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Students & Staff of the MontH
Students & Staff of the MontH
These students and staff were recognized at our January Community Meeting. Congratulations!
Course Fair
We had a great Course Fair this week! Thank you to everone who braved the weather to attend. We look forward to supporting your students in the 2025-2026 school year.
It is wonderful to welcome the Class of 2029!
Portrait of a Graduate
BFA's Students in Action...
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.
Public speaking students work on a fun broadcast.
AP Gov students simulate how bills become laws. We are in minute 3 of a filibuster about roman numerals.
A group of freshmen share about and show the town they created which included the 3D map, and all aspects of town government.
Public Speaking and Work Based Learning Seminar students visited WOKO, Kool 105, and WCAX to learn about what it takes to produce a radio or tv broadcast.
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.
Students practice chords on guitar.
Students in Wildlife Biology class learn about cladograms, a diagram used to show evolutionary traits amongst animals.
The Financial Literacy class is learning about how and why to files taxes.
Students in Math 2 complete a formative assessment for the VTCAP State test.
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.
Students performed a variety of challenges at stations to write comparative sentences in French.
Exploring forms of electricity generation through stations
AP Environment Science students investigate the environmental impacts and economic costs of mining by completing a fun cookie lab.
Teams of Math 1 students earned turns on the Jenga tower for correctly solving systems of equaitons.
Informed and Integrative Thinking
Students apply knowledge from multiple sources to make sense of their learning.
Students apply prior knowledge to the current task.
A Chemistry student measures air pressure and force.
Students in Historical Fiction use the memoir Persepolis to connect the story to the historical events of the Iranian revolution.
Sharing out the chemical processes inherent in the changing states when water is boiled.
Heroes & Villains students use a case study of Joseph Stalin to analyze power systems.
Responsible and Involved Citizenship
Students take responsibility for their actions and understand their impact on the community.
Students collaborate effectively and respectfully.
Students toured Randoph Union's project-based learning classes.
The scholar's bowl team hold their own during tough competition.
Students in a literacy class interview military personel.
A student in a Foundations of Global Citizenship course draws and describes her ideal President of the United States.
Counseling Department
Scheduling for 2025-2026
Students recieved Scheduling Materials for the 25-26 School Year in Advisory. Students who are at tech centers during advisory or who were absent, please connect with your school counselor and/or advisor. Course requests will be due Feb 14th.
Tech Center Presentations, Visits, and Applications are in progress. Contact Jesse Gaudette for more information.
Student and families can use these link to book a meeting with their school counselor:
Katherine McElroy Welch: https://calendly.com/kmcelroy-3
Linnea Jahn: https://calendly.com/linneajahn
Grade 12
Be sure to keep an eye on the local scholarship document in the coming months.
VSAC Scholarships are due February 12th, be sure to get a copy of your transcript to upload to your VSAC portal. VSAC Guide for uploading the necessary documents to your VSAC portal.
Grade 11
Sign up with your school counselor by Feb 14th if you would like to take the SAT at BFA on April 11th
College and Career Planning Workshops at BFA this winter and spring.
Early College Applications are open, May 1st is the priority deadline.
Juniors please book a meeting with your school counselor to discuss courses for senior year as well as post-high school plans.
Grade 10
During advisory earlier this month students attended a presentation from CCV about Dual Enrollment & Early College.
Dual Enrollment : Details for: CCV, VTSU, UVM, & Norwich
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