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 […]
A new building. A different location. Creative visual artists whose work is inspiring, provocative, imaginative and proficient. The BFS International Baccalaureate Visual Arts Show this month recalls, in some ways, last year’s heralded opening of the new Whitney Museum. Please come to celebrate the visual arts at BFS by attending this special community exhibition. The […]
On March 3 and 4, Upper School students (l to r in photo above) Justin W ’18, Emmitt S ’17, Taekyung K ’18, and Amanda B ’18, joined Director of Service Learning & Civic Engagement Natania Kremer at the 40th annual UNIS-UN Conference. Held in the United Nations General Assembly, this year’s conference topic was […]
Make a Senior Legacy Gift The class of 2016 will be the first to graduate from 116 Lawrence Street, our state-of-the art Upper School facility. In honor of that milestone, a committee of senior parents is working together on behalf of the 12th graders to raise money to create a Senior Legacy Gift. Our […]
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.
Rube Goldberg – (adj.) accomplishing by complex means what seemingly could be done simply Rarely does someone accomplish something so unique that their name becomes an adjective. The fictional MacGyver might come to mind but that’s a verb. In 1931 the phrase Rube Goldberg officially entered the English lexicon when Merriam-Webster added it to the dictionary. Their definition […]
With 11 short situational comedies ranging from the hell of visiting the DMV to waiting interminably in line at a theatre box office, this weekend’s Upper School play is sure to offer a little farcical fun for everyone. Why an evening of 10-minute plays instead of a single full length as usual? After the epic […]
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. – Winston Churchill The new BFS Upper School — and not just the student body — is beginning its second semester in continuing elegance, openness and style. Please take a moment to enjoy these stunning images captured by photographer Chris Cooper (©2015 by Chris Cooper), courtesy of the Upper […]
Artistic baking entrepreneur and BFS lifer Charlie Hills ’16 has been especially busy this year, both in and out of school, but this nostalgic student still makes time to reflect on where he’s been and what might lie ahead. “It’s a very strange year for everyone because we all know that next year we’ll be […]
BFS lifer Abrielle Moore ’16 is enduring the stresses of senior year — balancing homework, volleyball and college applications — with grace. “It’s nice to feel like I know what I’m doing,” she says, “so that has made things a bit easier.” The varsity volleyball team made it to both league championships which, given the […]
TICKETS ARE NOW SOLD-OUT. The Middle and Upper School proudly presents the Fall 2015 Musical, Ragtime, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov 19-21. Tickets are free but must be reserved here. Ragtime, based on a book of the same name by E.L. Doctorow, weaves the stories of historical figures and fictional characters at the turn […]
