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March 21, 2023 | Fairfax, VT – At a Special Board Meeting on March 20, 2023, the Fairfax Board of School Directors voted to hire Heather Ba...

Student Leadership in Action
On March 16th, a group of GEMS 6th, 7th and 8th graders had the opportunity to attend the Vermont Association for Middle Level Education (VAMLE) annua...

The students in Mrs. Hurt’s first grade class have enjoyed participating in a special project this winter. They have been interacting with other first grade classes across the Unit...

By Heather Weeks, BFA Fairfax Elementary Physical Education Teacher
Addresses all FWSU Action Plan Targets:
Proficiency-Based, Personalized Learning
Distributed Leadership and...

Each morning students across FWSU are greeted as they enter the buildings or classrooms to start their day. Sometimes it’s in rain gear with an umbrella, sometimes it’s in full win...

High School Spanish Novice students wrote simple children’s stories about an animal in Spanish as their culminating presentational writing assessment for Semester 1.
They had ...

This week, we were able to recognize January’s FWSU Educators at each of our schools. Educators are chosen from those who were nominated by parents, students or colleagues. Typical...

FWSU Transferable Skill: Responsible and Involved Citizenship: Demonstrate ethical behavior and the moral courage to sustain it.
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16: Promote peacef...

Check out Volume 2 of Fletcher Elementary School's Falcon Flyer!

December was a busy month in all of our schools and it got away from us before we had the chance to recognize our Educators of the Month. Over the last two weeks, we were finally a...

Addresses all FWSU Action Plan Targets:
Proficiency-Based, Personalized LearningDistributed Leadership and Student AgencySafe, Equitable, Healthy, Flexible Learning EnvironmentsEn...

Students and staff at Fletcher Elementary School have a simple theme this year— Work Hard and Be Kind. If we can ingrain those two character traits into our everyday lives, we can...

The GEMS middle school Unified Arts Explore classes are in full swing. Students select three different explore classes for each block. One of the options that students can choose i...

If you have not had the opportunity to meet BFA’s Interim Middle School Principal, please let me introduce you to Heather Baron. Ms. Baron joins the BFA team with 20-plus years of ...

For over a decade, the BFA Fairfax Athletic Department has offered an alternative learning opportunity for students through the ability to serve as athletic department assistants. ...

As part of our focus on supporting students, GEMS grades 5-8 start the day with their advisories. Each advisory has its own activities but the goal in grades 7 and 8 is to provide...

^ Downtown Chicago from the 25th floor of the Marriott Marquis, AGU 2022. Photo: Tom Lane
Last week High School students Jacob Antonovich and Ryan Thatcher with HS science te...

On Tuesday, December 13, students from the BFA Middle School Student Leadership Committee joined forces with BFA High School students to deliver food to the Fairfax Community Cente...

Addresses all FWSU Action Plan Targets:
Proficiency-Based, Personalized LearningDistributed Leadership and Student AgencySafe, Equitable, Healthy, Flexible Learning EnvironmentsEn...

Written by:Alana TorracaBFA Fairfax French Teacher
On Tuesday, November 15th, Madame Alana’s three French classes traveled to Canada for a cultural adventure in Montreal, Quebec...