The Mercury met with Genevieve Laclair ('23), the Student Council Vice President, to discuss Bellows Free Academy’s Homecoming dance and find out why it was cancelled.  Due to Covid restrictions,...

Sept. 2 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Bellows Free Academy students gathered at the St. Albans Free Library for a night of trivia, nachos and video games.  According to Becky Manahan, the Assistant...

On July 29, a group of Bellows Free Academy students got to witness the making of Vermont through geology.  Larissa Hebert, a BFA English teacher, and Woodrow Thompson, her father and retired Maine...

On July 22, for the first time since 2019, the Sundog Poetry organization was able to host their annual “Justice and Poetry for All” event at Kill Kare State Park.  The “Justice and Poetry”...

On a small section of the Bellows Free Academy roof, on top of the North building, there is a group of 60 solar panels that account for about five percent of BFA’s electricity Dan Plimpton, a science...

Next year, Bellows Free Academy will be undergoing a series of changes, from a bell schedule to a new intercom system.  The way some courses are offered at BFA will change as well.  BFA students currently...

On May 26, dozens of Bellows Free Academy students gathered for a night of competitive theatre.  According to BFA's drama teacher, Susan Palmer, this event, known as Junior Jam, is a staple in the...

On June 1, a two-year project finally came to fruition at Bellows Free Academy. After two years of petitioning, speaking and campaigning, the BFA Social Justice Club succeeded in getting the Black Lives...

My mom, Valerie Longe, is a stylist and owner of Everything Grows Salon on Kingman Street, St. Albans. As a high school junior, I went to prom. My mom did my hair, obviously, and she did others too....

“These are great opportunities,” said Sorel Chaput when asked about the summer programs going on at Bellows Free Academy. Chaput, BFA's 504 coordinator is one of the organizers BFA's Academy Breakout...

On May 27, Bellows Free Academy held this year's Move-Up Day for the incoming freshman.  According to BFA guidance counselor, Stephanie Hodgeman, who helped coordinate the event and shared a schedule...

According to Bellows Free Academy teachers Larissa Hebert and Christopher Moore, within a couple of weeks they will be heading off to score AP exams.  Hebert and Moore explained how, after many years...