On Friday, November 20th, BFA Fairfax Elementary celebrated the end of the fall season with a day of fun, exercise, and creativity. All students were part of three multi-age rotations of activities: vegetable-face-making and crafts, an outdoor hike with collaborative tasks, and face painting, obstacle course, marshmallow relays, hula hooping, and no-handed-doughnut-eating in the gym. … Continue reading BFA Fairfax Elementary Harvest Festival a Success!
BFA High School Students Conduct Field Study
Students in Mr. Lane’s High School Climate Change class recently conducted a field study of tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions at area high schools. Students were interested in finding out how a sampling of car tailpipe Carbon Dioxide emissions from the BFA-Fairfax parking lot compared with cars from other high schools. They suspected they would see a … Continue reading BFA High School Students Conduct Field Study
“It is Often What You Don’t See in Classrooms That is the Most Telling!”
Target 1 – Student-Centered Learning FWSU students will engage in personalized learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving, and creative learning opportunities. Action Step - Highlight, create, and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving, and creativity for students and staff. Indicator of Success - Students and staff will apply existing knowledge to create original works as a means of … Continue reading “It is Often What You Don’t See in Classrooms That is the Most Telling!”
New Technology Provides Instant Feedback in BFA HS Science
Biology students at BFA were able to utilize a new technology that completely changed the way they looked at a traditional science experiment. The experiment involved a glass globe, a tray with water for sealing the globe and a candle. As the candle burns under the globe, the oxygen level decreases, and is replaced with … Continue reading New Technology Provides Instant Feedback in BFA HS Science
BFA Fairfax Student-Athletes Shine at 2015 VSADA Athletic Leadership Conference
On November 9 and 10, eight BFA Fairfax student-athletes attended the 2015 Athletic Leadership Conference hosted by the Vermont State Athletic Directors Association (VSADA). This annual event, held at the Burlington Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, brings together 300 of the top student-athletes from high schools all around Vermont for two days of leadership training … Continue reading BFA Fairfax Student-Athletes Shine at 2015 VSADA Athletic Leadership Conference
Students Embrace Boundless Possibilities at BFA Fairfax
It has been an exciting week in the Guidance Office at BFA-Fairfax as several Seniors sent out their first applications to college to meet the Early Action deadlines of numerous colleges and universities. The college admission process requires students to use real-life problem solving. From deciding areas of academic interest and determining the admission selectivity … Continue reading Students Embrace Boundless Possibilities at BFA Fairfax
BFA Fairfax Middle School Students Capture the Colors of Fall
BFA Middle School has adopted a new tradition and is working to get students to think creatively, be outdoors, and use technology in the form of their 1:1 iPads. The 6th grade just wrapped up their 3rd annual Fall Photo Challenge and the art was absolutely stunning! This optional challenge received entries from over half … Continue reading BFA Fairfax Middle School Students Capture the Colors of Fall
BFA High School Students Access their Education with Schoology
BFA High School students and teachers are using the district’s new learning management system, Schoology, to access the resources they need for learning inside and outside the school walls. Students in all classes are accessing their daily agendas for each class. They can post comments to the their teacher or their classmates. Students can take … Continue reading BFA High School Students Access their Education with Schoology
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