Dear BFA Students and Families,
Throughout the school closure, the guidance office remains open for
remote business. High school is a time
for looking forward, for planning and working towards your goals and we will
continue to support all students with that work through this time of school
closure.
First and foremost, we will continue to support students and families
with mental wellness. This is a
stressful time. We are all experiencing
changes in routine and we know that routine is an important part of how we
manage stress and change. We are
developing a page of resources for students and families on the BFA Guidance
webpage, which is best reached via a google search for BFA Guidance. Our Guidance webpage is consistently the
first result listed. Our school social
worker, Ashlie Olio will be sending out self-care strategies regularly to
students through their email. All of the
counselors at BFA and the Northwest Technical Center will be checking email and
voicemail throughout each day and responding directly to students and
families. Each counselor has created an
online appointment scheduling link so students and families can schedule phone
calls or video conferences with their counselor. You can also contact Desiree Gunter at
527-6571 or dgunter@maplerun.org to schedule a phonecall with a
counselor. For any mental health
emergency please call Northwest Counseling and Support Services at 524-6555 and
press 1 for crisis. Anyone, student or adult, can call the crisis line to
report concern about the mental wellness of a friend, family member, or
themselves. In Vermont, Crisis support
is also available via text at 741741.
Students taking dual enrollment courses will have information from
their colleges about how to access those courses. CCV reports that online courses are
unaffected, and that inperson courses are switching to a distance learning
model. We will continue to update our
resources page on the guidance webpage with information from the collegeboard
about SATs and AP exams. At this point,
the collegeboard has cancelled the May SAT date and are still working on their
plan for AP exams. Colleges are also
developing their individual plans as campus visits have been suspended at most
schools. Counselors are available to
help students and families reach out to colleges to navigate this changing
landscape.
Please take care of yourselves and those around you. We encourage you to get exercise, stay
connected to your friends, and develop a routine, while following the
recommendations put forth by state and national health experts around social
distancing.
Sincerely,
Preston Randall (527-6572, prandall@maplerun.org), Amy Turner (527-6574, aturner@maplerun.org), Chris Pepin (527-6573, cpepin@maplerun.org), Stephanie Hodgeman (527-6576, shodgeman@maplerun.org) Suan Bosland (527-6512, sbosland@maplerun.org), Ashlie Olio (527-5669, aolio@maplerun.org) and Marissa McFadden (527-6575,
mmcfadden@maplerun,org)
