BFX: A Program Grounded in Equity, Joy, & Exploration

and illustrations. The Orange Room collaborated on a large-scale solar system mural, representing all that they had learned.

The Preschool Fours Big Study invites learning beyond the topic at hand. For example, students learned the differences between fiction and nonfiction and the elements of a story while reading imaginative books about aliens and space travel. When the Study was complete, the teachers and students invited families to the classrooms to see first hand all that they had learned and created. Congratulations to the student-astronauts and their teachers, Niamh Dolan, Rachel Kleinman, Jazelyn Montanez, and Rachel Rowan, for their successful exploration of space and their safe return to the second floor. 

After a brief hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Brooklyn Friends was thrilled to bring back an after school program to Pearl Street. Launched in September 2021, BFX: Extended Day Xplorations is a reimagined program that is grounded in equity, joy, and exploration. Students in the Preschool through 8th Grade enjoyed fun and enriching activities each afternoon including: music in many forms, Spanish, chess, art, LEGO League, and much, much more. In a closing message to BFX families at the culmination of the school year, the BFX team wrote: “When we launched Brooklyn Friends Xplorations (BFX) last fall, our vision was to create a very special place for your children. A place where they could relax after a long day in the classroom, and where they could explore and play while building connections and enjoying friendships. A place where all children were free to enjoy all the activities offered. A place of laughter, creativity and joy.” The BFX colleagues truly achieved this vision. We can’t wait to see the program in action in 2022–2023!

BFX Program Manager, Joy Roberts BFX Director, Camille Fobbs