King’s College London’s Pre-University Summer School in the USA gives rising sophomores, juniors and seniors a unique taste of the British college experience. It is a commuter programme located in the New York metro area and will run from 18 – 22 June 2018. Students are introduced to the British way of teaching and learning, with […]
A Sesquicentennial Celebration at the Brooklyn Historical Society There is something very special about an educational institution that exhibits staying power for 150 years. On Monday evening, Jan. 29, 2018, that was very evident when Brooklyn Friends School held its third major Sesquicentennial event of the school year at the Brooklyn Historical Society, located […]
by Gena T and Nicole A, Class of 2020 The fourth annual Brooklyn Friends Community Issues Conference took place on November, 21, 2017. Keynote speaker and Co-founder/Board Chair of Women for Afghan Women, Sunita Viswanath, started off the day saying, “Being with all of you, and having your optimism touch me, is just very […]
Sixty-four students in the IB Junior and Senior Biology classes, along with a class of seniors studying Forensic Science, recently took field trips to the Harlem DNA Lab to complete mandatory lab experiments in sequencing DNA and undertaking DNA forensics work. The Harlem facility is a collaborative effort of the New York City Department […]
RSVP NOW The BFS Office of Equity and Inclusion invites all parents and students in grades 8-12 to a film screening and discussion of I’m Not Racist …Am I ? on Tues. Nov. 14, 6pm at the Upper School, 116 Lawrence Street. This documentary film, which was the topic of the BFS faculty/staff professional development […]
Reserve Tickets La Cage aux Folles, the award-winning Broadway musical and film, is the BFS student musical this fall and will be presented in the BFS Meetinghouse, 375 Pearl Street. There will be three performances: Thursday at 5pm and Friday and Saturday at 7pm. Tickets are free but need to be reserved beforehand. The popular […]
Register Now The Office of Equity & Inclusion of Brooklyn Friends School is excited to announce its fifth annual Young Womyn of Strength Conference on Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, at the Upper School, 116 Lawrence Street. This is a community event, and young womyn leaders or future leaders in […]
The recent awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons makes for a perfect segue to lauding a team of BFS Upper School students and faculty. This summer, Upper School Head Sidney Bridges, Upper School Technology Integrator Jean Kim, and three Upper School students made a two-week trip to visit […]
Soccer, Ireland, and Above All, Friends Niamh Henchy ’18 has been playing soccer since she was 8 years old and has racked up an impressive set of statistics in games played, goals scored, and assists. But ask about her most recent championship-winning soccer season at BFS, and the talk is all about her teammates. […]
“I’m having a lot of fun during my senior year. It feels like the culmination of many years of work in academics, sports, and extracurriculars, and it’s a nice feeling to see it come to fruition.” Emmitt Sklar ’17 , a lifer who entered the BFS Preschool at age 3, isn’t letting sentimentality get him down […]
Student Senate President Miles Nabritt ’17 is used to being in the spotlight and he doesn’t mind telling you he’ll miss it. “Senior year is enjoyable because it’s the final year and I’ve been going been going here for seven years,” he said. “Quite recently I’ve been going through all the memories of my time here.” […]
At a moment in which uncertainty in the world seems pervasive, we find that Brooklyn Friends School is increasingly a beacon in the daily lives of our children and of our family as a whole. Our children are learning to think critically, discern truth and form educated opinions. At BFS, our children can and will […]
