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Our Mission and Core Values
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Mission Statement
Brooklyn Friends School provides a college preparatory program serving students from Preschool through Grade 12. It is committed to educating each student intellectually, aesthetically, physically, and spiritually in a culturally diverse community. Guided by the Quaker principles of truth, simplicity, and peaceful resolution of conflict, Brooklyn Friends School offers each student a challenging education that develops intellectual abilities and ethical and social values to support a productive life of leadership and service.
Core Values
In the 2007-08 academic year, the Board of Trustees published a Strategic Plan for the Brooklyn Friends School community. As part of the strategic planning process, the Board of Trustees affirmed the BFS mission statement and articulated the following core values for the school community:
Academic and Personal Excellence
Those who aspire to integrity, embrace challenges, and internalize the goal of being the best they can be, enable the full development of their minds, character, and spirit. They build a strong foundation not only for success in school, but for a rich and rewarding life as well.
Community
A community bound and dedicated to the School's mission provides an environment of mutual care and teaches its members how to work together in the common pursuit of learning.
Diversity
A multicultural school community creates an enriched learning environment through the exploration, understanding, and appreciation of differences. It prepares students for living in an increasingly diverse and global society.
Respect
The dignity of all and a sense of inclusion are fostered by active listening to and active engagement with others. Respect is most powerful when it characterizes the relationships and interactions between and among all segments of the school community: parents, students, teachers, staff, and alumni/ae.
Service
Developing the practice of serving others benefits oneself, the school community, and the world beyond. Graduates with a lifetime commitment to making the world a better place fulfill a major aspect of the school's mission.
Silence
Quaker Meeting and other dedicated periods of silence provide precious opportunities to be in more direct contact with the light within and among each of us. These are times to reflect on one's values and aspirations, community concerns, and matters of deeper import that often are submerged in the noise of everyday life.
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