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Student art work on display at the 2022 BFA Fine Arts Night.  Photo credit:  https://gggbfa.blogspot.com/2022/12/friday-december-9-2022-weekly.html

BFA Fine Arts Night Returns for Second Year

Patricia Noza, Writer December 24, 2022

Bellows Free Academy held its second Fine Arts Night on Dec. 8.  The event featured what the BFA’s Art Department has to offer. This included the Improv Team, chorus and chamber choir, Drama Club, band,...

The Christmas pickle. Photo credit: Jessica Southwick

The Christmas Pickle

Jessica Southwick, Photographer/Media December 24, 2022

As the holiday season comes around, there is an enjoyable clash of cultures and traditions to bring people together. This sharing of traditions can help people grow understanding and acceptance of each...

A gold academic pin.
Photo credit: Jessica Southwick

BFA’s Academic Pins-Students Respond

Zoe Walent, Writer December 11, 2022

Each year, Bellows Free Academy gives out academic pin awards to students who have made top grade achievements. A student who reaches a 3.9 GPA or higher receives a gold pin, a student who reaches 3.7-3.89...

The BFA Experience- A Taste of BFA

The BFA Experience- “A Taste of BFA”

Reilly Babinski, Writer December 5, 2022

“BFA experience is a night for prospective students to take a look at what BFA has to offer. So it's offered to both in-district and out-of-district students, students who are in schools where they have...

The Record Club
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Gettin’ Groovy with BFA’s New Record Club

Mackenzie Smith, Writer November 16, 2022

BFA has a groovy Record Club that meets after school on Tuesdays in the Hideaway from 3-4:30 p.m. According to the Record Club adviser, Dino Patsouris, who is also the Outreach Coordinator for Northwest...

What’s New About The N.E.W.S?

What’s New About “The N.E.W.S?”

River Dalley, Writer November 15, 2022

New Entertaining Watchable Stuff, also known as "The N.E.W.S" is a program made by Northwest Career and Technical Center’s Digital Media program.  Now that the new school year has begun, the Digital...

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Last Total Lunar Eclipse for the Next 3 Years Happened on Nov. 8

Nick Bosley, Contributor November 11, 2022

Unless you were up at 3 a.m. on Nov. 8, you missed the last total lunar eclipse until 2025. Early in the morning on Nov. 8, the moon, the sun and the earth lined up to form a total lunar eclipse. A lunar...

The BFA marching band in the Veterans Day parade. Photo credit: Larissa Hebert

2022 Veterans’ Day Parade and Ceremony

Rachel Ledoux, Editor November 11, 2022

On Friday, Nov. 11, Bellows Free Students students gathered with dozens of other St. Albans community members and stood in Taylor Park for an hour to honor Vermont’s many veterans with the annual St....

BFAs Well-Minded Group

BFA’s Well-Minded Group

Anna Bouchard, Writer November 10, 2022

Ashlie Czelatka, a social worker at Bellows Free Academy, is now the advisor for a new program: The Well-Minded Group.  When asked by The Mercury why she wanted to create the group, Czelatka said,...

BFA String Festival 2022
Photo credit: Penelope Noza

BFA Hosts Second String Festival

Patricia Noza, Writer November 10, 2022

On Nov. 2, Bellows Free Academy hosted its second-ever String Festival since April of 2019.  According to BFA music teacher Eric Bushey, the String Festival began as a way for string ensembles of the...

Armand Messier
Photo credit: River Dalley

How Armand Messier Makes Student Music Videos

River Dalley, Writer November 9, 2022

Armand Messier’s primary role at Bellows Free Academy is being a teacher, teaching classes such as chorus, Piano Lab and Music Theory. However, Messier also has a much different side gig: making music...

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