Over the past year, the word “pivot” has become just as common as the words “Zoom” and “unprecedented.” All of us have had to pivot in one way or the other to adapt to the challenges presented before us. But for longtime Athletic Director David Gardella, who just completed his 26th year at BFS and […]
The Big Questions How does the environment shape culture? How do cultures change over time? How do cultures resist and survive colonialism and white supremacy? These are the big questions that Brooklyn Friends School third grade students explore each year in their social studies inquiry of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy–a beloved and vital curriculum tradition year […]
1959 Brooklyn Friends School graduate and this year’s recipient of the George Fox Award, Susan Segal Rai, cracked a wide smile when asked how she was able to play for every single sports team during her time at BFS. “Back then, the school was so small, if you could breathe, you could make the team,” […]
Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, ‘84, who serves as a House delegate representing the Virgin Islands, says being asked to be our 2021 Commencement Speaker was a special moment. “This place helped make me who I am,” she said while Zooming in from Washington, DC. As a politician, an attorney, and a commentator, Congresswoman Plaskett has always […]
Join us for a week of virtual activities for and by our alumni community! Alumni Week Events – June 1 to June 7, 2021 RSVP Now to the Events Listed Below Tuesday, June 1 at 7pm, Book Discussion with Gerry Valentine ’81 Gerry Valentine inspires people to build resilience—to overcome setbacks, to look at […]
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 […]
Dear BFS Community: Brooklyn Friends School does exist as a Quaker Independent School to educate children on the building blocks of learning, and yet most importantly, we exist to partner with families in the shaping of human hearts and minds that we believe with all of our might will change the world in critical and […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted not only the academic life of our students, but also the extracurricular activities that they usually participate in. Just like the hybrid learning to which Brooklyn Friends School has adapted, the dance community at BFS has also found innovative ways to continue dancing in a virtual environment. The IB Dance […]
Our safe reopening is spotlighted in amNew York. Read the article at the link below to learn about how our community kept its COVID-19 positivity rate under 1% for the entirety of the Fall 2020 semester with more than 90% of our student body participating in in-person instruction since September. “Brooklyn Friends sets […]
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 […]
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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 […]
