We asked new colleagues to answer a few questions to help us get to know them. Here we meet Kirsten Ferdinand who joined the Brooklyn Friends School community this fall as a Preschool Head Teacher in the Purple Room. Read on to learn more about Kirsten. Where did you grow up? Manhattan Where were […]
Head of School Crissy Cáceres and 57 heads of Friends schools around the country signed an editorial with the Friends Council on Education in the wake of the riots at the Capitol. This powerful message reinforces our schools’ commitment to our Quaker values and our mission to build an equitable and just society. Read […]
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We recently asked new colleagues to answer a few questions to help us get to know them. Here we meet Lindsay Casale joined the Brooklyn Friends School community this fall as a Lower School Associate Teacher in the First Grade. Read on to learn more about Lindsay. Where did you grow up? Chapel Hill, North […]
January 6, 2021 Dear BFS Community, Our nation is experiencing a deeply painful moment that counters foundational human values of decency and respect. Embedded within this horrific historic denunciation of all that is just and good are overt acts of hatred and racism, which are a complete deviation from all that we stand for as […]
BFS Community, because of you, BFS Giving Day 2020 raised over $300,000 for our school! Thank you to all who made BFS their philanthropic priority during the holiday season. If you haven’t yet given to BFS, you can still do so today at BrooklynFriends.org/Donate.
The Preschool Faculty is a group of extraordinarily diverse, dedicated, committed and creative teachers. They are active in the classroom and beyond, and are exemplary life-long learners! The following is a brief introduction to our colleagues. The Threes Program Green Room Rachel Rowan, Head Teacher Rachel has taught in the BFS Preschool for the past […]
by Jack D. ’21 On May 1, 2019, NYC Independent School teachers, administrators, and students attended the third annual Brooklyn in Solidarity effort, hosted this year at the Packer Collegiate Institute. The workshop, organized annually by students attending five Brooklyn independent schools—Brooklyn Friends School, Berkeley Carroll School, the Packer Collegiate Institute, Saint Ann’s School, and […]
by Minerva M, BFS Class of 2019 On May 9th, 2018, Brooklyn private schools Packer, Saint Ann’s, Berkeley Carroll, Mary McDowell Friends and Brooklyn Friends came together at 116 Lawrence Street to hold an event called Brooklyn in Solidarity: A Movement for Safety and Justice in all Communities. In a productive and inclusive learning environment, […]
1940, BFS Principal Douglas Grafflin’s Address to the Trustees of the Schools of New York Monthly Meeting proposing the enrollment of African American students at BFS. Please click to read Grafflin’s entire address This week, I’m unexpectedly switching gears thanks to a courageous conversation focused on the experiences of students of color in independent schools, a conversation […]
A front view of NYMM’s Schermerhorn properties ca. 1888, showing the eastern side of the Brooklyn Meeting House The second expansion of BFS occurred in 1888 with the purchase of the two vacant lots at 112 and 114 Schermerhorn, just east of the Brooklyn Meeting House, the open space seen in the photo used in […]
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 our school’s 1886 building just east of the Meeting House. In light of the great news of the most recent expansion of BFS, a new home […]
