The First Montessori School Opens in Rome and We Open Our First Upper School
The Upper School college preparatory division opens with 21 students.
Category: 150 Years of BFS
150 Years of BFS
Growth Spurts: The First Rose Bowl, the First Movie Theater, and Our First Kindergarten
A two-story building is constructed next to the Meeting House and a Kindergarten program is added. Schoolwide enrollment is 137.
A Grand Opening
Friends School at Brooklyn opens its doors to 8 boys and 9 girls.
The Press Goes Wild
The first announcement to the general public regarding the Friends School at Brooklyn appears in the Seventh Annual Circular and Catalogue of Friends Seminary.
The Civil War Ends and a Friends School Begins
The minutes of the Brooklyn Women’s Preparative Meeting note that “the subject of having a Preparative Meeting School was opened” and a group of women was appointed to take this under consideration. By February 2, 1867, the proposal was brought to the New York Monthly Meeting. From the minutes: “Upon..Read More