Friday, April 21, 2023

Friday, April 21, 2023, Weekly Administrative Update

We Are BFA!
"Growing Green and Gold Pride"



Reminder: 4/21-4/28 Spring Break - NO SCHOOL


Franklin County Industry Tour
Educators from around Franklin County toured 10 facilities learning what they do and what they have to offer our high school graduates. 

St. Alban's representation pictured: Tim Smith- Mayor, Sara Kattam-BFA Assistant Principal,
Stacy Rouleau, St. Albans City Assistant Principal, and Bill Kimball, Superintendent.

Convocation Preparation
Students spent all day on Tuesday planning next year’s convocation performance.





The Mercury

Click here for all of the recent Mercury articles: https://bfamercury.org/



Journalism Class visits
St. Albans Historical Society
Former BFA French teacher and historian, Louise Haynes, spoke with Mrs. Hebert's journalism class at the St. Albans Historical Society. She shared information about The Mercury's and BFA's history and students toured the museum.



Congratulations St. Albans Messenger Athlete of the Week Lauryn Johnson!
Junior Lauryn Johnson uncorked a throw in the Javelin of 108 feet, a Personal Best of nearly 22 feet; that throw put her third on the BFA Junior Top 10 List and sixth on the BFA All-Time List and qualified her for the New Balance National Championships at the end of June at the University of Pennsylvania.

Track and Field had a
banner day on April 15th!

The St. Albans Messenger reported "Saturday, April 15, was another banner day for the BFA-St. Albans Track and Field team. The sun and low winds made for a record day. Early in the meet Junior Lauryn Johnson uncorked a throw in the Javelin of 108', which would be a Personal Best of nearly 22'; that throw to put her third on the BFA Junior Top 10 List and sixth on the BFA All-Time List. More importantly, her throw qualified her for the New Balance National Championships at the end of June at the University of Pennsylvania. She led the way with the girls’ team, who set 23 Personal Bests; the boys’ team set 35. Freshman Asher St. Pierre continues to impress with another Freshman Top 10 List, this time in the 110m Hurdles, now the ninth fastest freshman to ever run them at BFA-St. Albans. Joining him on the freshman list was Nolan Howrigan, now sixth in High Jump. We had many Juniors make their Top 10 List; Karli Holland tenth in the 100m and eighth in the 200m. Will Hughes is now tenth in the 200m, third 400m and sixth in the High Jump. The team continues to work hard and improve every day."
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Track and Field Meet April 18th
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Meet the 2023 Comet Tennis Team
Front row, left to right: Lilah powers, Sarah McConnell, Blooma Krei, Sophia Oszurek, Laurelle Bloomhower, Milla Andersson , Paula Marras Gimenez, Genevieve Laclair, Aroa San Juan Max, Maura Thompson, Shelby Bechard, Jaylin Bedard, Coach Laura Laramee
Back row, left to right: Assistant coaches Lisa Curry and Bill Cain
Photo Courtesy of Laura Laramee


Bobwhite LAX 4/19/23
Bobwhites lacrosse team took a 14-8 loss to the Essex Hornets.  Noah Earl led the Bobwhites' scoring effort with 4 goals, Ethan Audy three goals, and Deagan Rathburn had one. Cam Johnson had one assist. Goalie Carson McDonald had 11 saves.




Comet Softball 4/20/23
The Comets earned an 8-1 win over the North Country Falcons.






PTO

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A Plea from I.T.
Parents, we need your help!!! Many students have multiple Chromebooks checked out to them. Please conduct a search and rescue mission for extra Chromebooks and charging cables around your home. Please have your student return them to I.T. as soon as possible. Thank you.


Students with excessive tardies and/or absences will be assigned to a callback at 7:30am to connect with their teacher and catch up with missing work. Transferable Skill scores in Self-Direction take attendance into account.




Health/Nurses Update

Self-poisoning Prevention

Parents, caregivers, and other members of teens’ support networks:

Safe Teens at Home: Medication Safety is a presentation providing information on medication poisoning risks for teenagers—primarily self-poisoning—and ways parents can help prevent these poisonings.

“Biteables” are short video clips that could be shared in waiting rooms or on social media. Self-Poisoning Prevention for Parents of Teens is broken into two parts: Part 1 | Part 2






Save the Dates



9th and 11th grade Cognia
STANDARDIZED TESTING INFORMATION
May 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12

Teachers in COGNIA Testing Training



Tickets will go on sale May 1st in the Principal's office before school and 
during lunches for Juniors and Seniors.










Senior Update