Upper School Eleventh Grade Challenge
If the eleventh grade reaches 80% participation by June 13th they will earn an additional $500 for the Brooklyn Friends Fund thanks to a generous eleventh grade family. Let’s go, eleventh grade!
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Upper School Tenth Grade Challenge
If the tenth grade reaches 90% participation by June 13th they will earn an additional $5000 for the Brooklyn Friends Fund thanks to a generous tenth grade family. Let’s go, tenth grade!
Upper School Ninth Grade Challenge
If the ninth grade reaches 90% participation by June 13th they will earn an additional $1000 for the Brooklyn Friends Fund thanks to a generous ninth grade family. Let’s go, ninth grade!
Creativity, Talent and Skill to the Max at All-School Art Show
Reception for 7th/8th Grade Artists on Friday morning, May 19 from 7:30am to 8:25am. Reception for Preschool-Grade 12 Artists on Wednesday afternoon, May 24, from 4pm to 6:30pm. Congratulations and thank you to second grader Liya M, whose wall lamp project in woodworking class (above) was chosen for the BFS All-School Art Show postcard and […]
Up Close and Personal with CAS
by Noel Quiñones, BFS CAS Coordinator On April 24, 2017, the Pearl Street Meeting House erupted with applause as seven students took to the stage to share the intersections between their passions and their projects for this year’s C.A.S. Project Collection. These students included Ben Francis ‘17, Maalik Dunkley ‘17, Isaiah Richards ‘17, […]
A Perfect Score and 62 Prizes in the National Latin Exam
The results are in and the awards are bountiful for BFS in the 2017 National Latin Exam, which 110 7th-12th graders sat for in March. Ninth grader Nicole A had a perfect score. Eighth graders Nicholas K and Oliver M earned gold medals (the next highest score), and prizes were awarded to 59 additional students. Brooklyn Friends School […]
Brooklyn in Solidarity with Immigrants and Refugees
Eighty students, faculty, and community members came together on Tuesday, April 18th for “Brooklyn in Solidarity with Immigrants and Refugees: Turning Interscholastic Conversations into Collaborative Action.” Inspired by the collaboration of the heads of four Brooklyn independent schools, this joint faculty/student programming initiative was co-organized by Natania Kremer at Brooklyn Friends Tené Howard at […]
Upper School Shines in Visual Arts and Activism
In the last week alone, School students, individually and collectively, exemplified the Brooklyn Friends School mission and ethos of developing critical thinking skills at both the IB Art Show and on the Fifth Annual Privilege Day. The IB Art show, the culmination of a rigorous two-year visual arts curriculum, officially opened on April 7 and […]
Quaker Witness Day
From Standing Rock to Chiapas, and all around the world, Quakers continue to let their lives speak for social justice. On Wednesday, March 8, our Quaker Witness Day, Middle and Upper School students will get to meet with Friends involved in the UN, in Alternatives to Violence, in global health, in supporting action through song, fighting […]
Hispaniola Rising: Dance Concert on March 9 & 10
In this year’s Dance Concert, we examine the relationship between Ayiti/Haiti and la República Dominicana/Dominican Republic through dance forms from the two nations. They share the Caribbean island of “Hispaniola,” but the countries are divided through intertwined histories of colonialism, slavery, racism, capitalism, and their continued after-life. While Haiti was the first free Black republic, […]
Visual Art Update
Hello Brooklyn Friends School Family and Friends, The Visual Arts Department wanted to give you a quick look at some student work. US Ceramics Click the link below to watch a video about the Upper School Ceramics class, taught by our wonderful Ceramics teacher Ellen Kahan. https://vimeo.com/67238169 8th Grade Sculpture The Fall 8th […]
Diplomacy and Debate in the Upper School
UPDATE (1/30/17) The team continued their winning ways at the Ivy League Model UN Conference at U Penn, with the following commendations: BEST DELEGATE to EMMITT SKLAR representing Helmut von Gerlach in the Ad Hoc Committee. This committee was the most elite in the conference. It was open by invitation only. The scenario was that […]