2023 Summer Edition, Administrative Update - August 1, 2023

  We Are BFA!

"Growing Green and Gold Pride"

Summer Edition

Welcome Principal Rico!!

Summer 2023

Academy Breakout Sessions and 

Recovery Classes

We just wrapped up a successful third year of summer programming, with close to 90 students participating.  32 students were able to recover credit in one or more classes that they failed during the 22-23 school year. Nine, one-week classes were offered. Each of these students made the choice to give up a week or two of their summer break to earn back credit so they are in better shape this year. Congratulations to them for making this choice!

56 students took advantage of our breakout activities and workshops. We had week-long SAT Prep and College Essay Writing classes, a trip to the Justice and Poetry event in Burlington, 6 different Art and the Outdoors activities, an 8-day Digital Media Smorgasbord, and a week-long baking class. Pictures and details of some of the activities are included below.

A huge thank you to all of the teachers who worked this summer to make these opportunities available to our students!!

Sorel Chaput

Summer Coordinator

Summer Shibori Class July 11th

Day 1 of our Arts & the Outdoors summer breakout series! Students experimented with shibori, an ancient Japanese cloth-dying technique.

Day 2 Watercolors by the water July 12th.

Here are pictures from the jewelry workshop on July 18th.  Students learned beading, cording, chainwork, and metal stamping to create wearable fun!

What a beautiful day on July 20th for planting by the lake and making macrame and embroidery floss hangers for our newly potted plants!

Summer Cooking Class

Summer cooking class made cupcakes, cake pops, pizza rolls, and cakes. Here are some photos of just a few of the beautiful cakes they made!

Pesto Pasta and Ice Cream!

Here are pics from our last two breakouts from the last week of July. Homemade pasta and pesto…yum!  The rain didn’t stop us from blueberry picking! We got drenched and rewarded ourselves with a rainy day hangout while our fresh blueberry ice cream churned.

Mrs. Bristol

Justice and Poetry

Students work with VT poet James Crews at Sundog Poetry’s Justice and Poetry event. BFA alumni Elio Haag performed music for the event.

Congratulations 

2023 Green Mountain Girls State 

Officers & Award Winners!!

BFA had a great Girls State turnout! Several were in attendance. Lindsay Bernard returned as a counselor. Taylor Olds won Lt. Governor. Rachel Ledoux won a couple big awards including the Samsung scholarship, Ava Dumont won the journalism award, and Sarah McConnell Outstanding Choir! BFA students did so well on a statewide stage!! !!

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Save the Dates

Wed., Aug. 30th - First full-day 9th graders

Thurs., Aug. 31st - First full-day All students