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BFA's 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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Transgender-Inclusive Colleges

Luke Holcomb, Writer November 7, 2022

Ten years ago, you probably would not have seen any articles or news outlets covering transgender inclusivity in colleges. In fact, the first college to include a policy accepting trans and non-binary...

Rehearsal of "The Addams Family"
Photo credit: Penelope Noza

BFA’s Fall Drama Production Preview: “The Addams Family”

Patricia Noza, Writer November 4, 2022

Are you ready for Bellows Free Academy's fall musical: "The Addams Family?" Each year the BFA Theater Company performs a musical for audiences.  “The Addams Family” musical tells the story of love...

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New Kaiju Kitchen Restaurant Tour

Asher Ballantine, Digital Media November 1, 2022

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The BFA Locker Showdown: Where’s the Best Spot?

River Dalley, Writer October 28, 2022

In a school as big as Bellows Free Academy, there are plenty of lockers that students can stop at to store and retrieve their items during the school day. But where’s the spot, the cream of the crop,...

An NCTC cosmetology student does another student's hair. Photo credit: Ivy Hoang

Students Get Styled at NCTC

Rebekah Dalmer, Writer October 24, 2022

According to Northwest Career and Technical Center’s Cosmetology teacher, Ashley Duncan-Aubin, the Cosmetology program is now offering free appointments for Bellows Free Academy students during Wednesday...

BFA Social Justice Club members inside the chamber of the Vermont State House:  Patricia Noza ('26), Paxton Getty ('24), Cloudy Hadd ('25), Rachel Ledoux ('24), Leeza Kusmit ('24), Reilly Babinski ('23) and Mikayla Lewis ('24).
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VSARN’s Day of Racial Equity

Rachel Ledoux, Editor October 24, 2022

On Sept. 30, dozens of socially-active students and staff from schools across Vermont gathered at the Vermont Statehouse for the Vermont Student Anti-Racist Network’s (VSARN) Day of Racial Equity. Among...

BFA's Halloween Movie Night

BFA’s Halloween Movie Night

Rachel Ledoux, Editor October 24, 2022

On Oct. 26 at 6 pm, the Collins Perley football field will be transformed into an outdoor movie theater for Bellows Free Academy’s Halloween Movie Night, which, according to Evangelica Luneau ('26) is...

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Student Perspective: High School Jobs

Rachel Ledoux, Editor October 24, 2022

This is a part of a Student Perspective column by Rachel Ledoux. From checking you out at Hannafords, to washing your dishes at the Mill River Brewery, working high school students are everywhere....

Fairfield Center School Principal Kelsey Malbouef with John Halligan and FCS 8th graders Mania Tibbits, Jade Robtoy, Moriah Bourdeau and Lakota Hayes

Be an Upstander, Not a Bystander

Zoe Walent, Writer October 12, 2022

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, suicide is the twelfth highest cause of death of all Americans.  The NIMH also notes that, in 2020, "suicide was the second leading cause of death...

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