Adelphians Wear Red, White & Pink for Valentine’s Day!
Middle and Upper Schoolers enjoyed shopping at the Valentines Day Boutique dressed in red, white and pink!
BAY RIDGE — All you need is love! Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn students, faculty and staff showed their love and appreciation for Adelphi — and each other — on Red, White & Pink Day! Dressed in their favorite Valentine’s Day colors, students enjoyed posing for photos, shopping at Adelphi’s Valentine’s Day Boutique and spreading love and joy to everyone on this special day!
Adelphians also gave and received Valentine’s Day Candy Grams. Members of Adelphi’s Student Advisory Board delivered hundreds of these special items, which included delicious lollipops and candies as well as adorable plush toys, to their excited recipients throughout the day.
Head of School Ms. Iphigenia Romanos said, “Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn’s Annual Red, White & Pink Dress Down Day allowed students and staff members to show love for each other and their school by purchasing items in our Valentine’s Day Boutique and by sending special Candy Grams to their classmates and colleagues — all while dressed in colors associated with Valentine’s Day!”
Lower Schoolers Rayan and Avi have love for Adelphi!
Middle Schoolers Daniel, Nilla and Ethan dressed in Valentine colors!
The boutique featured tons of fun items related to the holiday, from pencils with heart-shaped erasers to bracelets, hats and headbands decorated with hearts. Students of all ages enjoyed visiting the boutique during their lunch periods throughout the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day and purchasing their favorite items.
As the oldest private, independent, continuing, coeducational, college-preparatory day school in the borough and one of the oldest in the nation, Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn, “the little school of big dreams” has been “effectively preparing young people for college, career, and life, one day at a time” for over 150 years. Founded in 1863 and located in the historic Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, Adelphi enrolls students from three years of age through twelfth grade. A strong emphasis is placed on small class size, individualized attention, self-expression, critical thinking and challenging hands-on learning through Adelphi’s founding philosophy and dedication to the education of the “total child.” Adelphi students excel within a small, intimate, safe, caring, nurturing, and secure environment through Adelphi’s core values and founding principles of pride, tradition, spirit, and excellence. The student-teacher ratio is 8 to 1 and Adelphi is a New York State Regents Exempt Program with a 100% college application, acceptance and attendance rate. A founding member of the Coalition of Essential Schools, Adelphi receives its charter from the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York and has been a member of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools since 1928. Ms. Iphigenia Romanos serves as Head of School.
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Photos courtesy of Adelphi Academy of Brooklyn