I’ve been enjoying observing our Upper School students as the year gets underway this fall.  We are all appreciating the opportunity to reflect on the goodness we see in them, their current challenges, and their future promise.  It is especially gratifying to witness our Eighth Graders as they settle into their culminating, “senior” year prepared […]

Renowned educator and thought leader, Roland Barth died on Sunday at 84. “Throughout his storied career as a teacher, principal, writer, and developer of school leaders, Roland Barth was foursquare for quality, equity, shared leadership, humor, and great metaphors.  He was an author, consultant, school leader, former Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) faculty member, […]

What a glorious first day!  It was wonderful to welcome everyone this morning.  With everything happening in our world, and with all of the challenges presented, we had a smooth start to another new year at BFS.  Credit goes to our talented and caring teachers, our committed staff members and administrators, and our new Associate […]

A glorious and warm afternoon provided the perfect setting as many community members gathered on the upper field to celebrate and recognize our Eighth Graders at BFS’s Graduation Ceremony yesterday, June 10, 2021.  A gentle breeze arrived and for three hours, our hearts and minds were captured by the beauty of the moment, the presence […]

By Alex Harris ‘14 Good Afternoon, 8th grade! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Alex, and I am Gabriella’s older sister. I’m so happy and honored to have the opportunity to speak to you today as you prepare to leave your mark on the BFS community. Today, your mark will be signified by […]

Meeting for Worship began today with reflections on “integrity,” a core tenet of Friends and Friends schools.  My grandfather, a lifelong Friend, was born (in the house he lived in for most of his life) in Lower Makefield, Bucks County.  Long before most of the things we see as commonplace today were introduced – cars, […]

First shared with me by Teacher Juli Vogelsang, I posted this almost a year ago to the day and continue to think it is wonderful and can see truths in all of this. As Michael Thompson said to our parents last year – “in the end, if they feel safe, are not lied to, and […]

Please consider watching (at the very least, just the first four minutes of) CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky’s remarks to the nation this week. With continued gratitude for your steadfast cooperation, sacrifices, and support as BFS community members regarding our protocols, collective responsibility for our school, and shared interest in providing a vibrant, full in-person […]

The mood in Sydney Fox’s woodshop is always purposeful and productive as students in First Grade through Eighth Grade industriously invest in designing, constructing, and completing a range of projects from toolboxes to clocks to tables to doghouses, and more. . . Few classes develop every learner’s mind, body, and self-esteem quite like woodshop, one […]

by Maya Angelou Dedicated to the hope for peace, which lies,sometimes hidden, in every heart.We, this people, on a small and lonely planetTraveling through casual spacePast aloof stars, across the way of indifferent sunsTo a destination where all signs tell usIt is possible and imperative that we learnA brave and startling truth.And when we come […]