BFS
Our Strategic Vision

A Message for Collective Reflection from Crissy Cáceres and the Leadership Team

Dear BFS Community, The range of feelings that have come to mind throughout the Derek Chauvin trial and many others before it are not dissimilar from the sentiments expressed by so many families who have been devastated by racially charged, hatefully charged, and systemically charged actions that have left them permanently shattered asking whether justice […]

Power Love Education and Justice (PLEJ) for Liberation

Building on the recent Service Learning presentation at the PAT General Meeting that 11th graders Jade, Naya, and Meledi gave on Wednesday, October 22nd, we have included our Power Love Education and Justice (PLEJ) for Liberation brochure below to share with the broader community.  The brochure includes artwork, reflections, and advocacy efforts from a range […]

10th Graders Reflect on the Criminal Injustice System through Service

In the context of our study of the criminal injustice system, BFS 10th graders created and sent holiday cards to twenty men who are incarcerated at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York.    This study emerged out of the Social Justice Service Learning seminar, in which students selected criminal justice as an […]