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E-News for Jan. 6, 2012 |
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Still Time to Sign Up for Quaker Book Discussion
 Please go online to RSVP to one of the four upcoming discussions on A Quaker Book of Wisdom,
which will be facilitated by Head of School Larry Weiss and a member of
the Quaker Self-Study Committee. We look forward to parent and
faculty/staff participation in this important school initiative.
Simple and Powerful
There
will be a schoolwide celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this
year on Friday, Jan. 13 and Tuesday, Jan. 17. To honor  Dr.
King in the spirit of Quaker listening and query his "I Have a Dream"
speech will be played in the lobby on Friday morning. As students and
families arrive at school, they will be asked to listen in silence. The
following Tuesday (after Monday's holiday) kiosks will be set up in
which children, faculty, staff and parents reflect, through pictures and
brief messages, on Dr. King and the meaning of the holiday. Please contribute to the kiosks by sharing your favorite pictures, quote(s) and/or resources that capture the essence of Dr. King by sending an e-mail to simpleandpowerful@brooklynfriends.org.
Reenrollment Season Begins Soon
Reenrollment contracts will be mailed to current families on Friday, Jan. 20, with a return date of Friday, Feb. 3, 4 pm
for all grades except current 8th grade. (Return date for current 8th
grade families is Friday, Mar. 2, 4 pm.) The nonrefundable tuition
deposit for all grades is $2,000. More information and details are on
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PAT Update
African American Celebration Event: "The Afro-Latino Experience"
On February 3 at 6pm The African American Celebration Committee presents "The Afro-Latino Experience". Guest artists include the band "Folklore Urbano" and Brazilian Capoeristas. To volunteer, please contact Alisa Martin Granderson. We invite you to join the committee meetings on Thursdays at 8:30am in the Pearl Street cafeteria.
The BFS Lower School Family Folk Dance - Saturday, January 7th, 2pm-4pm
This
year's event will feature BFS fourth graders assisting our own Margaret
Bary as dance callers. Music by Cynthia Shaw (piano) and Paul Friedman
(fiddle). We still need a handful of volunteers, paired with 5th
graders, to help set up, distribute snacks or sell BFS merchandise.
Please contact Ellen Barker by e-mail or at 917-209-1211 to help. This free event is sponsored by the PAT and the Performing Arts Department
BETTERECYCLER Comes to Pearl Street!
It's
easy being green at BFS! The Brooklyn Friends Green Committee
encourages you to recycle batteries. Watch for our BETTERYCLER the Pearl
Street Lobby designed by BFS parents Sabina Hemminger and Tamar
Efrat! For more information please contact Tamar Efrat or Tara Consi.
A Big Postscript to the Winter Festival
In the whirl of reporting on the PAT Winter Festival, we neglected to mention that approximately 600 holiday toys and gifts were collected, wrapped, and delivered to the St. John's Place Family Center, and that the holiday book fair was a great success,
netting several thousand dollars. The librarians were able to purchase
many new books for the library and donate a significant amount of new
books to the Horizons at BFS program. In addition, the Horizons
students who visited the Winter Festival all went home with free books. Thank you to the many families who participated in the toy drive and supported the book fair!
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School News You Can Use
What a Month for Middle School!
Here are some important events and dates to keep in mind for the month of January:
"Simple and Powerful" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. theme - send your thoughts now!
Jan. 11 - Frost Valley Info Breakfast for 5th/6th grade parents, 8 am
Jan. 17 - Rosetta Lee visit to middle school
Jan. 18 - Diversity coffee hour with Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., 6 pm
Jan. 18 - Frost Valley medical forms due
Jan. 26 - End of first semester
Mid Feb - Second quarter reports are mailed to parents
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EACH EVENT BY VISITING THE MS PARENT PORTAL!
Don't Miss Out on Lower School Specialist Night and IB/College Counseling Evening on Thursday, Jan. 12
Preschool 4s, Kindergarten and Grade 1
Parents are encouraged to attend LS Specialist Night on Thursday, Jan.
12, 6:30 pm to 8 pm. It's sure to be an exciting and informative 90
minutes as you learn about your children's visual and performing arts,
physical education, Spanish, science and library curricula. Tenth Grade parents and students have a very important meeting, also on Thursday, Jan. 12, 6:30 pm, on the IB and College Counseling programs.
Thinking Mathematically:
The Lower School reminds all students to participate in the 2011-2012
Math Challenges! We hope many students will join the community in
solving fun and challenging math problems. Go directly to the challenges
here.
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Sports Section
Athletic schedules for all teams and all seasons are on the school website. We encourage parents and students (13 and over) to register with highschoolsports.net to get free e-mail updates whenever games or practices are canceled, postponed, or changed.
Read about the amazing victories our basketball and indoor track teams achieved this past week on the BFS website.
There is usually a BFS home basketball game ( 6 BFS Teams) every day in
the lower gym; stop by to cheer on the teams, or travel with our indoor
track athletes as they represent BFS interscholastically. All schedules
are here.
The BFS Friendly Flyers Youth Running Club
and Lower School Head Jackie Condie participated in the New York Road
Runners 6 K Jingle Bell Jog in Prospect Park on Dec. 10. Learn more
about the Friendly Flyers program on the BFS website.
Meet the Knicks: A lucky group of BFS basketball players participated in
the New York Knicks Open Practice at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 18.
The NYK Players were involved in drills and skill work, and there was
entertainment and fun for all.
Student-Athlete in the Spotlight: Congratulations to Derrick Odom
(6th grade) for his recent accomplishments in swimming. Earlier this
season Derrick participated in the YMCA's National Virtual Swimming
Meet in which more than 11,000 swimmers compete. Out of a field of
more than 300 11 and 12 year old boys, Derrick finished 3rd in the 50
yard breaststroke and 10th in the 50 yard butterfly. Kudos to you!
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 Quaker News
A
reminder that BFS community members are welcome to attend Meeting for
Worship at any time at the Brooklyn Monthly Meeting on 110 Schermerhorn
Street, Sundays, 11 am. Child care is provided, and a coffee and social hour follows Meeting for Worship.
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Development Report
Thanks
to everyone who made their year-end gift to the Brooklyn Friends Fund.
If you haven't made your gift yet, you still have time! The Brooklyn
Friends Fund runs until June 30, 2012. Make your gift at our secure
online giving site by clicking here. We're counting on everyone's support to reach our $750,000 goal. Thank you!
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