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A BFS Community Video Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

“Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. Dear Brooklyn Friends Community, It is extraordinary to know that every member of our school community engaged with our collective commitment to celebrating Black Brilliance. […]

Welcome, New Colleagues!

Brooklyn Friends School is excited to introduce you to the incredibly strong cadre of four student-centered leaders joining our BFS community on July 1, 2022.  All of them will serve our school in key areas within our school and will help to continue to strengthen all that we do together in support of our community. […]

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 ID: 405 870 8412 Passcode: u9NnK1 Our understanding of gender has shifted and expanded in the last 10 years and it can be hard to […]

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. These guests, each presented by a specific grade were honored as individuals or movements—both past and present—that we acknowledge through the lens of changemakers.  The […]

A Q&A With Dr. AnaMaria Correa, Director of Diversity, Equity and Belonging

When Dr. Correa arrived at Brooklyn Friends she did so with strong credentials. Dr. Correa has made an immediate impact on the world of BFS. Having worked in both the worlds of education and art in education—Dr. Correa has quickly merged her experience as a ‘bridge builder’ and ‘conscience raiser’, with her love for students, […]

People of Color Conference 2021: Connection, Joy, Renewal and Restoration.

Each year, Brooklyn Friends School is proud to sponsor a cohort of colleagues to the NAIS’s People of Color Conference (PoCC) which is the flagship of the National Association of Independent Schools’ commitment to equity and justice in teaching, learning, and organizational development.  This year we sponsored an unprecedented 25 members of our community to […]

We Stand In Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Brooklyn Friends School honors and acknowledges the land on which our school is located is the traditional and unceded territory of the Lenape. We also recognize that members of our community are on territories in New York City which include the lands of the Canarsie, LenapeHoking, Shinnecock, Lekawe, Merrick, Munsee Lenape, Wappinger, Matinecock, Nissaquogue, Setauket, […]

The Life Magazine: Issue 1

Featured Stories in The Life, Issue 1 “Sustaining the Fight: Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett ’84 Looks to Young People to Drive Change” “Homecoming: George Fox Award Recipient Susan Segal Rai ’59 Returns to BFS” “Reaching the PEAC: How BFS Athletics Reimagined Physical Education” “Preserved and Adapted: The Third Grade Haudenosaunee Study” Explore the full print version […]

A Message From Crissy: Now Is The Time

  Dear BFS Community, Now is a time for us to love harder. It is a time for us to care with all of our might. This is a time for our voices to reflect convictions that uphold respect for everyone. For Brooklyn Friends School, this is a time to boldly live who we say […]

Art and Action for Ahmaud — The Fight for Justice Creates Connection Across Distance

  In the six months since Ahmaud Arbery’s murder, those closest to him, as well as activists and youth across the country, have been organizing and advocating for justice for Ahmaud and the greater Black Lives Matter movement. Three organizations: Students Unite!, Youth Speak Justice, and the 2:23 Foundation have called youth worldwide to unite through […]