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@BFS! archives 2005-2006
Week of June 12
• Reflections from Houston: After
the Hurricane
Week of June 5
• Marna Herrity Honored as Outstanding
Faculty at 2006 Homecoming
Week of May 29
• A Showcase of Student Art and Music
• Bringing Out the Best in Baseball
• Simple Machines—3A’s Lever
Lab
Week of May 22
• Announcements and
Achievements
Week of May 15
• A Dazzling Dance Concert
• A Tip of the Hat to the Baseball
and Softball Teams
• Get Ready to Read! Summer Reading Book
Fair and Required Reading
Week of May 8
•  Boom,
Block, Zoom: 7th Annual Bridge Film Festival the Best
Yet!
• Tribeca Film Fest Benefit Raises
$120,000 for Capital Campaign
• BFS Families Invited to Screening of “Close
Harmony” on May 20
Week of May 1
• Invention Convention Celebrates
Ingenuity and Know-How
• See you at the movies! (details
about the May 1 benefit)
• 20 Questions with Greg George
Week of April 24
• Think Dance: 27th BFS Dance Concert Premieres
Week of April 17
• United States v. Denver Dispatch:
Seventh Graders Tackle a Timely Issue
• Rave reviews for Midsummer!
Week of April 10
• CAUTION: Robot Crossing
Week of April 3
• Spring is springing—
Here’s what’s happening soon at BFS!
Weeks of March 20 & 27
• The
Wonder Years: Science in the Preschool
• Family Day of Service,
April 8
Week of March 13
• Duck & Goose (Along
with Their Creator) Visit the Yellow Room
• Humanities Faculty Get a Taste
of Their Own Medicine
• Bridge Film Festival Ready to Roll at BFS
on April 22, 2006
Week of March 6
• Moving Forward with Building
Renovations at Pearl Street:
Building Committee Presents Plans to Parents at PAT Meeting
• Give... and Get More... for
Your Brooklyn Friends Fund Contribution
• Boys Varsity Basketball Team Drives to
Championship Game
Week of February 27
• Middle School Presents
a ‘Most Lamentable
Comedy’
• Children Learn Fire Safety
Basics With Helpings of Fun, not Fear
Week of February 20
• Let’s Hear It
for the Girls! Varsity & JV Basketball Teams Finish A Fantastic Season
• Middle School String Orchestra Shows Plenty
of Pluck
Week
of February 13
• Teacher Valarie Alston Signs Her Way Through
Diversity Conference
• African American Celebration
is a Resounding Success!
Week of February 6
• From the Archives: The First BFS Students for the
Founding Year 1867-1868
• The Triumph of Dracula
• Dinosaurs, Dolphins and
Friends Turns 19: An Interview with Tony Soll and Sara Soll
Week of January 30
• A Winning Streak
for Girls Varsity Basketball
• Focus on Family: Kindergarten
curriculum celebrates similarities, differences, and connections
with one another
• All aboard for “Dinosaurs, Dolphins
and Friends”
Family Concert on February 12!
• Alumnus Karim Camara Takes Office as State
Assemblyman
Week of January 23
• Bringing Out the Sun: Lower School Students Soar
in Music Class
• New Orleans Blues and Steel
Drums of the Caribbean Herald African-American Celebration
• 20 Questions with Kate Cassidy and Patrick Cassidy
Week of January 16
• A
Special Connection: Nelson Mandela and Brooklyn Friends School
• Diversity goes to the movies!
Week of January 9
• “Bringing home the vegetables”: 4th
graders get up-close and personal with Councilmember Leticia James
Week of January 2
• “All Together Now” for the
All-School Holiday Sing
Weeks of December 19 & 26
• Middle Schoolers
Confront the Legacy of Slavery in New York
• Virtual Art Show: Highlights
of recent student art
Week of December 12
• Giving to others in this season of
light (volunteer opportunities)
• Wearable BFS
• Unconventional Faculty Meeting
Week of December 5
• “Walk to Lend a Hand” Raises
$11,000 for Katrina Families
• Brooklyn Friends School and
the Sorcerer’s
Stone—an Ackworth School Update
Weeks of November 21 & 28
• Building
Bridges to the Middle East
• Basketball Pro Kym Hampton
Helps “Tip Off” Hoops Season
Week of November 14
• It’s
a Blast!—physics bottle rocket launch
• Upcoming events: MS/US
musical; walkathon; crafts fair
• Good Grief: Round-Headed Humor Will Leave
You Rolling in the Aisles
Week of November 7
• “Namaste!”—Ancient
Music of the Indian Desert Celebrated at BFS
• Photo essay—fourth grade
Halloween dance
Week of October 31
• Photo Essay: Inside an Upper School
Ceramics Workshop
Week of October 24
• An Upper Schooler’s Summer Abroad in Kenya, Building Schoolhouses
and Teaching
Week of October 17
• Teachers as Lifelong Learners:
Faculty Professional Development at BFS
Week of October 10
• A Double-Header in October: PAT Lecture
Series
Week of October 3
• Dreaming in Spanish
• BFS Participates
in Project Backpack Katrina Relief
• The Organized Student: PAT lecture series
kicks off with Donna Goldberg
• An Open Letter to Alumni/ae from Susan
Price '86, BFS Director of Alumni/ae
Week of September 26
• Science in the Aloha State
• BFS responds to Katrina
• Panthers roar into fall
Week of September 19
• Senior Completes State Postcard Collection
and Preserves a Family Legacy
• Fifteen Minutes of Fame:
7th grader makes screen debut in Mad Hot Ballroom
Week of September 12
• BFS Celebrates the Next Chapter in Its History
with Opening of New Upper School Building at 55 Willoughby Street
• Listen Respectfully, Speak Truthfully The
Power—and the Magic—of Speech: BFS 2005 Commencement Address by Douglas
Bennett, Ph.D.
• WELCOME Message from the PAT
• 20 Questions with Cheryl Foote-Johnson |
