Remembering Benjamin R. Burdsall, 1903-1968
Got to thinking about Benjamin R. Burdsall this week as our Upper School faculty has been doing its own thinking about recipients of our annual awards for the Upper School […]
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Join us for Alumni Day, June 7
Dick Begelman, 1968 BFS Alumni Day is June 7 and it will be a fabulous event as always. Our annual Alumni Day is for all alumni, faculty and friends. Alumni of […]
BFS “head” count. Heads of school, that is…
Stuart Smith, 1968 to 1978 Since 1867, BFS has had 19 heads of school, not including interim heads. Over the years, the title of our school’s highest administrative role has […]
BFS 9 Years Ago: A Video Interview with Gil Zalman
Thoughts this week turn to the many wonderful people we know and have known at BFS, particularly those no longer with us. Such thoughts make me feel fortunate to have […]
A rare find, 19th Century student remembers his BFS days
Found tucked away in the archives several years ago is this item written by Henry Morris Haviland, recalling his student days at BFS from 1872 to 1876. Such items are quite a […]
Video archives return with Forward to the Past, 1989
Forward to the Past – Finale – 1989 Do you remember Forward to the Past: Historical Hysterical Follies of Brooklyn Friends School? That was the 1989 musical about BFS – […]
Our First Meeting for Worship, 1941
Meeting for Worship is such an important element of the Brooklyn Friends School experience that it is difficult to imagine that it did not exist in its present form at Brooklyn […]