COLLEAGUE PROFILE: Michael Rae-Grant
At BFS, Michael Rae-Grant is a first-grade teacher—and a terrific one, at that. However, did you know that Michael was born in Toronto? Or that he has had some of his cartoons published in The New […]
Category: Lower School
Lower School Honors Dr. King and Changemakers
Thank you to Lower School Colleagues Jonathan Edmonds, Sarah Gordon, Doris Rodriguez-Graber, Laleña Garcia, and Amelia Jenison for sharing this reflection. This past Wednesday, the Lower School came together for our annual […]
The Art of Teaching and Caring Goes Beyond the Classroom
Together, we know as the adults caring for children’s lives and guiding their journey, that they need and deserve the space of school. They need to be introduced to what […]
Autumn Sing Fills BFS With Joy
The Preschool and Lower School Sing was truly an ideal way to commence Fall Break, with its joyful messages of gratitude and community. Congratulations to the students and colleagues on […]
Joyful Pearl Street Arrivals
Welcome to the new school year! We wanted to share some of the smiles from this morning’s arrival at BFS. Please enjoy the video embedded below or at this link. […]
BFS Opens Doors For ‘Family Visit Day’
It was the ‘day before the day’ at Brooklyn Friends School on Tuesday, as Lower, Middle, and Upper School students and families streamed into both school buildings to meet their […]
Math Fun for Lower School Students
And the answer is… (shh, we won’t give away any of the answers!) Once again this school year, as they have been for more than 10 years, Lower School students […]
Grade 3 x Multiplication = Mad Math Skills
This article appears in the summer 2022 issue of The Light, our Brooklyn Friends School magazine. Academic rites of passage are a big part of any and every school year at […]
BFS Second Graders Stage ‘Sit-In’
The Brooklyn Friends School lobby at Pearl Street was quiet for most of the day—until, that is—our second grade students from 2A appeared outside the door of Head of School […]
Students Perform Section of Ailey’s ‘Revelations’
On Wednesday, February 23, the Third Grade took over the Pearl Street Lobby to perform at a virtual Lower School assembly. In dance, Third Grade students learned about Alvin Ailey […]
Understanding Gender Connect & Talks for Families
Join us at one of our upcoming Connect & Talks on Understanding Gender hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging. Meeting Details Meeting Link for All Sessions Meeting […]
BFS Lower School Honors Dr. King and Welcomes Changemakers
The Brooklyn Friends Lower School honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at its assembly on Wednesday morning by “inviting” changemakers as the school’s special guests. […]