Many years ago, Winter Carnival was an annual event that brought the school together for fun and competition to break up the winter doldrums. With new advisors Fred Griffin and Katherine McElroy, BFA’s Student Council has focused on student leadership and service to the school community. One of the early ideas that students proposed was … Continue reading Winter Carnival Returns to BFA Fairfax!
BFA Fairfax Students Focus on Respect, Gratitude, and Making a Difference with Speaker Ed Gerety
On Thursday, February 4th, BFA Fairfax Middle and High School Students hosted nationally-renowned speaker and author, Ed Gerety. Ed Gerety is one of the top professional youth speakers and leadership trainers in the United States, and is an annual keynote speaker at the Vermont Student Athletic Leadership Conference held each November. Through his personal experiences, inspirational … Continue reading BFA Fairfax Students Focus on Respect, Gratitude, and Making a Difference with Speaker Ed Gerety
BFA’s Got Talent!
We are pleased to announce the first annual talent show, Fairfax Has Talent! This inaugural event will occur on Saturday, March 12 in the Richard Brown Memorial Gym. There will be two shows presented. All funds raised from this event will support the Grade 8 Trip to Boston in the spring of 2017. We are thrilled … Continue reading BFA’s Got Talent!
STEM Brings SMILE to BFA
On a normal Friday night, the science hallway at BFA would be quiet. But on Friday January 15th, the students in BioMath eagerly presented their final projects to a packed room that included parents, community members and other students. Throughout the semester, students visited local worksites to make connections. From their visits, they selected an area … Continue reading STEM Brings SMILE to BFA
Game On: Playing is Learning at BFA Fairfax
Every now and then, I get asked why we have a gaming group at a school. If you ask early education teachers, they would readily tell you that playing is learning. Yet, somewhere along the way, we lose that mentality, as parents and as educators, by the time our students reach middle and high school. … Continue reading Game On: Playing is Learning at BFA Fairfax
Picture-Perfect Personalized Learning
At BFA, senior CeLynn Siemons has designed her own learning path along with her teacher Fred Griffin. Together, they developed an independent study course for a photo journalism class. CeLynn is able to take her passion for sports and photo-journalism and apply it to her learning in a meaningful, authentic way. The overview of the course … Continue reading Picture-Perfect Personalized Learning
BFA High School Students Present Research at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
In its 48th year the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting is the largest earth and space science meeting in the world. This year found 24,500 scientists representing 39 different countries in San Francisco, CA. BFA juniors Sophie Lee and Rebekah Larose were among those scientists. They presented their research on phosphate movement in the Lake … Continue reading BFA High School Students Present Research at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Do you have 32 degrees of courage?
In 1996 a few hardy souls jumped into Lake Champlain during the Burlington Winter Carnival and raised more than $8,000 for Special Olympics Vermont. The initial fundraising efforts exceeded expectations and by the following year, $27,000 was raised at the second annual Burlington Penguin Plunge. Today, the Penguin Plunge is a three-part series with events … Continue reading Do you have 32 degrees of courage?
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