IT’S SPIRIT WEEK April 27th - May 1st:
- Monday, April 27th - Dress up as your favorite meme! Keep in mind that life imitates art and get funky with it!
- Tuesday, April 28th - Show us your favorite stay-at-home spring break outfit for a classic Tropical Tuesday!
- Wednesday, April 29th - Looks good, feel good is what they say, right? Ditch the sweats for your most glamorous outfit (or one for your pet) for Whimsical Wednesday!
- Thursday, April 30th - “Twin” the best you can with coordinating outfits and send in a collage of what you came up with!
- Friday, May 1st - Since Tradition Never Graduates, throw on your favorite BFA attire to reminisce and show your spirit!
Spirit Week Raffle Prizes for Participation! We hope you are all excited to show your BFA spirit virtually this week! In order to get more folks involved and support local businesses, teachers have purchased gift cards from area businesses as prizes. For every day that you participate your name will be entered into the drawing. We will share winners in the announcements next week! BFA Strong!
Important - when sending us your submissions, please share files as:
“Your name+grade_day of the spirit week_date” so that we can organize and edit them. Please send all Spirit Week photos to kesweeney@maplerun.org.
Each day we will announce the CLASS who had the highest participation, and at the end of the week the ultimate winner (and the prize) will be announced!
Make sure your photos are taken against an appropriate background so that we can make a fun slideshow at the end of this exciting week!
Please contact Kayleigh (kesweeney@maplerun.org) with any questions!
Well Minded Group: This group specifically focuses on stress and anxiety, how to manage our levels, learning helpful tips and coping skills, and connecting with your peers. We would like to offer this group via Zoom every Wednesday at 10am. Please check your email for the link to join. We hope to see you there! Feel free to contact Ashlie Olio (aolio@maplerun.org) with any questions.
AP Students: If you have signed up for AP tests and have not paid your balance, it is due on Friday, May 1st. You can mail a check payable to MRUSD to BFA Guidance, 71 S. Main Street, Saint Albans, VT 05478. If you have questions about how much you owe please contact Desiree Gunter dgunter@maplerun.org.
ATTENTION SENIORS:
- The BFA Local Scholarship Application deadline has been moved to May 1st (originally April 1st). With this ONE application, you can be considered for more than 40 possible scholarships! You may submit your application via mail or email to the addresses below. Be sure to include both pages of the application, as well as a copy of your college financial aid award letter.
Mail applications to:
Guidance Office
Bellows Free Academy
71 South Main Street
St. Albans, VT 05478
Scan and email to: bfaguidance@maplerun.org
For a FREE app to scan using your phone, try Genius Scan or Adobe Scan, or any app of your choice.
There are many other scholarships to which you may be applying. You can access 60 additional scholarship applications through the Guidance department page on the Maple Run BFA website. We will post updates ASAP if we learn of any deadline change. Contact your teachers or school counselor if you need letters of recommendation and/or your transcript. If you have any documents that require your counselor's signature, please put your counselor's email address on the signature line. If there is a link provided for counselors to upload your transcript or complete a portion of your application online, please be sure that is sent to your counselor as he or she can do this from home!
If you have any questions while completing individual scholarship applications, please contact your counselor. We are all doing things in new ways right now, but we are still here to support you in this process and the Scholarships are still available to support you in managing college costs!
2. Each year the BFA Yearbook post in the Spring Supplement a list of Seniors and where they plan to go in the fall (for example, what college, what branch of the military, workforce and/or gap year). This year, the information you provide may also be added to the Traditional Slide Show shown towards the end of the year.
The link to answer this short survey is below (due Wednesday, April 29th). The link will also be sent directly to your email as well.
https://forms.gle/Qs1dZQS8AYpcMGmZA
3. BFA Yearbook Staff is creating a "Covid-19.... what are we doing now?" spread. However, we need photos of you (working on remote learning, cleaning a closet, working outside, etc.) for this spread. Please email directly to Kaitlin Emerson (klemerson@maplerun.org) or Sadie Coon, (sgcoon@maplerun.org), fellow Class of 2020 members your photos for these pages.
4. Due to the Covid-19 situation, we can still sell yearbooks online. Please use this below link if you still need to purchase a 2020 BFA Yearbook.
5. Yearbook Distribution is still in the works. It is still scheduled for early June with cap/gown. We will let you know the date, time, and location when available.
6. Seniors, please send a baby picture and a current picture to Mrs. Aylward at aaylward@maplerun.org. These can be the ones you used for the yearbook or you can send different ones.
SAVE THE NEW “TENTATIVE” DATE FOR THE PROM on Saturday, June 20th from 7-11 p.m. at the Hilton Lake Champlain Hotel in Burlington. This will be a pay at the door event. See below for further information:
