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@BFS! archives 2003-2004
FOR SUMMER 2004 FEATURES,
see @BFS archives 2004-2005
Week of June 7, 2004:
• Juniors pitch in with
Habitat for Humanity
• BFS Commencement 2004
Week of May 31, 2004:
• Art Extravaganza!
• Fourth grade poetry slam
• Famous Vietnam vet visits Upper School
Week of May 24, 2004:
• Exquisite Art Show Opens
Friday, May 21
• Lower School Bake Sale: Confections for
a Cause
Week of May 17, 2004:
• Upper School and Middle
School Students Prepare for “Wall of Sound”
• Back to BFS: The
25th Anniversary BFS Dance Concert
Week of May 10, 2004:
• Compost Happens: Life
in the Worm Bin
Week of May 3, 2004:
• Child’s Play II:
Screaming Babies Return to Upper School
• “Many Faces
of Friends” Faces: Photos from the Spring Benefit
• 2004 Dance Concert Preview
Week of April 26, 2004
• Night Shift: Ninth Graders Serve
the Homeless
• Building Bridges: The 2004 Bridge Film
Festival
• Celebrating Homecoming 2004
Week of April 19, 2004
• UK comes to BFS
Week of April 12, 2004
• Shooting for Peace
• Great Turn-out and Spirit for Family
Day of Service
Week of April 5, 2004
• Exchanges
• Bridge Film Festival finalists announced
Week of March 29, 2004
• BFS Arts Celebration 2004!
Weeks of March 15 & 22, 2004
• “You Are Here”
• BFS Family Day of Service
• Fishing for answers
Week of March 8, 2004
• The Quakers take Manhattan
• Drama class is a big
hit
• Lower Schoolers “journey with
sound”
Week of March 1, 2004
• Lunch with an English
accent
• Desert stargazing with the pros
• Field trip for faculty
• BFS step team steps into the limelight
• Middle School students disappear into
rabbit hole
Weeks of February 16 & 23, 2004
• Snapshots from Cairo
• Celebrating “Mama Moses”
• Tomorrow’s technology, part 2
(SMART board video clip)
• Summertime! (Summer Camp & Summer
Arts 2004)
Week of February 9, 2004
• The world of tomorrow:
SMART board debuts at BFS
• “I make pictures for the child
in me”: Brian Pinkney
Week of February 2, 2004
• Remembering “Aunt
Harriet”
• Coming to America (4th grade immigration
interviews)
Week of January 26, 2004
• It slices, it dices, it’s nuclear
propelled! (It’s the Middle School science fair)
• Gospel chorus takes it on the road
• Preview of “The Trojan Women”
Week of January 19, 2004
• “Kindness Works”
• Fake cakes!
• Family tradition: Brian Pinkney to visit
Lower School
Weeks of January 5 & 12, 2004
• Upper School students visit the Zen Fire
Lotus Temple
Weeks of December 22 & 29, 2003
• A joyful noise
• Block party
• Student kudos
Week of December 15, 2003
• Journey to the Duat
• Quakerism 101
• Fa la la la Latin
Week of December 8, 2003
• Teachers, program, and goldfish: Afterschool
thrives at BFS
• Antibalas gets down in the
Meeting House
• Recalling the Holiday Crafts Fair
Week of December 1, 2003
• Taking a Stand: The Case of Priscilla
Adams
• Book Fair to benefit BFS library
• Alums carry on Blue Pride!
