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Bellows Free Academy

71 South Main Street, St. Albans, VT 05478 (get directions)

P: (802) 527-6555 • F: (802) 527-6453 (contact info)

B.F.A. Class of 2011

Culminating Events 

                                                                              Event Overviews

 Senior Class Family Brunch:  RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN MAY 27^th by calling 527-6404.  Reservations allow us time to prepare enough food.  There is no charge for this event.  Seniors and their families are invited to brunch to celebrate their successes.  All immediate family members are invited as well as grandparents.  A few scholarships are awarded as well.  Faculty and staff proudly volunteer for food preparation and serving. 

 Senior Sports Banquet:  The Athletic Department invites athletes and their families to a dinner where awards and scholarships are presented, all of which celebrate their athletic prowess.  A letter from the Athletic Director will be forthcoming for this event.

 Class Night:  This is an evening where Department Chairs present seniors with their Department Award and a majority of awards and scholarships are presented. This is an event that all family members should plan to attend with their senior. There will be a slide slow presentation of all seniors who submitted yearbook pictures and pictures when they were little.  If your student has not submitted these please see that we get a these pictures prior to the end of April.

 Project Graduation:  Seniors are able to take part in fun activities in a substance-free environment.  Games, contests, music and food are available-all free.

                                                                        Special Notes/Highlights

 Graduation Rehearsal - All seniors are required to attend. The cost for cap and gown is $22.00.  Please be sure your senior brings money on June 2^nd when they pick up their cap/gown.  Please make checks payable to Balfour. (No one has prepaid for their cap and gown.)  Cap and gowns picked up after June 2^nd will cost $25.00.  Also, no caps and gowns will be disbursed until all library fines have been paid. Please call 6461 to see if your senior owes money.

 

Graduation tickets are handed out at REHEARSAL. Each senior will receive four tickets for the reserved section (no reserved seats) per family. Additional seating is available in the unreserved section to accommodate extended family.  There is no cost for the tickets.  Please do not call for more tickets. 

 Attire/Clothing For All Events - Casual/dress-up.  Caps and gowns are used ONLY at Graduation.

 Graduation - Seniors are to arrive by 10 a.m. and are to go directly to their assigned area per instructions at rehearsal.

 Parking - Traffic in and around Collins-Perley Sports Complex is congested.  Plan to arrive early.  Please note that all but early arriving cars may be blocked in until after graduation. Car pooling is encouraged.

 Photography – Ushers will arrange for parents to take pictures in front of the stage.  We ask everyone’s cooperation in not crowding the graduates as they are getting on and off the stage.

 Announcements – Announcements should have been ordered by now.  Signs will be posted in school when announcements come in for pick up.

 Prom Tickets – These will go on sale a couple weeks prior to the prom. They will be for sale in the Principal’s Office at BFA North for $25.00.  They will be sold during lunch periods and after school between 2:25 and 3:25 p.m.