Bellows Free Academy

Students are offered meals to take home to help with the days they are not in school. 

The 5 days’ worth of food consist of individual items and bulk items such as a loaf of bread, lunch meat, and milk. Please advise us if special meal accommodations are required for allergens or other special dietary needs. Meals are available for parents to pick up on Friday’s between 12:00-1:00 in the north building.  Students may pick up after school in the cafeteria on Tuesday and Fridays. Parents and students may sign up for these meals by emailing Mrs. Brunelle at tbrunelle@maplerun.org or by calling her at 527-6404. This will put you on a weekly list.  If you are unable to pick it up, please call to suspend your order for that week.  If other pick-up arrangements need to be discussed, please call her.  We understand that people sometimes forget to sign up or situations change so we will have some extras made up just in the grab and go cooler in the cafeteria.

ATTENTION SENIORS AND FAMILIES:

• Main Street Graphics is thinking of our 2021 graduates

Click here if you would like to order your senior a personalized lawn sign. 

This Thursday, April 1^st and next Thursday, April 8th the Tech Center will be doing testing during the following time periods:  8:45-11:00 and 11:25-1:30.  There will be no bells or music for passing.

SPRING SPIRIT WEEKS START ON MONDAY 4/5!

SPRING FLING IS COMING ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14!

Locations:  BFA St. Albans & Collins Perley

Time:  8:30 – 2:45

** LUNCH & TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDED **

SIGN UP YOUR TEAM FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING TOURNAMENTS 

Badminton 2v2 Doubles Signups  3v3 Basketball Signups Total 3 Players/Team  Dodgeball Tournament (up to 10 players) 6 play at once need 2 girls Volleyball Tournament 8 players total 6 play at once signups

SIGN UP FOR INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES Indoor/Outdoor Activities Signup 

Art Activities ● Gaming ● Cooking ● Weight Room ●Drama ●Yoga Improv ● Book Club ● Table Tennis ● Archery ● Board Games ● Lawn Games (cornhole, can jam, 4 corners, capture the flag, etc.)● Pickup Basketball, Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, Softball

Join us on the journey to becoming Well Minded:

Join Ashlie Olio & Marissa McFadden Wednesdays from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8522... 

Topics & Activities! 

Stress & Anxiety

Vision Boards

Resiliency

Positive Affirmations

Self-Care

Self-Reflection

Healthy Coping Skills

Mental Health Supports

AND MORE!

BFA Social Justice Club will meet on the following dates:   

Virtual meetings Weds (NEW TIME) 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.:

3/31, 4/7, no meeting 4/14 (Spring Fling event), 4/28 

In-person club meetings will be from 3-4 p.m. in Room A-303:

Thurs (4/8 Combo with GSA), Mon (4/12), Thurs (4/15),

No meeting over Spring Break,

Mon (4/26), Thurs (4/29)

To join BFA's Social Justice Club, email Nicole Schubert at nschubert@maplerun.org to be added to our Google Classroom page.

BFA GSA - Gender & Sexuality Alliance: 

Please join us in the Cafeteria from 3-4pm.  You CAN still attend in person if it’s your remote day.  ALL are welcome!! 

April Schedule: 

4/1 

Unified Sports:

There will be no Unified Sports Thursday, April 1st.  Hope to see you April 8th at the Complex.  If you have any questions, see Kasia Bilodeau.

New articles in The Mercury: 

How Covid has Changed Hands-on Learning within NCTC’s Programs: Part III by Lianna St. Francis 

The BFA Beat (first installment) by Bella Bonasera 

GUIDANCE INFO:

AP Exams: 

If you are scheduled to take an AP exam, please visit the Guidance Office to submit the amount of the remaining fee owed for taking the exam. 

If you are a green day OR remote student, payment is due to Guidance by Thursday April 1, 2021. 

ATTENTION SENIORS: 

A reminder that the BFA Local Scholarship Application is due to the Guidance office by Thursday, April 1.   

Applications can be found: https://drive.google.com/file/d/159s3Aiy3ojLfRx_sRrSKly_l-uoVZB4y/view 

Completed applications can be dropped off directly to the office or emailed to bfaguidance@maplerun.org by the April 1 deadline. 

All other scholarships should be mailed directly to the scholarship committee indicated on the individual applications.   

Paying for college checklist: 

• FASFA
• VSAC GRANT
• LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/159s3Aiy3ojLfRx_sRrSKly_l-uoVZB4y/view  
• INDIVIDUAL LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS: https://sites.google.com/fcsuvt.org/bfaguidance/scholarships
• Check your college's websites for college specific applications

VSAC Presents Women in Aviation: 

This online event will be hosted by Vermont Tech Professional Pilot Technology on Thursday, April 1^st at 11 a.m.  Come join us for an interactive presentation and Q & A session led by licensed Vermont pilots!  This presentation is open to anyone who is interested.  Please click here to register. 

VIRTUAL COLLEGE TOUR: 

On April 7^th from 2 -3 p.m. VSAC will be hosting a virtual college tour of Vermont Technical College. Sign up here to join the meeting! 

Come learn about each school’s majors and programming, student life, and so much more! Everyone who participates will have their name entered in a drawing to win free prizes and college swag! 

I hope to see you there!  Please contact Kathryn Gesser at gesser@vsac.org if you have any questions or would like help accessing these events.