On Friday, September 23rd, all of our seventh graders and 40 of our 10th and 11th graders had the opportunity to participate in Forced From Home, a free, interactive, educational outdoor exhibition designed to raise public awareness about the global refugee crisis in Honduras, Burundi, Lebanon, and Syria. Guided by Doctors Without Borders field workers, […]
Music Connects All of Us — That was the uplifting message sent and received at BFS on Wednesday morning, Sept. 28. Six young musicians, ranging in age from 14 to 22, presented a concert to the Middle School and guests that was moving, inspiring, and musically outstanding. The Jewish-Arabic Youth Ensemble from the Beit Alpert Music […]
In early July, BFS welcomed three new members to our community who will serve in leadership positions: in the Middle School, Nitya York as Assistant Middle School Head of Academics; in the Upper School, Paul Beekmeyer, Assistant Head for Academics, and Alexandra (“Alex”) Davis, Assistant Head for Student Life. As the new Assistant Middle School Head for […]
“Wow, this is doing wonders for my fear of heights.” “Oh my god, this is so cool!” “I feel like a superhero!” “I can’t believe I’m in Egypt.” “You’re not, you’re in New York City.” “Stop. No, I’m not.” On a May morning, Middle School math teacher Karima Hassan, who pointed out that she […]
He didn’t speak English, got picked on, and got into fights. True, this young Iranian had been born in Montreal but had moved immediately to Tehran. When he was 10, after the Revolution and during the Hostage Crisis, his family fled back to Canada. “My father was a doctor and didn’t want to get involved […]
The month of May at BFS started off with an exhilarating Middle School production of Roald Dahl’s The Witches. It continues this week with three music concerts featuring our choral, orchestra, and jazz performing artists. And it concludes at the end of the month (May 24, 25, 26 with our spectacular All School Art Show at […]
Summer Arts at Brooklyn Friends School offers a diverse and exciting art experience for children ages 7 to 12 (grades 3 to 7 in September 2018.) Boys and girls from schools across New York City explore their creativity and artistic abilities through an enriched interdisciplinary program. Children participate in all of the exciting studio art classes […]
They come in pink, black, yellow and red like a field of wildflowers but they are the bewigged Middle School coven who make up the bulk of the cast of Roald Dahl’s horror comedy opening his weekend. First published in 1983 and made into a movie starring Angelica Huston in 1990, The Witches tells the story of recently […]
The Middle School Production of Roald Dahl’s “The Witches” will take place on Friday, May 6 at 4pm and 7pm and Saturday, May 7 at 7pm. Tickets are free but need to be reserved here.
This year, Brooklyn Friends students in 7th-12th grade received a total of 57 awards in the National Latin Exam, including a perfect score for 9th grader Holly H., two gold summa cum laude awards for 10th graders Angel I. and Jason C., and 19 silver medal maxima cum laude awards – the very highest honors. The National Latin […]
RESERVE TICKETS ONLINE “This year’s Middle & Upper School dance concert explores traditions and innovations from dance in the so-called Middle East,” explained Middle & Upper School Dance teacher Jesse Phillips-Fein ’97. That includes a big dose of dabkeh, a celebratory folk dance from the Levantine region. The concert also pays tribute to Beirut-based choreographer Omar […]
The annual BFS Dance Concert takes place Friday and Saturday, March 4 and 5, at 4pm and 7pm on both days. Be sure to reserve your tickets now, as the shows have sold out in the past.