Week of November 24, 2003
• Dark of the moon (8th graders’
time-lapse photos of lunar eclipse)
• Ease on down to BFS (for The Wiz)
• Volunteer opportunities for BFS students & families
• SportsTalk at BFS
Week of November 17, 2003
• BFS Staffers/NYC Marathoners: “It
was Fun/Torture”
• Coming up & kudos
Week of November 10, 2003
• Park Spruce-up Is Group Effort
• Don’t be afraid of the dark (4th
grade Halloween dance photos & video)
Week of November 3, 2003
• Halloween spooktacular
• Psyched about Syken
Week of October 27, 2003
• Hot-button issue, level-headed teaching
• Cutting a rug: “Dance and Culture” and
ballroom dancing
• BFS on MTV
Week of October 20, 2003
• Kids Ahoy! 4th graders on the sloop
Clearwater
• Jennie Tranel: Globetrotter
Week of October 13, 2003
• Shot on Goal! Natalie Hapgood selected
to play in field hockey Pan American Club Championships
• Criminal intent? See a clip
from the hilarious “Gum Addiction”
Week of October 6, 2003
• Summer Improvements Enhance the Building
and Curriculum
• Upper School curriculum night “scrapbook”
Week of September 29, 2003
• Measure, Count, Pour, and Stir: Preschoolers
Cook with a Sense of Wonder
• Get ready for the Annual Fund!
Week of September 22, 2003
• Seth Flicker’s Letters from South
Africa
• BFS students film segment for Nick
News Special Edition, “Slavery: Beyond Black and White”
Week of September 15, 2003
• The changed world of college admissions
Week of September 8, 2003
• Summer Arts study in pinhole photography
makes indelible impressions
• Scott Gentile’s intensive music
study at Interlochen Arts Camp
• Kudos: “Conflict of Friends” Accepted
to Woodstock Film Festival; Tolerance Public Service Announcements Are Finalists
in International Competition; Nick News features with BFS students nominated
for Emmy Award
Weeks of August 18 & 24, 2003
• Summer Arts students preview premiere
by Silver-Brown Dance Company
Weeks of August 4 & 11, 2003
• Summer Arts students get the mojo working
in Blues Study with Tony Soll
Weeks of July 21 & 28, 2003
• BFS Summer Camp offers everything to
celebrate summer
• Summer Arts printmaking and the AHHHH
factor
• Ad-In Kids tennis program offered in
BFS Summer Camp
• Celebrating summer’s hoorah with
BFS Summer Arts
Weeks of July 7 & 14, 2003
• BFS Summer Arts campers visit William
Wegman’s studio
• See summer reading lists for
all divisions, in Resources
Weeks of June 23 & 30, 2003
• Class of 2003 receives diplomas… and
so it begins
• Closing
day for Upper School offers seniors’ internship panels
• Wordflirt
poetry magazine published by Upper Schoolers
Week of June 16, 2003
• write now! celebrates the power of words
• Visit by Vera Williams becomes a touchstone
for fourth grade narrative writing project
• Preschool “Night Walk” in
Prospect Park reinforces hands-on curriculum
• BFS students filmed for Nick News special
about AIDS in Africa
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archives 2002-2003
FOR SUMMER 2003 FEATURES,
see @BFS archives 2003-2004
Week of June 9, 2003
• Second graders reconstruct the Brooklyn
Bridge
• Commencement 2003
Week of June 2, 2003
• Fourth graders take a “fraction
walk”
• Vladimir Malukoff brings Dith Pran to
BFS
• Prom pics!
Week of May 26, 2003
• The all-school art show
• Bridge Film Festival draws student films
from around the world
Week of May 19, 2003
• Tony Soll’s students explore the
nuances of language
• Preview: The BFS spring concert!
• BFS boys of summer play on a field of
dreams
Week of May 12, 2003
• BFS fourth grade classrooms become newsrooms
• A day with Officer Donaldson
• Accolades all around
Week of May 5, 2003
• 2003 Bridge Film Festival finalists announced
• 24th annual dance concert showcases original
choreography
Week of April 28, 2003
• The 2003 Festividad: A Chat with Gil and
Erminia Rivera
• BFS arts celebration 2003!
Week of April 21, 2003
• Materials
and observation make self-portrait project a compelling artistic exercise
• BFS
students and staff to be featured on upcoming Nick News Special
Edition
• Brooklyn
Borough Prez declares April 15th “Brooklyn Friends School Day!”
Week of April 14, 2003
• Wearable BFS: Now just a phone
call away!
Week of April 7, 2003
• 2003 Bridge Film Festival:
Featured Filmmaker, Judges, Workshops, the Complete Schedule
• Thrilling one-point overtime victory gives
the Blue Pride its first-ever Class C championship
Week of March 31, 2003
• Summer Camp at Brooklyn Friends School!
