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Oh, Class of 2026: The Places You Will Go
The ºÚÁÏ×¨Çø Class of 2026 will be attending some of the most prestigious colleges and universities across the country and around the world. We couldn't be more...
Faculty Profile: Janet Villas
Outspoken science teacher Janet Villas has a mission to make sure BFS students grow into environmentally active adults. Through her leadership in the IB... Read More
Faculty Profile: Diane Mackie
Lower School Curriculum Coordinator Diane Mackie is excited about kicking off the new year with the return of a powerful and much-lauded resource. On... Read More
Faculty Profile: Caroline Segarra
Caroline Segarra, a seasoned New York City teacher, joined BFS as the Lower School Learning Specialist but that wasn't enough to calm this distance... Read More
Faculty Profile: Jane Vongvorachoti
The newest member of our BFS PE Department, Jane Vongvorachoti, raced the Autism Speaks 4 Miles of Hope on Sept. 7, 2013 and set a new course record of... Read More
Alum Profile: Adam Distenfeld ’81
Adam Distenfeld '81, an acclaimed sculptor, is as direct and outspoken as much of his stone work, including his newest piece commissioned by The American... Read More
Alum Profile: Hon. Ellen Chaitin ’66
Ellen Chaitin's childhood "argument skills," combined with a social conscience groomed in part at BFS, set her on the path to becoming a judge in the... Read More
Alum Profile: Hon. Dena Douglas ’83
Kings County Civil Court judge and former Federal prosecutor Dena Douglas received this year's George Fox Distinguished Alumna Award for exemplary service... Read More
Alum Profile: Dr. Jonathan Pincus ’52
Dr. Jonathan Pincus ’52 is Chief of Neurology at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Washington, D.C., and a professor of neurology at Georgetown... Read More
Alum Profile: Dr. Martha Bridge Denckla ’54
Martha Bridge Denckla ’54 is an MD and the director of the Developmental Cognitive Neurology (DCN) Department at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, a part of... Read More
Alum Profile: Peter Trachtenberg ’70
Author of the critically acclaimed The Book of Calamities, Peter Trachtenberg began writing seriously at BFS and never stopped. Peter Trachtenberg '70,... Read More
Alumni Profile: Camilla Church Greene ’60
An anti-racism public school reformer speaks frankly about being BFS' first African-American K-12 student, and of a lifetime spent bucking... Read More
Alumni Profile: Stephen Wermiel ’68
He started out writing about the Supreme Court for BFS' former student newspaper The Life. It spawned a decades-long career covering the court up... Read More



