Weekly Administrative Update

BFA St. Albans is happy to announce that Amelia Wallace is our Class of 2025 Valedictorian. She is accepting the Green & Gold Scholarship from UVM and will be majoring in Microbiology this fall. Her favorite classes at BFA have been AP Environmental Science & AP United States History and Amelia completed a course through Cornell Summer Session, the Microbiology of Human Contagious Diseases. She has been very active in our school community through Student Voice, National Honor Society, Scholar’s Bowl & Math League. Amelia has received several awards including but not limited to the Vermont NEA Human and Civil Rights Award, Math Student of the Month, Foreign Language Student of the Month & Business Student of the Month. She is a well rounded student who excels in everything she completes. Congratulations Amelia!

Isma is an exceptional student, dedicated to supporting family and friends, and passionate about community and diversity. Isma displays a tremendous work ethic and genuine eagerness for learning, and she has challenged herself in taking all of the highest level courses available at BFA. She has also contributed to our school community through the BFA Mercury, National Honor Society, Scholar's Bowl, and Junior Jam. Isma has always been fascinated by technology enjoys problem-solving and math. She has found that Computer Science combines all 3. In the fall, she will be attending Rochester Institute of Technology to study Computer Science and pursue a career in Software Development. Isma is determined and persevering, and she will always find a way to solve a dilemma or achieve a goal. She will most certainly be successful in her future.

Congrats to Mr. Cioffi and Mr. Bedell! The 2025 BFA Yearbook has been dedicated to you!!

Congratulations May 2025 Math Students of the Month! Pictured L to R and top to bottom:

Elizabeth Botting, Rowen Ratta, Ellie Tremblay,

Jessica Coulombe, Carson Neveau, Clare Ayuson,

Evan Bessette, Macklen Couture, Chloe Edson,

and Sophia Oszurek

Congratulations May 2025 World Languages Students of the Month Zachary LaBounty, Brianna Chaplin, Cassie Bombardier, and Jude Desjardins!

Congratulations May 2025 Art Students of the Month Octavia Long, Jonathan Lagrow, and

Lucas Robert!

This past weekend was the Vermont City Marathon and some staff and students ran in it. There was a relay team of Track and Field boys "Chicken Legs" that finished 3rd out of over 450 teams!

Way to go LB Gunderson!

BFA proudly welcomed approximately 250 students from the Maple Run Unified School District and school choice communities for our annual Move Up Day. This exciting event gave incoming students the opportunity to meet their new advisors, teachers, and future classmates. Students toured the building, explored elective programs, learned about athletics and co-curricular opportunities, and received their schedules for the upcoming school year. We are excited to welcome the Class of 2029 back for Parent-Student Orientation on Monday, August 25th!

BFA Hosted it’s first “Rock Show” on Tuesday, May 27th. The show was produced by Eric Bushey with assistance from Armand Messier and Doug Bell with sounds and lights.

BFA’s Modern Band “A-319” was the headlining act. The opening band, “Primitive” was made up four MVU Students who had their first “out of MVU” playing experience together. The middle band was two BFA class of 2023 Alumni, Nic Farinaccio, Drums and Will Austin, piano. They dazzled the audience with their renditions of Elton John, REO Speedwagon and Billy Joel.

A-319 closed the show with full band selections and smaller combos. Music of Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The O’Jay, The Backseat Loves, My Chemical Romance, and several others were featured. The crowd was delighted and the sentiment is that this is the first of many such rock shows to come.

BFA Music Presents Annual Spring Choral Concert

On May 28, 2025, BFA Music hosted its annual Spring Choral Concert, celebrating the talents and achievements of its vocal ensembles and graduating seniors. The evening featured outstanding performances by Senior Soloists Kovu Hughes, Ares Young, Emma Gibson, and Chloe Weinstein.

The BFA Chamber Singers presented stirring renditions of Randall Thompson and Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, as well as John Rutter’s For the Beauty of the Earth.

Graduating seniors recognized for their participation in both Chorus and Chamber Singers included: J-dyn Lepage, Jon Coulombe, Emma Gibson, Ares Young, Kovu Hughes, Marshal Cronin, Lilian Duffy, and Chloe Weinstein.

The BFA Chorus performed a diverse program, ranging from 16th-century Renaissance works to contemporary pop. Highlights included a cappella renditions of Thomas Tallis’ If Ye Love Me, Moses Hogan’s powerful 8-part arrangement of The Battle of Jericho, and a creative choral take on I Want It That Way. Additional selections included Bob Dylan’s Ring Them Bells, Pinkzebra’s Fly Away Home, and the Shaker classic Simple Gifts, which featured Lilian Duffy on flute.

The concert was directed by Armand Messier, who has led BFA's choral ensembles for the past 25 years. Accompaniment was provided by Chris Leduc on piano.

Photo Credit: Erin Rocheleau – Maple Run Social Media

Kasia Bilodeau’s careers class visited the St Albans Water treatment plant. Chris did an amazing job explaining the water treatment process and all the different steps to ensure safe drinking water.

Students testing bridges in physics class.

Congratulations Seniors Jade Garceau, Amelia Weber, Anna Smith,

Ava Harrison, Sophia Wolfe, and Addie Parent!

I've invited you to fill out a form to RSVP for the 2025 BFA Senior Athletic Banquet.

Please indicate if you plan on attending and how many will be in your group.

Banquet is set for Sunday, June 8th in the BFA Gymnasium at 11:30 AM.

PLEASE RESPOND ONLY ONCE (1 Time) FOR YOUR FAMILY AND/OR PARTY.

The Abbey has graciously donated food and beverages for the event and entry is free!

Link to RSVP form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcffI8YvqJCFvUXFTcfIbmnmpLGykvZAIMJ2KRLOaViOxaNA/viewform?usp=pp_url

Jordan O'Grady

Assistant Athletic Director

jogrady@maplerun.org