Logo Nostalgia
Introducing Brooklyn Friends School’s new visual identity is exciting, yet it also makes us fondly recall logos from our past. Let’s take a look back at what can be considered […]
Tag: 2010s
BFS Makes Groundbreaking History in Downtown Brooklyn
Breaking ground for the new BFS Upper School: Trustees Brad Mulder ’83 and Lara Holliday, and US Head Bob Bowman What a great moment in the history of our school! We […]
BFS school-year beginnings, today and yesterday
Brooklyn Friends School began its 148th school year this month with its traditional convocation. Our opening assembly for older students, held at the Brooklyn Meeting House on Schermerhorn Street, came […]
Play an important role at BFS – Friends Forever!
Read the Brooklyn Daily Eagle article “BFS Bests Calhoun for Volleyball Title“ Great moment last week at BFS: our Boys Varsity Volleyball team won the PSAA championship, an amazing feat […]
For Earth Day, join BFS for an Earth Hour today, 1:30-2:30 pm Eastern
The Earth Flag Today is Earth Day. 44 years ago on this day, BFS students were part of the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, and you can read […]
Let Your Films Speak: The Bridge Film Festival,15 Years Young
“Know your history, ask questions and follow your heart.” Garrett Bradley, BFS ’03, Bridge Film Festival alumna It’s Spring Break, but it’s also time to reserve your tickets for the 15th annual […]
Great moments in BFS Basketball, 1925 and today
1925, BFS Boys Basketball Team, with the Friends School League Championship Trophy It’s a great basketball season for BFS teams, so today let’s look back 89 years ago to February of 1925, […]
Happy Holidays – Yesterday and Today
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year! A moment from a 1930s Lower School Christmas Pageant. And a moment from this year’s Holiday Sing when, for the first […]
Bayard Rustin Honored & New York Quakers Apologize to Afro-Descendants
Bayard Rustin Following up to my Gatekeeper No More post of November 7. That post shared the known history of our school’s winding path to integration which helped Brooklyn Friends […]
1867 to 1886 and Our First Expansion – Part 2 of Our Buildings, Our History
Look at the right of this ca. 1893 photo of the Germania Club to see the Brooklyn Meeting House at the far right. Look closely to see the snow on what seems to be the rooftop of […]
A BFS Tradition, Learning through Service
1995 – Service at the “Park” (now known as the Marriott) Certainly, there are myriad ways in which we all contribute to the greater good of our world, but BFS […]
All About Norregaard
BFS celebrated Martin Norregaard’s 50 years with BFS with much fanfare at Reunion 2011. To jog your memories, Martin taught Middle School English and Social Studies from 1961 to […]