1,2,3… PLC?
Julia Scott, Co-Editor
June 10, 2019
Teacher collaboration is vital to school cohesion. We see this cooperation in Freshman teams and department collaboration that help to unify curriculum and aid students. These groups, called Professional Learning Communities, or PLCs are designed allow teachers to meet, share, and work together ...
Mercury through the years
Haley Seymour, Co-Editor
June 10, 2019
The BFA Mercury has been published regularly at BFA since 1930, when the school first opened. This student publication has covered many topics over the years from school safety to start times. So how many times has history repeated itself? 20 years ago, in 1999, students were talking about many of the s...
Optimism for journalism: what you didn’t know
Katharina Spöth, Writer
June 10, 2019
If you're still thinking about your class schedule for next year, this article could have an impact on your choices and thus, an impact on your life. This article is based on interviews with a student journalist, an editor and the media advisor for BFA’s journalism class, as well as the reporte...
What’s in your water?
Owen Biniecki, Writer
June 4, 2019
The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Health released a pilot report in Sept. 2018 on levels of lead in Vermont schools’ drinking water. The report revealed that 27 of 900 fountains tested had dangerously high amounts of lead, having lead contents of over 15 parts per billion (ppb). ...
Who let the dogs in?
Julia Scott, Co-Editor
May 20, 2019
The morning of April 18 seemed, at first, like any other to Lucien Montagne (‘19). He got ready for school and left his house to pick up his neighbor, who he drives to school. This is when the morning verged from its expected path. “As soon as I exited my house and went to open the gate I have...
Who is Mr. Perkins?
Katharina Spöth, Writer
May 20, 2019
“Regular” teachers at BFA are mainly there to teach you about Pythagoras, the Feudal System and charcoal pencils. From time to time, a substitute teacher shows up and you eventually end up getting a lesson about life instead of how to solve for x. Most students at BFA have probably met John Perkins,...
What’s the #1 thing people miss from elementary school?
Kai Hemingway, Writer
May 20, 2019
As time continues on and the future begins to rear its head, it’s nice to look back and reminisce on the simpler times -- those simpler times being elementary and middle school with their bright colors and lack of existential crises. Nostalgia’s origin started off negatively with the original...
In-class reading time: the secret for success?
Kai Hemingway, Writer
May 2, 2019
Independent reading, or sustained silent reading, isn’t implemented in every English classroom, but should it be? Built in independent reading time can offer a boost in important reading skills that every student should have. Larissa Hebert is an English teacher at BFA who has independent reading...
Prom shoots for the stars
Owen Biniecki, Writer
April 5, 2019
With the 2018-2019 school year quickly coming to a close, Prom is one of the last upcoming events. Alex Haag (‘20), a member of the Prom committee revealed details about the upcoming event, which will be on “May 18th from 7:00 to 10:30,” at the “Downtown Hilton on Battery Street in Burlington...
Clubs: for college or for fun?
Kai Hemingway, Writer
April 4, 2019
The pursuit of a good resumé for college can be a tough one. Wanting to make a good impression may be at the top of the list. Stacking up on clubs to flesh out a resumé seems like a good option, but is it really? The BFA website states that the clubs offered are great and hand out many opportunities to s...
Snow days, delays… it’s a craze!
Katharina Spöth, Writer
April 3, 2019
Less than three months left for students at BFA until we can finally fully enter our well-deserved summer break of 2019! Students are counting down the days but due to some tough snow days, the countdown wasn’t counting down all the time… The question that appears: how can we get out of sc...
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