Friday, January 7, 2022

Friday, January 7, 2022, Weekly Administrative Blog

 This blog focuses on sharing important information, classroom work, and photos taken throughout the week.

Happy New Year BFA! 💫

Welcome back!
Only 1 week until Semester 1 ends.

UPCOMING JANUARY EVENTS

BFA Dance Team Competition will be held on Saturday, January 8th in the BFA Gym at 9 a.m.


The International Club’s next meeting will be held next Monday, January 10th in Mr. Pollard's room (A-217).


Auditions for the One-Act Play: She Kills Monsters will be held from 3:00-4:30 in the PAC on Monday (1/10) with Call Backs on Tuesday (1/11).  Show dates are March 24th and 26th.  All are welcome!


Mrs. Rico’s Book Club – Happy New Year!  Looking for something to do?  The book club meets Fridays from 3-4 p.m. in the library.  Hope to see you this Friday.


Gaming Club meets on Mondays and Fridays after school in Room E-205 until 4:50 p.m.  All are welcome.  Email Mr. Hungerford (chungerford@maplerun.org) if you have any questions.

The Winter Ball will be held on Saturday, January 29th from 7-10 p.m. in the BFA Gym.  Admission is $7 per person or $5 per person with a non-perishable food item.  Concessions will also be available for sale.


College Fair hosted by VT Army National Guard:



December Business Students of the Month:
The Business Department wants to congratulate and thank Richard, Liam, and Stephen for their positive attitudes, being supportive of their classmates, and for demonstrating excellence in Business Management, Accounting, and Career Exploration.

Congratulations Jacob Tremblay:
Join us in congratulating BFA athlete Jacob Tremblay as he signs his National Letter of Intent to run at the University of Vermont next year. We wish him the best of luck!



Congratulations to the Messenger's Athlete of the Week - Noah Earl:

Career Connections Presentations with NASA
On Wednesday, January 12th BFA and NCTC will be hosting a career connections presentation with Ryan Jordan, an engineer with NASA’s commercial grounds systems branch. Ryan will discuss his personal career path, thoughts on careers in applied science and engineering, and opportunities with NASA.

Students can sign up to attend this on Flextime Manager by searching for the event called “Career Connection Opportunity”. This event will be held virtually from room B120a.

Email speak to Mr. Mahabir (lmahabir@maplerun.org) or Mr. Thayer (rthayer@maplerun.org) if you have any questions.

Classroom work

Ms. Magnan and Mr. McCabe's Physics Classes:
Winners from the 10th Annual Mousetrap Car competition. Students who engineer a car that travels 24 meters (80 feet) get to add their name to the Mousetrap Car Wall of Fame.




PE Department:
The fitness equipment has arrived and these 4 students helped the PE department tremendously in bringing all of the new equipment off the truck into the weight room.
Dior Brenes
Evan Bessette
Michael Banyea
Logan Kimball

Mercury Update:
Click here https://bfamercury.org/ to read recent Mercury articles

Mercury staff photographer, Asher Ballantine, took these photos of last night's dance performance.







Nordic Race 1/6/22:
Nordic race at Colchester. Day 1 of a 3-day multi-challenge cross country race.


























Senior Information
VSAC Event:
Seniors applying to college,
VSAC applications are due February 11th. Let us help you with your application. Come to the library during enrichment next Wednesday am from 8-9:30 am. Our VSAC counselor will be in attendance.