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2019-2020 CALENDAR
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Vulnerable Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness. ~ BRENÉ BROWN
NOTE: The words and quotations used throughout the calendar are reflective of INTEGRITY, the BFS Quaker Testimony of the Year for 2019-20.
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SEPTEMBER 2019 Sunday
Monday
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Labor Day Buildings Closed
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
6 pm All Kindergarten Parent Orientation 6 pm MS Parent Orientation – All Gr. 5 & 6-8 new to BFS
Thursday
9:30 am MS New Student Orientation, including All Gr. 5
4
Friday
5
Saturday
6
7
12
13
14
19
20
21
26
27
28
First Day of School (K-12) Half Day for K/1
LS/MS Afterschool begins (except for K/1)
Week 1
8
Founders Day
9
5:30 pm Preschool Parent Orientation
FC Parent Orientation
11
FC First Day of Phase-In
6 pm US Parent Orientation – All Gr. 9 parents & 10-11 parents new to BFS
Week 2
15
10
First day of Preschool
16
17
LS/MS Specials begin
8:30 am PAT New Parent Coffee Hour
6 pm Head of School Convocation at NYC Technical College Auditorium
18
3:30 pm Panther Pride Day Week 1
22
PS 4s Afterschool begins
23
PS 3s Afterschool begins
24
25
6 pm LS Curriculum Night for Gr. K/1
6 pm LS Curriculum Night for Gr. 2-4
MS MAP Testing
Week 2
29
1:00 pm BFS Volunteers at the Quaker Meeting Community Dinner
Rosh Hashanah School and Buildings Closed
30
Week 1 FC Family Center PS Preschool LS Lower School MS Middle School US Upper School AS Afterschool PAT Parents & Teachers Red type indicates event with parent attendance
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Whole
Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves. ~ J U L I A A LVA R E Z
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OCTOBER 2019 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday PS Afterschool Specials begin
Wednesday
1
Thursday
2
8:30 am Breakfast with Head of School for parents new to BFS
Friday
Saturday
3
4
5
10
11
12
17
18
19
24
25
26
6 pm MS Curriculum Night for Gr. 7/8
6 pm US Curriculum Night
Week 1
6
7
8
14
15
21
22
6:30 pm PAT Class Parent Orientation
Yom Kippur / School and Buildings Closed
9
6 pm MS Curriculum Night for Gr. 5/6
Week 2
11:00 am BFS Families join Quaker Meeting for Worship
13
Indigenous Peoples Day School and Buildings Closed
16
6 pm US Admissions Open House
6:00 pm FC Curriculum Night
Week 1
20
23
Gr. 4 Trip to Nature’s Classroom 6 pm PS Curriculum Night 6 pm MS Halloween Dance & Social
Week 2
27
28
29
30
6 pm US Admissions Open House
MS/US Report Writing Day No school for MS/US students
31
9 am Gr. 4 Halloween Dance Performance No AS Specials or Music Lessons
Week 1 FC Family Center PS Preschool LS Lower School MS Middle School US Upper School AS Afterschool PAT Parents & Teachers Red type indicates event with parent attendance
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Honest
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway. ~ MOTHER TERESA
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NOVEMBER 2019 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
9 am Annual Young Womyn of Strength Conference
2
Week 1
3
4
5
6
7 MS/US Parent Conferences No school for MS, Half-day for US
8
9
15
16
PS/LS/MS/US Parent Conferences; No school for students
Week 2
10
11
12
13
14 FC Parent Conferences, PS/LS Parent Conferences; No school for students
Week 1
17
18
5:45 pm AS Potluck
PS 4s Parent Tour of LS
19
20
26
27
21
5 pm MS/US Musical
22
7 pm MS/US Musical
23
7 pm MS/US Musical
Week 2
24
25
PS/LS Fall Family Programs No AS Specials or Music Lessons
Week 1
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29
30
Fall Break / School and Buildings Closed
US Community Issues Conference
FC Family Center PS Preschool LS Lower School MS Middle School US Upper School AS Afterschool PAT Parents & Teachers Red type indicates event with parent attendance
28
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Fair
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
~ H. JACK SON BROWN, JR .
