The BFS Lower School and Middle School Library’s first special guest of the school year is Hena Khan, author of Amina’s Voice. Ms. Khan will be meeting with fourth, fifth and sixth grade students on Monday, Nov. 6 to talk about her background and writing process. Amina’s Voice is one of the books on BFS’s Mock […]
A Message for Pre and Lower School Parents Oct. 4, 2017 Dear Parents, You recently received school-wide information about the ways in which our BFS community can work together to support relief efforts in Puerto Rico and other communities after Hurricane Maria and other recent natural disasters. We are also deeply saddened by the news […]
Our 4th grade students have been working diligently on their prototypes, jingles, 3D logos, and webpages for their upcoming STEAM exhibit. In about two weeks, our students will be visiting Heights and Hills to meet their pen pals as well as to get some feedback from them about their prototypes. Here are some photos of our […]
At a moment in which uncertainty in the world seems pervasive, we find that Brooklyn Friends School is increasingly a beacon in the daily lives of our children and of our family as a whole. Our children are learning to think critically, discern truth and form educated opinions. At BFS, our children can and will […]
Sonja Johansson is the grandmother of BFS fourth grader Toby and first grader Lena. In the fall she sent Lower School Fourth Grade Head Teacher Bea Bartolotta the book Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan, a Newbury Award-winning and Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Honored […]
Dear Lower School Families, Life in schools is always busy, but never busier than when teachers and their classes are bringing a rich and satisfying year to a close. There is almost too much to tell you about, but what follows are some highlights. Our third graders are headed out for an overnight trip to […]
On a lovely afternoon in May, several first graders and teachers took a neignborhood walk. Lower School Head Teacher Laura Leopardo and Student Teacher Claire Shaman accompanied a group of seven kids — two or three from each first grade homeroom – on a march of sorts to drop off a stack of letters written by themselves […]
Each fourth grade classroom to reach 100% parent participation by June 13th will earn an additional $500 for the Brooklyn Friends Fund thanks to a generous fourth grade family. Let’s go, fourth grade!
If the third grade reaches 90% participation by June 13th they will earn an additional $1,000 for the Brooklyn Friends Fund thanks to a generous third grade family. Let’s go, third grade!
If the second grade reaches 90% participation by June 13th they will earn an additional $1,000 for the Brooklyn Friends Fund thanks to a generous second grade family. Let’s go, second grade!
If the first grade reaches 95% participation by June 13th they will earn an additional $1,000 for the Brooklyn Friends Fund thanks to a generous 1st grade family. Let’s go, first grade!
Each Kindergarten classroom to reach 100% parent participation by June 13th will earn an additional $2,500 for the Brooklyn Friends Fund thanks to a generous Kindergarten family. Let’s go, Kindergarten!
