WELCOME TO THE BFA SOCIAL STUDIES WEB PAGE
The BFA Social Studies Department employs current and progressive learning methods and technologies to understand how an interconnected human society works and determine how it can best work in the future. We accomplish this by learning what humanity and societies have created over time and using that understanding to solve and determine where we can go in the future.
Contact Info: jbedell@maplerun.org 802-527-6533
Global Citizenship
American Experience
Advanced Placement US History
Mr. Bedell began his teaching career at BFA-St. Albans in August 2001 and has remained in the Social Studies Department since then. He is a Saint Albans native and has lived his entire life in Northwestern Vermont. He has a double-bachelor degree in secondary education and history, a Master’s Degree in Curriculum, Assessment, and Ed. Leadership, and an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Organizational Leadership and Change. He spent his first 20 years at BFA teaching on a multi-disciplinary 9th grade team and the last five years teaching AP US History. Mr. Bedell is a certified AP teacher and Head of the Social Sciences Program at BFA.
Contact Info:
(802)-527-6535
Psychology I and II
American Experience
U.S. History (Virtual High School)
Mr. Campbell started teaching at BFA in 1999 and he has been located in B208, across from the gym, for almost that entire time. Teaching both face to face and online provides the best of both worlds. He has a B.A. in History from UVM (1988), a B.A. in Education from Trinity College (1999), an M.A. in Education from Southern New Hampshire University (2007), and Certificate of Online Education from Plymouth State College (2011). One of the driving goals in his teaching is to set up learning communities where students communicate what they learned rather than telling them what to learn.
Contact Info: ddezotelle@maplerun.org
802-527-6534
Global Citizenship
Senior Civics
Mr. Dezotelle began teaching social studies at BFA in 2018. He grew up in Vermont but lived throughout the United States before moving back to Vermont to become a teacher. Mr. Dezotelle has a bachelor's degree in business and a master's in education.
Contact Info:
(802) 527-6490
Mrs. Howard has been a proud BFA Social Studies member since 2004. She was raised in Central Vermont, graduated from Saint Michael’s College and started teaching at Mt. Anthony Union High School in Bennington, VT in 1999. After teaching there for 3 years, Mrs. Howard taught at Ruben A. Cirillo High School in Gananda, New York for 2 years before returning to Vermont. She earned her master’s degree from Walden University and is also certified as an educational technology specialist. Mrs. Howard has taught many courses at BFA over the last 2 decades including all required courses and redesigned the Gender Studies course curriculum.
Contact Info:
(802) 527-6579
Global Citizenship
21st Century America
Miss Madeiros began her teaching career at BFA in 2021. After growing up in Massachusetts, she received her bachelor’s degree in History and Secondary Education at Bridgewater State University. She then moved to Vermont and received a Masters of Education in Special Education. Miss Madeiros is passionate about working with students of all levels and loves working with her students to help them find success.
Contact Info: cmoore@maplerun.org
802-527-6578
American Experience
Mr. Moore began his teaching career at BFA in 2008. A ninth generation Vermonter, he grew up in Bradford, a town in the Upper Valley region. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Russian and Eastern European Studies from the University of Vermont and obtained his teaching license from the Upper Valley Teaching Institute (now UVEI). He has been a reader for the A.P. U.S. Government and Politics exam since 2022.
Contact Info: jmoulton@maplerun.org
American Experience
History of American Music
Sociology of Crime
Mr. Moulton is a 1990 graduate of BFA St. Albans, who played soccer, hockey, and the tuba, while at BFA. The 2024-25 school year marks Mr. Moulton’s 28th year of teaching at BFA. He graduated from SUNY Potsdam with a degree in Secondary Education and History and received a Masters in Education degree from Southern New Hampshire University. Mr. Moulton has coached several sports at BFA including boys soccer, girls hockey, and girls softball. He loves boating, snowboarding, and spending time with his family on his home ice rink and at their camp on Lake Champlain.
Contact Info: gmurray@maplerun.org
American Experience
Economics
WBL
Mr. Murray attended BFA as a student and graduated in the class of 1990. After receiving his teaching license, Mr. Murray joined the Social Studies Department at BFA and has been teaching here for the last 26 years. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he was the Varsity baseball coach for 17 years and the Varsity football coach for 23 years. Currently he serves as the Director of Community Service and is a member of the LSB.
Contact Info: rszymanski@maplerun.org 802-527-2256
Global Citizenship
Advanced Placement Psychology
Mr. Szymanski is in his third year at BFA after 14 years at North Country Union High School. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from St. Lawrence University and his teaching license from the Upper Valley Teachers Institute (now UVEI).