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DECEMBER 2019 Sunday
Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
8:30 am Gr. 4 Parent Tour of MS
3
Thursday
4
Friday
5
Saturday
6
7
13
14
20
21
Week 2
8
9
6 pm Jazz Concert
10
6 pm Chorus Concert
11
6 pm Orchestra Concert
12
4 pm IB Dance Showcase AS Specials Open House
Week 1
15
16
17
18
19
AS Specials Open House
Traditional Holiday Sing with 12 Noon Dismissal for all students
Week 2
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Winter Break / School Closed Buildings closed
29
30
Buildings closed
Buildings closed
31
FC Family Center PS Preschool LS Lower School MS Middle School US Upper School AS Afterschool PAT Parents & Teachers Red type indicates event with parent attendance
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Decent
When the norm is decency, other virtues can thrive: integrity, honesty, compassion, kindness, and trust.
~ R AJ A
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K R IS H N A M O O R T H
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JANUARY 2020 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
1
2
Saturday
3
4
Winter Break / School Closed Buildings closed
5
6
7
13
14
15
21
22
29
Classes and AS resume
8
Young Alumni Day
9
10
11
2 pm LS Family Folk Dance
Week 1
12
AS Winter/Spring Specialty Classes begin
17
18
23
24
25
30
31
LS Specialist Night for K/1 Parents
16
“Simple and Powerful” Tribute to Dr. King
Week 2
19
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day School & Buildings Closed
20
US Start of Second Semester
Week 1
26
MS Start of Second Semester
27
28
LS Horizons Reading Challenge Kicks Off
Week 2 FC Family Center PS Preschool LS Lower School MS Middle School US Upper School AS Afterschool PAT Parents & Teachers Red type indicates event with parent attendance
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Principled
We all lose when bullying and personal attacks become a substitute for genuine conversation and principled disagreement. ~ ALICIA GAR Z A
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FEBRUARY 2020 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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5
6
10
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12
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18
19
20
7
4 pm & 7:30 pm MS Play
7 pm MS Play
8
Week 1
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14
15
21
22
Week 2
16
Presidents Day School & Buildings Closed
17
Faculty/Staff Professional Day No Classes
PAT Black History Month Celebration 3:30 pm: Workshops 6:00 pm: Dinner & Program
Week 1
23
24
25
26
Week 2 FC Family Center PS Preschool LS Lower School MS Middle School US Upper School AS Afterschool PAT Parents & Teachers Red type indicates event with parent attendance
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27
28
Horizons Reading Challenge concludes
29
PS/LS Parent Conferences No classes for PS/LS
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Responsible
Conduct is more convincing than language. ~ JOHN WOOLMAN
ESME VROOM Class of 2024
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MARCH 2020 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
Friday
5
4 pm & 7 pm Dance Concert
Saturday
6
4 pm & 7 pm Dance Concert
7
PS/LS Parent Conferences – no classes for PS/LS
Week 1
8
9
10
16
17
4:30 pm IB Music Concert
11
12
13
14
18
19
20
21
26
27
28
Week 2
15
Spring Break /School Closed
22
23
24
FC/PS/LS Spring Camp
25
Spring Break /School Closed
29
30
Classes and Afterschool resume
31
Week 1 FC Family Center PS Preschool LS Lower School MS Middle School US Upper School AS Afterschool PAT Parents & Teachers Red type indicates event with parent attendance
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Honorable A half truth is a whole lie. ~ Y I D D IS H P R O V E R B
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APRIL 2020 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
4
10
11
17
18
IB Art Show
Week 1
5
6
7
8
14
15
6 pm New (’20-’21) PS/LS Parent Enrollment Welcome Event
Passover School & Buildings Closed
9
Passover and Good Friday School & Buildings Closed
Week 2
12
13
6 pm New (’20-’21) MS/US Parent Enrollment Welcome Event
16 FC Parent Conferences No classes for FC
Week 1
19
20
21
22
23
MS MAP Testing
26
27
28
29
24
7 pm US Play
25
MS/US Parent Conferences Half day for MS/US
MS/US Parent Conferences Half day for MS/US
Week 2
7 pm US Play
30
Week 1 FC Family Center PS Preschool LS Lower School MS Middle School US Upper School AS Afterschool PAT Parents & Teachers Red type indicates event with parent attendance
