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March Staff and Students to Celebrate!
These students and staff were recognized for their excellence at our March Community Meeting.
Summer, Kaelynn, Sam, Cordelia, and Mr. Gaudette present at the Online and Blended Learning Conference in Colchester on March 14th.
On March 20, Peyton, Ella, Mr. Tague, and Dr. Welch presented about BFA's proficiency based systems and our PLP process at the League of Innovative Schools Spring Convening in New York City. The presentation went really well, and they even got to take in some NYC sights, including seeing Aladdin on Broadway.
State of the UNion
State of the UNion
Congratulations to Sophomore Maggie Short for being a finalist in Bernie's Sanders State of the Union Address. Read her essay here!
Poetry OutLoud
Poetry OutLoud
Congratulations to Senior Samantha Urbina for her amazing 2nd place finish at the State Poetry Outloud Competition. Check out her performances below.
Math Modeling Competition
Math Modeling Competition
Two teams, consisting of 8 students, took part in this year’s International M3 Math Modeling Challenge in the beginning of March. They spent 14 hours modeling and predicting homelessness data in order to find solutions for the current problem.
Congratulations to Burlington Tech Students Kagan Whiteman and Kaelynn Sandvil for earning awards at the HOSA- Future Health Professionals State Competition. Kagan earned a Gold Medal for Pathophysiology and Kaelynn won silver for Individual Nurse Assisting. Both will compete in Houston this summer!
Career Day
Scenes from Career Day held on March 20th. Thank you to all our community partners for sharing their career path stories and for talking with students at the job fair.
Pops Concert!
The high school music department showcased their amazing talents with the Pops Concert! The theme, Fairfax on the Screen, highlighted songs such as Family Guy theme song, The Muppet Show Theme, I've Had the Time of My Life, and Bellas Finals from Pitch Perfect. It was a great night!
Course-work sections are organized by the five Transferable Skills students work on in their classes. These skills are highlighted in our Portrait of a Graduate and build students' capacity for career and college readiness.
Course-work sections are organized by the five Transferable Skills students work on in their classes. These skills are highlighted in our Portrait of a Graduate and build students' capacity for career and college readiness.
Clear and Effective Communication
Students can demonstrate organized and purposeful communication.
Students can gather information from actively speaking, listening, and participating in class.
Students use force diagrams and Newtons 2nd law to solve physics problems and present their findings.
In Advanced Bio, Ava presents about food challenges and recent improvements made to nutrition in America.
Mr. Lane reviews the Law of Cross-Cutting Relationships in Earth and Space Science.
Whitney writes a compare and contrast essay for her AP Language course. The essay compares two articles written about the future of high school education.
Self Direction
Students have self-awareness, initiative, flexibility, and resilience in their learning.
Students have individual responsibility for their learning.
Students use technology to support and enhance their learning.
Using knowledge of linear equations and inequalities to make art.
Math students work with partners to check their understanding of the work.
Students work independently in the Art of Craft
Students read and respond independently to questions about The Odyssey graphic Novel.
Creative and Practical Problem Solving
Students observe and evaluate situations in order to solve problems.
Students persist in solving challenging problems and learn from failure.
Mr. Theoret works with a student to solve a program in Coding.
Student play a game to better understand battles and conditions of WWII.
French class students complete in a class challenge to identify breakfast foods.
Students in Ecology and Evolution use data analysis to make predictions.
Informed and Integrative Thinking
Students apply knowledge from multiple sources to make sense of their learning.
Students apply prior knowledge to the current task.
Geometry students apply their knowledge by measures various spaces throughout the building
Students learn about the physiology of how contraceptives effect the reproductive system.
Freshmen students illustrate a scene from Trevor Noah's, Born a Crime, drawing on the ideas of theme and tone.
Responsible and Involved Citizenship
Students take responsibility for their actions and understand their impact on the community.
Students collaborate effectively and respectfully.
Students get to know each other in new Trimester 3 courses with a game of Telephone.
Pickleball action in PE class.
Ninth grader students are engaged as Ms. Wills shares their next steps in Foundations 2.
Students in Mr. Heald's Native American History class read picture books to elementary students. They used this opportunity to get to know each other. Later this spring the high school students will teach some history lessons to the elementary students.
Counseling Department
MARCH Newsletters from the Counseling Office
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