BFA High School Students Present Research at 2013 Vermont EPSCoR Student Research Symposium

Target 3: Flexible Learning Environments - FWSU will maximize flexible learning environments by redefining the school day, promoting learning experiences that extend beyond the school classroom, and fostering creativity, innovation, and differentiated learning opportunities for all. Action Step – Provide students w/ access to content, resources, and methods for learning beyond the school day and beyond the … Continue reading BFA High School Students Present Research at 2013 Vermont EPSCoR Student Research Symposium

BFA Class of 2012 Gives Back by Promoting Healthy Hydration and Reduced Plastic Waste

Target 2: Leadership in a Student-Centered Learning Environment - FWSU will foster development of teacher and student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Action Step - Ensure students and staff take an active role shaping their learning using rich, authentic questions, problems they identify, and diverse resources. When BFA Class of 2012 … Continue reading BFA Class of 2012 Gives Back by Promoting Healthy Hydration and Reduced Plastic Waste

PolarTREC Researcher Helps BFA Students Make Connections

Target 2. Leadership in a Student-Centered Learning Environment - FWSU will foster development of teacher & student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning. Action Step - Ensure students and staff take an active role shaping their learning using rich, authentic questions, problems they identify, & diverse resources. BFA High School students in … Continue reading PolarTREC Researcher Helps BFA Students Make Connections

BFA Students Become Engineers During IBM Engineering Week

BFA Fairfax 6th Grade Science classes were pleased to have IBM engineers Callie Chapman (Fairfax alumni) and Tom Chadwick visit during IBM Engineering Week. The visit was part of the wind energy unit. BFA's 5th Grade also recently benefited from this program. Students designed and created miniature wind turbines and measured the voltage results in millivolts. Construction … Continue reading BFA Students Become Engineers During IBM Engineering Week

BFA Students Compete in Poetry Out Loud

Poetry Out Loud is a nationwide recitation contest involving several hundred-thousand high school students representing all fifty states. On March 13th, students from thirty-eight high schools throughout the state competed at the Barre Opera House in front of a standing-room-only audience. The format featured two rounds with eighteen competitors. After each student recited two poems, … Continue reading BFA Students Compete in Poetry Out Loud

BFA Fairfax Preschool Program Achieves 5 STARS!

BFA Fairfax Early Education Program has been awarded 5 stars by Vermont’s Step Ahead Recognition System (STARS).  Participants in STARS receive recognition for instituting practices that demonstrate quality of programming that exceeds the requirements for becoming licensed by the State of Vermont. This achievement represents sincere effort and serious commitment on the part of BFA … Continue reading BFA Fairfax Preschool Program Achieves 5 STARS!

BFA 4th Graders Get Sweet Lesson in Erosion, Weather, and Economics

Target 3 - Flexible Learning Environments and Community Partnership Action Step - Provide students w/ access to content, resources, and methods for learning beyond the school day and beyond the school walls. 4th Graders at BFA spent the morning at Green Mountain Mainlines Sugar House in Fletcher Vermont. Owner Mr. JR Sloan, a parent of a 4th grade student, gave the … Continue reading BFA 4th Graders Get Sweet Lesson in Erosion, Weather, and Economics

Tradition and Excellence! Congratulations to BFA Bullets on an Amazing Season!

The spirit of community and tradition has been alive and well at BFA Fairfax this winter, and never more evident than in the recent overwhelming success of our athletic teams.  The Fairfax community has played an important supportive role in the pursuits of our NVAC Mt. Division Champion Cheerleaders, our Div. 2 Classical Relay State … Continue reading Tradition and Excellence! Congratulations to BFA Bullets on an Amazing Season!