Week of March 17, 2003
• Coach Ranzer recaps the Middle
School boys basketball season
Week of March 10, 2003
• Introducing Chef Tom Buckley
• Join us for a Family Day of Service: Saturday,
April 12
• Congrats to our Boys Varsity Basketball
Team!
• BFS students featured on Nick News
Week of March 3, 2003
• Portrait of Jeremy Bloom
Week of February 24, 2003
• Upper School self-portrait project provides
revealing results
Week of February 17, 2003
• Middle School animation classes bring ideas
to life cel-by-cel
Week of February 10, 2003
• The assemblages of Joseph Cornell provide
inspiration for BFS students
• Dedicated parent volunteers create upcoming
fundraisers
Week of February 3, 2003
• Fourth graders explore maps as primary
sources for history studies
• Dinosaurs,
Dolphins & Friends family concert returns
Week of January 27, 2003
• BFS woodshop teaches new skills and instills
confidence
Week of January 20, 2003
• Musical explorations inspires new skills,
new interests, and new music
• BFS
double dutch: spin, hop, jump, and twirl
• Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess study
of temperament and its role in a child’s development
Week of January 13, 2003
• Upper School to present Shakespeare’s Macbeth
• “Frederick & Anna:
Alive & in Love”: African-American Celebration
• “The
Tyranny of Cool,” with Dr. Ron Taffel
Week of January 6, 2003
• A love of robotics evolves into a love
of teaching robotics
• Kids draw Vicki Behm toward a career in
teaching art
• Heel, toe, and away we go: BFS family
folk dance
Weeks of December 23 & 30, 2002
• Egyptian art carvings complement fifth
grade curriculum
• A
new team spirit emerges in important year for BFS girls basketball program
Week of December 16, 2002
• A
holiday tradition for 23 years: crafts fair, winterfest, and book
fair
• Animals
provide inspiration for second grade “pet paintings”
• Annual
Fund Leadership Council reception celebrates BFS supporters
• Kyle
Neptune scores 1000th career point!
Week of December 9, 2002
• BFS
Juniors serve as jurors in mock trials at NYU
• Afterschool
ballet with Misty Owens introduces movement, choreography, technique, and above
all... a love of dance
• Week-long
BFS book fair opens Monday, December 9
Week of December 2, 2002
• Kyle Neptune: Blue Pride’s Star
Swingman Signs with Lehigh University on a Full Scholarship
• Upper School collage sculpture project
fosters cooperative learning
Week of November 25, 2002
• Janet Villas takes BFS students deep into
space and far into the ocean
• Red
and Orange Room Preschoolers celebrate Diwali
• BFS
students in Nick News film shoot
Week of November 18, 2002
• Thanksgiving volunteer opportunities for
BFS families
• BFS ceramics: an extraordinary curriculum
and studio
• Kids are common denominator for coach
Natalie Hapgood
• For the love of art
Week of November 11, 2002
• Art by BFS Preschoolers on exhibit at
public library
• BFS students help in promotional video
for UNICEF
• BFS
basketball season preview
• Coming
up: “Free to Be...” and Crafts Fair
Week of November 4, 2002
• Sixth graders experiment with tempera
and pastel
• 4th
grade Halloween Dance celebrates 19th year
Week of October 28, 2002
• Go blue pride!
• Sing with Tony every Friday
• Ceramics class to be featured on WNYE
• The Power of Silence
Week of October 21, 2002
• Yakov Hirsch’s afterschool chess
classes offer fun and promote strategic thinking
• Rehearsals
begin for Free to Be You and Me
• Let’s
talk trash! (recycling, that is)
Week of October 14, 2002
• Seth Flicker makes presentation for National
History Education Conference in Saratoga Springs
• A
childhood prank inspires a lifelong love of Tae Kwon Do
Week of October 7, 2002
• Fourth graders explore traditions of body
decoration
• Janet
Villas releases new CD
• Annual
Fund kicks off with a bang and a pop!
