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March 21, 2023 | Fairfax, VT – At a Special Board Meeting on March 20, 2023, the Fairfax Board of School Directors voted to hire Heather Ba...

By Heather Weeks, BFA Fairfax Elementary Physical Education Teacher
Addresses all FWSU Action Plan Targets:
Proficiency-Based, Personalized Learning
Distributed Leadership and...
STUDENT RECORDS: Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax, Vermont, will be destroying any non-essential materials from student files of graduates from the Class of 2016.
SPECIAL EDUCATI...

Each morning students across FWSU are greeted as they enter the buildings or classrooms to start their day. Sometimes it’s in rain gear with an umbrella, sometimes it’s in full win...

High School Spanish Novice students wrote simple children’s stories about an animal in Spanish as their culminating presentational writing assessment for Semester 1.
They had ...

This week, we were able to recognize January’s FWSU Educators at each of our schools. Educators are chosen from those who were nominated by parents, students or colleagues. Typical...

FWSU Transferable Skill: Responsible and Involved Citizenship: Demonstrate ethical behavior and the moral courage to sustain it.
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16: Promote peacef...

December was a busy month in all of our schools and it got away from us before we had the chance to recognize our Educators of the Month. Over the last two weeks, we were finally a...

Addresses all FWSU Action Plan Targets:
Proficiency-Based, Personalized LearningDistributed Leadership and Student AgencySafe, Equitable, Healthy, Flexible Learning EnvironmentsEn...

If you have not had the opportunity to meet BFA’s Interim Middle School Principal, please let me introduce you to Heather Baron. Ms. Baron joins the BFA team with 20-plus years of ...

For over a decade, the BFA Fairfax Athletic Department has offered an alternative learning opportunity for students through the ability to serve as athletic department assistants. ...

^ Downtown Chicago from the 25th floor of the Marriott Marquis, AGU 2022. Photo: Tom Lane
Last week High School students Jacob Antonovich and Ryan Thatcher with HS science te...

On Tuesday, December 13, students from the BFA Middle School Student Leadership Committee joined forces with BFA High School students to deliver food to the Fairfax Community Cente...

Addresses all FWSU Action Plan Targets:
Proficiency-Based, Personalized LearningDistributed Leadership and Student AgencySafe, Equitable, Healthy, Flexible Learning Environments...

Written by:Alana TorracaBFA Fairfax French Teacher
On Tuesday, November 15th, Madame Alana’s three French classes traveled to Canada for a cultural adventure in Montreal, Quebec. ...

Yesterday, we presented our second round of FWSU Educator Recognition certificates and awards. It’s great to pop into a classroom and surprise the educator (and their students) wit...

Each year the Vermont State Athletic Directors Association (VSADA), in coordination with the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA), awards ten schola...

Since 2015, Vermont has participated in a state summative assessment known as the SBAC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. This year our students will sit for a new spring as...
Addresses all FWSU Action Plan Targets:
Proficiency-Based, Personalized LearningDistributed Leadership and Student AgencySafe, Equitable, Healthy, Flexible Learning EnvironmentsEn...

Join us to learn more about our school’s Title 1 programs and requirements for grades 7-12 -- Virtual meeting will take place on Thursday, Nov. 17th at 6:00pm.Visit the link below ...