of course the time is inconvenient, that goes without saying.....

Always a great time!!

Our guests will be arriving June 30th. We are still in need of 8 homes, including a home for the teachers.  Will you be able to help?
Please contact me through this sit or at pastorliz@earthlink.net

or if you were a senior citizen and retired; or if you were a teenager without a job, or if you were a stay at home mother; or if you worked part time; or if you were on holiday; or if it was your day off.......

Hello: I am posting this for my husband, Fred Griffin

Greetings:

 I have coached at BFA Fairfax for sixteen years and I have taught English here for nine years.  I am very proud of our fine school.  I offer a different voice than some who have spoken in this forum of late.


We have an extraordinary ex-curricular program in which upwards of 65% of all students participate.  These numbers are unheard of in a public school.  We produce a three-act musical, compete in the One-Act Play contest.  Our students hold two K-12 Literary Arts contests and publish two 100 page editions of Genesis, a student fine arts magazine.  We take students to England, France, Latin America.  The performance of our sports teams is exemplary.  We have an active and successful Scholars Bowl team and we enter the TASC math/science hands-on competition.  This is by no means a comprehensive list and it is not done in spite of school leadership, but with the support of school leadership.

 

The Support Block system instituted two years ago has given teachers a critical role in the academic success of each of the students they mentor for four years.  The extra oversight and assistance provided students in this model has reduced failures to fractional numbers.

 

The transition  towards a “digital” school has been difficult for an older faculty (of which I am definitely one!), but IPads have brought a creativity flexibility to my classroom I would never have dreamed possible. Virtual High School has provided a dizzying array of courses to our students they would never have accessed in a tradition setting.  I have contacted by area teachers interested in how Fairfax does what it does.  They are eager to follow our lead.

 

No school no business, no work setting is without issues.  They are part of human existence.  To my mind the positive initiatives and the accomplishments of our school are remarkable.  I am glad I teach here.

 

We prepare next year for a NEASC evaluation in which our school will be assessed on all levels by a team of professionals from outside our area who job it is to do just this. I am curious as to whether my viewpoint, or the viewpoint of some of the contributors to this forum, will be vindicated. For the moment will we be not better served to take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and take a cool, calm look at school, at life.

Fred Griffin
Teacher of English, BFA Fairfax
Head Coach Cross-Country Running, Cross-Country Skiing, Girls Ultimate

Fairfax Community Library
Board of Trustees meeting
June 20 2013


Call to Order
Public Comment
Correspondence
Secretary’s Report
Treasurer’s Report

Old Business

Strategic Planning meeting
review of Town policy
review of Librarian job description
review of conversation about entrance to library.

New Business

1.discuss/ nominate new trustees
appoint 2 trustees to strategic planning committee
Other.

Bud Parsons house on Boissoneault. If no one is home just take it away!!!!!

It's all yours, Rod! Just come and get it.
And thank you.

The short version...we now have an old propane tank that apparently still has gas in it, that sits next to the new one provided by our provider. THEY wouldn't take away the old tank because it isn't theirs; and  the company that provided it has long since disappeared.  Question: how do I go about getting the old tank safely removed.
Thank you!

Oh my, they are so very beautiful. Thank you, Steve!

Thank you, Judi, but there is a much larger organization in charge of arranging things and we only find out after the youth have been selected and the dates set.  I am not part of the process until I (we, meaning the school as well) get the names and dates!!

Marvin Nelson used to say it was the best kept secret in Fairfax!

We extend our thoughts and prayers and deepest condolences to the entire family mourning the loss of this delightful child.

We are all hoping we can fine 11 more families to open their homes to Chinese Exchange students ( and their 2 teachers) and give them a taste of life in America. 
And we all thank you for your generosity of spirit!.

Shelly, check my Facebook message to you!