• BFS
alumna finds ways to deliver health insurance fast
Week of September 30, 2002
• “Growing Up Friends” 2002-03
annual fund kicks off
• Fish story—4th grade trip on the
Sloop Clearwater
• Update on the food service plan
Week of September 23, 2002
• Recipe for summer music and songwriting
• BFS strengthens community service program
Week of September 16, 2002
• New food plan offers nutrition, variety,
AND fast service
• Meet
Amy Mugavero, new Director of Development
Week of September 9, 2002
• Preparations are complete and the 2002-03
academic year commences
• Staff accolades
• Summer website redesign offers rich rewards
for site visitors
Week of September 2, 2002
• Derek Lynch Receives Rockefeller Grant
to Create PETTAL
• Michael
Bruno’s First Grade Class Showcased in August Instructor Magazine
• www.brooklynfriends.org
just got better
Weeks of August 12, 19 & 26, 2002
• Rana Lee Araneta Brings Circus Yoga to
BFS Summer and Afterschool Programs
Weeks of July 29 & August 5, 2002
• 4th Annual Bridge Film Festival Set for
Saturday, May 17, 2003
Weeks of July 15 & 22, 2002
• BFS Summer Camp Celebrates the Joys of
Childhood and Summer
Weeks of July 1 & 8, 2002
• Celebrating Summer Arts at BFS
• Ready, set, READ! Summer reading
lists
• Controversy Over “My Family Is Different” “Nick
News” Special Edition Draws Record Number of Viewers to Hear the Voices
of Young People
Weeks of June 17 & 24, 2002
• Brooklyn Friends School Congratulates
Our Class of 2002
• Beehive Fundraiser Provides Nine Beehives
for the Heifer Foundation
• BFS Students Featured on www.tolerance.org
Week of June 10, 2002
• write now! Celebrates the Power of Words
• Class of 2002 College Acceptances
• Special Edition of Nick News Features
Two BFS Students with Rosie O’Donnell and Linda Ellerbee
• Gifts for Our Sister School
• Performing Arts All Over
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 @BFS! archives 2001-2002
FOR SUMMER 2002 FEATURES,
see @BFS archives 2002-2003
Week of June 3, 2002
• View the pics from our 2002 Junior/Senior
Prom
Week of May 27, 2002
• The All-school Art Show
• In Memoriam: Zona Sparks
Week of May 20, 2002
• 2002 Bridge Film Festival A Rousing Success
• Scott Gentile, BFS Student, Accepted at
Interlochen Arts Camp
• BFS Varsity Baseball Team Ends Season
Play
Week of May 13, 2002
• Spring Blossoms with a BFS Celebration
of Visual and Performing Arts
• Thank You Bouquet from the PAT
Week of May 6, 2002
• The Sloop Clearwater Provides a Floating
Classroom for BFS 4th Graders
• Bridge Film Festival May 11, 2002 Schedule
of Events
• Student Accolades
• See “Mystical Garden” Murals
on the Rooftop Playground
• Janet Villas to Perform Cabaret Act
Week of April 29, 2002
• Spring Gala 2002
• Get Ready for the Spring Arts Celebration!
• May 14 Community Service Forum
• 2002 Bridge Film Festival Finalists Announced
Week of April 22, 2002
• Latest News on the 2002 Film Fest
• BFS Summer Intensives for 7th and 8th
graders
Week of April 15, 2002
• Dance Concert 2002 Marks 23rd Annual Offering
with 23 Dance Pieces
Week of April 8, 2002
• Lower School Families Invited to Create “Mystical
Garden” Murals
Week of April 1, 2002
• The Bridge Film Festival 2002 Announces
Honorary Chair, Judges, and Workshops
• Tolerance.org Video Clip Now featured
on HBO Homepage
• Multicultural Gala: Soiree with a Cause
• Summer Camp at Brooklyn Friends School
Weeks of March 18 & 25, 2002
• Fourth Graders Use Primary Resources for
Immigration Studies
• The Days of Remembrance
• How Do You Get to Madison Square Garden?
Week of March 11, 2002
• College Day Addresses the Complexities
of the College Application Process
• So many books, so little time!
