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BFA Fairfax 6th Grade Goes To Lotus Lake

Last week, BFA Fairfax sixth-grade students and staff attended the Lotus Lake Discovery Center for an overnight, nature-based learning experience in Williamstown, Vermont. This is the tenth year that our students have engaged in this unique and highly engaging learning opportunity. While at Lotus Lake, students and staff participated in a range of nature-based learning … Continue reading BFA Fairfax 6th Grade Goes To Lotus Lake

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Do Not Read This Blog Post (Unless You Want to Hear Student Voice in Action)

A few months ago, I was listening to a group of students have a conversation in our classroom.  It was a well thought-out conversation, capturing their various viewpoints on what was going on in our world today -- politically, socially, and generally.  They were able to keep their minds open and demonstrate a Growth Mindset. … Continue reading Do Not Read This Blog Post (Unless You Want to Hear Student Voice in Action)

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BFA Baseball Has Successful Spring Training Experience At Historic Dodgertown

The BFA Fairfax Varsity Baseball team returned home from Florida on April 28 after a successful week of spring training at Historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach. The traveling entourage - comprised of sixteen baseball players, two coaches, the head coach’s wife, their daughter, and many of the player’s family members - departed for Dodgertown on … Continue reading BFA Baseball Has Successful Spring Training Experience At Historic Dodgertown

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“Are We There Yet?” BFA Fairfax 8th Grade Flexible Learning Experience in Boston

On April 20 and 21, the BFA-Fairfax eighth grade team boarded two coach buses for two days of learning and laughter in Boston, Massachusetts.   In my seventeen-year career as a principal, I have never ventured out of state with students.  This experience made a profound impact on me and reinforced the importance of creating … Continue reading “Are We There Yet?” BFA Fairfax 8th Grade Flexible Learning Experience in Boston

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Fletcher Students “Bridge” Classroom and Real-Life Learning

Two teams of fifth and sixth-grade students from the Fletcher Elementary School have received first and third place awards at Vermont Technical College's Middle School Bridge Building Competition. “We really feel like we accomplished something big,” fifth grader Reed Stygles said. “We took everything we knew from the classroom and put it together with the … Continue reading Fletcher Students “Bridge” Classroom and Real-Life Learning

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GEMS Students Challenged to Develop Highly-Effective Habits for Best Year Ever

This year’s incoming sixth-grade students were introduced to the “Best Year Ever Challenge.” Given the challenge of creating the best year ever, students are learning how to create and maintain an ideal community at school. Students will be learning throughout the year how to implement Seven Habits of Highly Effective People into their individual lives with … Continue reading GEMS Students Challenged to Develop Highly-Effective Habits for Best Year Ever