by Tian Yi, C.A.S. Coordinator On March 9th, Upper Schoolers spread out across the Lawrence Street Campus and the Pearl Street Meetinghouse to engage with the Creativity Activity Service (C.A.S.) projects of seven members from the Class of 2020. Each year, BFS organizes an Upper School-wide event called C.A.S.apalooza, where a group of 12th graders […]
May 8, 2020 A Message from Head of School Crissy Cáceres I am thrilled to announce that Kamaya Prince Thompson will lead our oldest group of students as Head of Upper School beginning July 1, 2020. Kamaya will succeed Lisa Arrastia. Although we have only been in partnership for less than a year, I have […]
“I had an idea to start a dance team…” Jamara Hill, a 2010 graduate of Brooklyn Friends School, has a deep relationship with her alma mater as well as the student body, having joined the BFS faculty full-time this academic year as a teacher in the Physical Education Department and as a 7th Grade Middle […]
“What happens when we view the limitations that face people living with disabilities as social and political issues of access, not simply individual medical diagnoses?” This is the question Dance Teacher Jesse Phillips-Fein posed to her students last fall, when she announced the 2020 Dance Concert –– Exploring the Intersections of Dance and Disability. The […]
ORDER TICKETS HERE The Browning School – an all boys K-12 institution on the Upper East Side of Manhattan – has extended an invitation to the BFS Boys Varsity Basketball team to play their Varsity basketball team at the Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets, on Tuesday evening, Nov. 26; time to be announced, […]
On Tuesday, Nov. 26 the 10th grade will host our sixth annual BFS Community Issues Conference. Students in grades 8-12 will learn about significant local community issues and identify ways that they, as young people, can support constructive change in the community. Tenth graders in the class Service and Justice: Raising Awareness & Inspiring Action, have designed the […]
On Wednesday, in a program led by Spanish Teacher Vanessa Ehler, the 9th grade learned about Dia de Los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, and participated in four workshops to create decorations for an ofrenda. By placing an item that your passed loved one enjoyed on the altar (or ofrenda), the soul […]
Upper School News for Grade 9 Families City as Classroom This fall, our grade 9 students are actively using the city as their classroom to engage in experiential learning to deepen their in-classroom studies in the humanities and arts. Their immersion in the city was launched with our inaugural City as Classroom Day in which […]
By Lili M. and Théa S., Class of 2019 Earth Day 2019 came with much fanfare after the recent wave of environmentally centered protests and lawsuits. BFS decided to mark the occasion by dedicating a collection period to student led workshops addressing various environmental issues relating to the US food industry, waste, and sustainable eating. […]
On April 16th, Upper Schoolers gathered in the Pearl Street Meeting House to share in a unique experience with the graduating 12th graders. Six students from the Class of 2019 took to the stage to share the intersections between their passions and their projects for this year’s Creativity Activity Service (C.A.S.) Collection. 12th grade […]
Kai and Natalie: Through the Service and Justice class led by Natania and Noel this semester, 9th graders experienced an Immersive Exploration of Gentrification. Students spent three days exploring gentrification and its effects on different neighborhoods in Brooklyn, NY. The three day interactive and educational experience had the grade begin by exploring Los Sures, […]
You Put the Meaning of “Friends” into Brooklyn Friends School The Class of 2019 reflects so much of what Brooklyn Friends School has to offer – their academic strengths, wide ranging passions (both in and out of the classroom), artistic and athletic commitment, dedication to social justice, equity and inclusion. All that these young people have […]