• Summer Arts at BFS
Week of March 4, 2002
• Nicholas Nickleby Takes Centerstage
• Kyle Neptune Named “Athlete of the
Week” by SchoolSports.com
Week of February 25, 2002
• BFS Has the Spirit: Upcoming Finals & Spirit
Day
Week of February 18, 2002
• More BFS Students Featured on Nickelodeon
News
Week of February 11, 2002
• “Tolerance” Project Work Continues
• BFS Students Featured on Nickelodeon News
Week of February 4, 2002
• BFS Drama Department Presents The Prime
of Miss Jean Brodie
• Sacred Symbols and Color Inspire “Stained
Glass” Project
Week of January 28, 2002
• African-American Festivities Celebrate
the Power of Words
• Kyle Neptune Named Madison Square Garden “Tri-State
Player of the Week”
Week of January 21, 2002
• In Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King
and the Civil Rights Movement
• Of Dinosaur Dreams and Dill Pickles
• Every Painting Tells A Story: “Big
People” Series
• Rocking Out with Roy Lichtenstein
Week of January 14, 2002
• ALUMNI/AE NEWS Fun and Friendship
at the First-annual Recent Graduates Breakfast
Weeks of December 24 & 31, 2001
• Winter Fest, Holiday Crafts Fair & Book
Fair Successes!
• Basketball Teams Take to the Road
• Lower School Community Service Update
• BFS Students Featured in Film Shoot for
National Campaign about Tolerance for the Southern Poverty Law Center
Week of December 17, 2001
• ALUMNI/AE NEWS Q & A with Mitch
Zeller ’75
Week of December 10, 2001
• Molly Winter’s Microfiction Studies
• The Bridge Film Festival Showcased on
grantstation.com
• Holiday Concert to Showcase Budding BFS
Musicians
Week of December 3, 2001
• Michael Nill Appointed Head of Brooklyn
Friends School
• Winterfest, call for volunteers, and cookbook
and toy drives
Week of November 26, 2001
• Feed Me! Only Three Chances to Catch “Little
Shop of Horrors”
Week of November 19, 2001
• The Bridge Film Festival Announces 3rd
Annual Offering & Call for Entries
Week of November 12, 2001
• Acclaimed Author Jacqueline Woodson to
Spend a Day at BFS
• Homage to Georgia O’Keeffe
Week of November 5, 2001:
• Girls Volleyball at BFS
Week of October 29, 2001:
• 4th Graders’ Halloween Dance Celebrates
18th year
• Get Ready for Winter in BFS Warm Ups!
• Teaching history as it’s happening
Week of October 22, 2001:
• Students Attend NY City Opera Performance
of Verdi’s Macbeth
• “In the Manner of Matisse”
Week of October 15, 2001:
• Rhode Island Alumnni/ae Postcard
Week of October 8, 2001:
• Dana Catharine Directs Summer Cultural
and Language Studies
• Science Teacher Neil Jaffee Welcomes New
Daughter Home to America
Week of October 1, 2001:
• Vigil Brings Light and Voices to the Promenade
• Short items: cycling teachers, college
rep visits
Week of September 24, 2001:
• Community Service at BFS After the September
11th Tragedy
• Mark Buenzle’s Summer Sojourn in
Japan Provides New Discoveries and Dispels Notions
• Action Out of Helplessness
Week of September 3, 2001:
• New Faculty Arrive... and the 2001-02
Year Begins
• Renovation at Brooklyn Friends School
Nears Completion
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 archives
1998-2001
articles:
“Taking Moral Education Seriously”
“Testing”
science:
Live from BFS—the weather!
Scenes from Middle School science
drama productions:
“The Curious Savage”
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”
“Yellow Submarine”
“Adventures of Harriet Handleman”
art:
All-school art show 2001
All-school art show 2000
All-school art show 1999
writing:
Student poetry 2001
Student poetry 2000
Student poetry 1999
Student poetry 1998
Essay on identity
dance:
Halloween dance
social studies:
Medieval “journals”
Native American Museum
spring break trips:
Mexico
Italy
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