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Compassionate
Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness; and bearing one with another, and forgiving one another, ... and helping one another. ~ IS A A C P E N N I N G T O N
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MAY 2020 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
3
US IB Exams begin
4
5
11
12
6
7
9:30 am Up on the Roof Welcome Party for New (’20-’21) PS/K families
8
2
9
Week 2
10
6 pm Chorus Concert
13
14
6 pm Orchestra Concert PAT Used Book Fair
15
6 pm Jazz Concert
Horizons at BFS Parent Orientation
16
PAT Used Book Fair AS Specials Open House
Week 1
17
18
19
24 Week 1
21
MS Overnight Trips
AS Specials Open House
Week 2
20
Faculty/Staff Professional Day No classes
22
23
29
30
All-School Art Show
Memorial Day School & Buildings Closed
25
26
Last day of AS Specials
27
5:30 pm AS Showcase
6 pm MS Spring Dance & Social
28
31
FC Family Center PS Preschool LS Lower School MS Middle School US Upper School AS Afterschool PAT Parents & Teachers Red type indicates event with parent attendance
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Virtuous
My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion, her intelligence reflected in my daughters. ~ MICHELLE OBAMA
CAROLINE HOPKINS Class of 2032
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AIL A PACET TI Class of 2032
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JUNE 2020 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
US Gr. 9-11 Exam Week
Class of 2020 Baccalaureate & Reception
7
AS Music Recital
Week 1
8
4 pm Commencement for the Class of 2020
Last day for LS/MS (half-day)
MS Day in Prospect Park
LS Gr. 4 Moving Up
PS Goodbye Day (last day of classes)
Saturday
5
6
MS End of Second Semester
LS Gr. 3 Trip to Clearpool
9
10
11
12
13
17
18
19
20
24
25
26
27
MS Gr. 8 Moving Up
Last day of LS/MS Afterschool
14
15
16
21
22
23
29
30
28
4 Last day of PS Afterschool
MS Gr. 7/8 Exam Week Week 2
Friday
Summer Camp & Summer Arts Session 2 begin
Summer Camp & Summer Arts Session 1 begin
Summer Camp & Summer Arts Session 1 end
Please give to the 2019-20 Brooklyn Friends Fund by June 30th. FC Family Center PS Preschool LS Lower School MS Middle School US Upper School AS Afterschool PAT Parents & Teachers Red type indicates event with parent attendance
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JULY 2020 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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4
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July3: Independence Day Observed. Buildings closed July 10: Summer Camp & Summer Arts Session 2 end
July 13: Summer Camp & Summer Arts Session 3 begin July 24: Summer Camp & Summer Arts Session 3 end
Sensitive
If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others? DO L O R E S H U E R TA
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AUGUST 2020 Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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Consistent
Integrity is the essence of everything successful. - R . B U C K M I NS T E R F U L L E R
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Integrity
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The BFS All School Quaker Life Committee works to strengthen our community's connections with one another in the context of Quaker values, testimonies, and practices. Quakers have no set creed. Instead they have testimonies – core truths and beliefs – that they endeavor to live by. With input from all faculty and staff, the Committee chose Integrity as the Testimony of the Year for 2019-20. This is reflected in the words and quotations on each month of the calendar. The Committee collectively chose the words and quotations, and together developed the following description for the Testimony of Integrity as an aspirational goal for the BFS community:
We seek to have consistency between our values and our actions, to live according to the deepest truth we know reflecting the Light within us and to speak the truth; we know that our understanding of the truth at any moment is incomplete, and we are open to new ideas, new paths, and new solutions. Through this calendar, the All School Quaker Life Committee hopes to inspire all community members to support one another with integrity and to share kindness, patience, and wisdom with each other.
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