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Athletics for Credit

March 25, 2025

BFA should count sports outside of school as a credit, because some teenagers work hard and put in many hours for their sports. BFA changed their standards so varsity sports can count as physical education...

The Decrease in Referees.

The Decrease in Referees.

Tayah Paquette March 25, 2025

If you haven´t noticed, there has been a big problem with the decline of officials and referees. Things like games getting postponed, or even canceled. Youth games are also having such bad of a decline...

Should Gym Class be Required to Graduate?

Should Gym Class be Required to Graduate?

Lily Perron, Mercury reporter March 25, 2025

For every student, gym class is perceived differently. Physical Education can be dreadful, or the most exciting part of a student’s day. However, for the students who dread attending the class, motivation...

Would a four-day school week benefit students?

Would a four-day school week benefit students?

Lily Trutor, Editor March 25, 2025

Imagine how nice it would be to have a four day week in high school instead of five days, having a day to break up your week and allow for more time and rest. Having a four day school week would improve...

No More Homework!

No More Homework!

Grace Robert, Mercury reporter March 25, 2025

Not having homework can be very beneficial for highschool students. There are a lot of highschool students who come to school without their homework finished, and it is not because their dog ate their...

Rethinking Homework: A Call for Change in High School Education

Rethinking Homework: A Call for Change in High School Education

Molly Clark March 25, 2025

Homework is excessive and unnecessary for learning. Students spend about 7 hours in school Monday through Friday so why add homework. On average students stay up till midnight or later just to complete...

Should seniors have their own parking lot?

McKenna Pelletier, Mercury reporter February 10, 2025

On Monday, September 23rd, 2024 questions were asked about senior parking. Why should seniors have their parking lot? Most teens must arrive an hour early to find or get a parking spot. Some joys...

The Junior and Senior Lounge Should Only be for the Juniors and Seniors.

Myleigh Bergeron February 10, 2025

In the BFA cafeteria, there is a small room off to the side you are allowed to sit in to eat your lunch. Most people don't notice, but it says at the top that it is the junior and senior lounge. This means...

The Junior and Senior Lounge should only be for the Juniors and Seniors.

Myleigh Bergeron January 31, 2025

In the BFA cafeteria, there is a small room off to the side you are allowed to sit in to eat your lunch. Most people don't notice, but it says at the top that it is the junior and senior lounge. This means...

Assessment Week Schedule

Student Perspective: Culmination Week

Rachel Ledoux, Editor-in-Chief February 11, 2024

This is a part of a Student Perspective column by Rachel Ledoux. In Jan. 2024, for the first time in years, all Bellows Free Academy students partook in Culmination Week - also known as ‘Midterms.’...

Should Bellows Free Academy have both School Safety Workers and School Resource Officers?

Hazel Starr, Contributor June 13, 2023

The following is from an assignment in Jeff Moulton's Sociology of Crime class: Should Bellows Free Academy (BFA) have both School Safety Workers (SSW’s) and School Resource Officers (SRO’s)? If...

Paul Bouchard with Lynda

The Perfect Teacher for a Wanderlust Daughter

Lynda Bouchard, Contributor May 18, 2023

Having your father teach at the same high school you attend is both a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that you will always make it to school on time. The curse? You always make it to school on time. ...

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