the history of the BFS Panther and further information […]
