Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans
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Bellows Free Academy is a high school, grades 9-12, in St. Albans
, Vermont
, USA. BFA-St. Albans is the largest secondary school in Franklin county, Vermont. There were approximately 1,200 students in attendance as of the 2005-2006 school year.
The school has three different campuses. BFA South is the original building, located in downtown St. Albans, and was built in 1930. BFA North is also located in downtown St. Albans, and was formerly the St. Albans Hospital. Collins-Pearly Sports Complex is home to most athletics at the academy, and is located just off exit 19 of I-89, about a mile and a half from the main campus. BFA St Albans was founded in memory of Hiram Bellows with money from Railroad stocks that he left in a public school fund for after his death.
The boys and girls hockey, and softball teams and have collected state titles over the years. The boys varsity hockey team has won 15 state championship titles.Almost all of the BFA athletic teams participate in Division I for sports.
Sports offered include:
St. Albans (city), Vermont
St. Albans is a city in and the shire town of Franklin County, Vermont, in the United States. At the 2000 census, the city population was 7,650. St Albans City is completely surrounded by St. Albans town, which is incorporated separately from the city of St. Albans...
, Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
, USA. BFA-St. Albans is the largest secondary school in Franklin county, Vermont. There were approximately 1,200 students in attendance as of the 2005-2006 school year.
The school has three different campuses. BFA South is the original building, located in downtown St. Albans, and was built in 1930. BFA North is also located in downtown St. Albans, and was formerly the St. Albans Hospital. Collins-Pearly Sports Complex is home to most athletics at the academy, and is located just off exit 19 of I-89, about a mile and a half from the main campus. BFA St Albans was founded in memory of Hiram Bellows with money from Railroad stocks that he left in a public school fund for after his death.
Media
The Mercury is a monthly newspaper written, laid out, and published by the journalism students at the academy in association with The Saint Albans Messenger.Athletics
The namesake of the school's boys' teams is the Bobwhites(after longtime coach - Bob White. The girls' teams are known as the Comets, after longtime coach Dario "Doc" Comi.The boys and girls hockey, and softball teams and have collected state titles over the years. The boys varsity hockey team has won 15 state championship titles.Almost all of the BFA athletic teams participate in Division I for sports.
Sports offered include:
- Football
- Soccer
- Cross-Country
- Hockey
- Basketball
- Skiing (Alpine & Nordic)
- Baseball
- Softball
- Golf
- Lacrosse
- Tennis
- Track & Field
- Cheerleading
- Dance
Notable alumni
- John LeClairJohn LeClairJohn Clark LeClair is an American former professional ice hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins...
1987, NHL All-Star hockey player and Olympian - Michael Colburn, Conductor of the President's Own Marine Band
Sister School
- BFA-St. Albans' Sister school is located in Moss Point, MississippiMoss Point, MississippiMoss Point is a city, north of Pascagoula, in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 17,653 at the 2000 census.On August 29, 2005, Moss Point was hit by the strong east side of Hurricane Katrina, and much of Moss Point was flooded or destroyed .-Geography:Moss Point is...
. BFA has, on more than one occasion, held fund raisers for the city, which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.