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Latinx Heritage Celebration a Community Success!

  One week later, the Brooklyn Friends School community is still buzzing from the festivities at the inaugural Latinx Heritage Celebration on the evening Friday, November 2nd. Organized with heart and hard work by a group of faculty members led by Laura Murtula, Myriam Juarbe, Maria Sanchez, Felix Alberto and Kim Allen and with the […]

Young Womyn of Strength Conference Coming Up on Nov. 3

  Please join us at the sixth annual Young Womyn of Strength Conference, “Self Care In The 21st Century”, with keynote speaker Jada Monica Drew. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2018 9:00am-3:00pm 116 Lawrence Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 A primary goal of the conference is to provide young womyn in grades 7 through 12 with positive […]

ARCHIVE: WinterFest Holiday Market: Vendor Applications Now Open!

Calling local craft vendors and artisans! On Saturday, December 1, 2018 from 11am to 5pm, Brooklyn Friends School will host its 38th Annual WinterFest. Held at the Brooklyn Friends School building at 375 Pearl Street in Downtown Brooklyn, WinterFest highlights include a local artisan holiday market, music and entertainment, children’s activities and craft work- shops, […]

Best of Friends Share a Special BFS Morning

  Thursday, May 24th was a joyful and busy morning at Brooklyn Friends School. The All School Art Show was on display on the walls and tables of all three buildings, the Used Book Sale hosted by the PAT was spread across the sunny Pearl Street sidewalk and the Kindergarten and First Grade classrooms were […]

LOVE AND INFORMATION, April 27 & 28

Our Upper School thespians present a contemporary play on April 27 and 28 at 7pm in the BFS meetinghouse on Pearl Street. First produced in the US in 2014, British playwright Caryl Churchill’s Love and Information has been described as “a kaleidoscopic play of short scenes addressing contemporary issues about knowledge, technology and communication, and our […]

ARCHIVE: WinterFest: A Day of Family Fun, Sat. Dec. 2

  CLICK HERE TO SEE A VIDEO OF ALL THE FUN ACTIVITIES YOU WILL EXPERIENCE at WINTERFEST 2017 Bring the whole family to Brooklyn Friends’ annual holiday market, kids celebration, and book fair. Saturday, December 2, 2017 11am-4pm 375 Pearl Street, Brooklyn Now in our 37th year, open to the community MAKE, PLAY OR FLY […]

BFS Celebrates 150 Years in a Park Celebrating Its Own Sesquicentennial

On Saturday, October 21, the BFS community settled into a shady spot in Prospect Park and enjoyed a day of fun, games, and fellowship to celebrate our sesquicentennial. It was a beautiful fall day in the other Brooklyn institution famously celebrating its 150th anniversary. Families enjoyed picnic lunches and played in field games organized by […]

Art and Activism in the Middle School

The Brooklyn Friends tradition of social activism and creative expression continued in an exemplary way when the Middle School devoted the morning of April 19 to a division-wide study and action on Art and Activism. The event was organized by the Student Council, with support from Deans Laurice Hwang and Kathleen Clinchy. The day began […]

This Is How We Roll at the BFS Spring Gala

The much anticipated Spring Gala for BFS financial aid is this Tuesday, May 2, 2017 starting at 6pm, right across the Pearl Street building at Hill Country Brooklyn.  Remember, you can view the auction items and bid online beforehand.  See videos and a podcast interview with BFS security guard extraordinaire Kenneth Alston, who will lead […]

Bring A Good Appetite to the PAT’s FoodFest

The Brooklyn Friends School’s PAT presents the second annual FoodFest for members of the community on Saturday May 6th – 11:00am – 2:00pm in the Brooklyn Friends Upper School, located at 116 Lawrence Street in the MetroTech campus. FoodFest promises to be tasty, fun, and entertaining! Come ready to eat food from great local restaurants. […]