*This event has now passed* Calling all members of the Brooklyn Friends School community: the school’s celebration of Black History Month, this year commemorating the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance, is this Friday, February 21st, and all are warmly welcome. Presented by Brooklyn Friends and Families, this culminating event of a month of Black History […]
ORDER TICKETS HERE The Browning School – an all boys K-12 institution on the Upper East Side of Manhattan – has extended an invitation to the BFS Boys Varsity Basketball team to play their Varsity basketball team at the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, on Tuesday evening, Nov. 26; time to be announced, […]
Online registration is now closed so that we may prepare for the celebration. Please purchase bracelets, tickets and register for workshops in the Box Office in the Lobby at 375 Pearl Street. Thank you! WinterFest, now in its 39th year, is a community fundraiser for Brooklyn Friends School. Proceeds from WinterFest support programming for all […]
BFS community members with Asian/Pacific Islander heritage* and their families are invited to come together for a community-building potluck on Tuesday, November 12 from 6-8 pm in the Pearl Street Cafeteria. Colleagues, parents, kids, grandparents, partners, etc. are all welcome to share in this experience–and good food! If you plan to join us, please complete rsvp/potluck form. Asian dishes welcome, but not required. Questions? […]
Join us for the 7th Annual Brooklyn Friends School Young Womxn* of Strength Conference featuring Dr. Bettina Love (pictured) on Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 9am to 3:30pm at our Upper School at 116 Lawrence Street. This year’s theme is “Strength To Be…” The Conference is for young womxn in grades 7-12. Various workshops led […]
All BFS parents/guardians are invited to an evening event, “Raising Children with Integrity: A Presentation and Worship Share on our Testimony of the Year” on Monday, Oct. 21, 6:00 – 7:15 pm, in the Pearl Street Meetinghouse. The evening will start with a presentation on the Quaker Testimony of Integrity and its roots in Quaker […]
Music, and streamers and Panther paws…oh my! Brooklyn Friends School showed off its spirit on Thursday with blue EVERYTHING, lobby music and fun to begin and end the day, and an afternoon of athletics events around Brooklyn. Thanks to the PAT (Parents and Teachers organization) for organizing this first annual spirit event and to […]
Last week’s convocation for Head of School Crissy Cáceres was a joyful, inspirational and momentous occasion. Parents, colleagues, alumni, friends of BFS and educators from across the country were present to participate in Crissy’s formal welcome and introduction into our community. While photos or video can never capture the sense of excitement and warmth […]
On September 9, 1867, the Friends School at Brooklyn opened its doors on Schermerhorn Street to eight boys and and nine girls. 152 years and thousands of Friends later, we are celebrating our Founders Day by looking back with some BFS trivia. All Friends who achieve 100% on this quiz will have their name listed […]
By Lili M. and Théa S., Class of 2019 Earth Day 2019 came with much fanfare after the recent wave of environmentally centered protests and lawsuits. BFS decided to mark the occasion by dedicating a collection period to student led workshops addressing various environmental issues relating to the US food industry, waste, and sustainable eating. […]
On April 16th, Upper Schoolers gathered in the Pearl Street Meeting House to share in a unique experience with the graduating 12th graders. Six students from the Class of 2019 took to the stage to share the intersections between their passions and their projects for this year’s Creativity Activity Service (C.A.S.) Collection. 12th grade […]
Things were done a bit differently this Alumni Day, but it is all in keeping with the spirit of rejuvenation that Brooklyn Friends School has been embracing for the past few years. Much of the expansion of BFS both physically and academically, can be attributed to our retiring Head of School, Dr. Larry Weiss, […]
