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 […]

The events in Atlanta yesterday, during which eight people were the victims of shootings – six of whom were people of Asian descent – is deeply upsetting. It refocuses my attention on the Quaker testimonies of peace and equality while underscoring the truth that not all people are treated as equals and feel equally safe […]

Per an invitation from the Bucks County Herald, the following article was prepared and will be included in their 2021 Parent’s Guide to Schools (to be published this week). The Religious Society of Friends, a religion also known as Quakerism, was founded in the 1600’s with the central belief that within each of us there […]

The Minneapolis-based Search Institute created the Developmental Relationships Framework aimed at fostering “close connections through which young people discover who they are, cultivate abilities to shape their own lives, and learn how to engage with and contribute to the world around them.” . I’ve read and re-read the elements of the framework, and I find […]