News posts by and or about BFS’ World Languages department.
Earlier this week Spanish students in the eighth grade took the A train uptown to Washington Heights. In addition to using and experiencing Spanish language in context, this excursion emphasized the importance of enlarging our sense of community. Some students remain anchored in their own neighborhoods, except on vacation, and engaging with our neighbors in […]
One week later, the Brooklyn Friends School community is still buzzing from the festivities at the inaugural Latinx Heritage Celebration on the evening Friday, November 2nd. Organized with heart and hard work by a group of faculty members led by Laura Murtula, Myriam Juarbe, Maria Sanchez, Felix Alberto and Kim Allen and with the […]
The capstone event of our Latinx Heritage Month celebrations is next Friday, November 2, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at 375 Pearl Street and is open to everyone in the BFS community (family and friends). This evening of interdisciplinary project presentations showcases work in language, art, music, drama, and science. Traditional food, cooked by students and […]
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 […]
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 […]
