Handbook
School Administration and Front Office
BFUHS Mission
“Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve”
The mission of Bellows Falls Union High School is to provide all students with the opportunity to expand their intellectual, social and physical capabilities, to foster their emotional growth and to assist them in recognizing and achieving their fullest potential.
BFUHS Beliefs
The Bellows Falls Union High School is committed to the following beliefs about learning:
- Students learn best when the school environment is safe, supportive, and cooperative.
- Students learn best when they are recognized as individuals and are fully engaged in lessons tailored to their needs, abilities, and educational goals.
- Students learn best when they become self-aware, self-motivated, community members with short and long term goals.
- Students learn best when relationships are formed between faculty, students, parents, and community, and when faculty members maintain a high degree of professionalism. Students learn best when the curriculum is flexible, challenging, appropriate, creative and applicable to all aspects of life.
Bellows Falls Union High School is a community committed to providing a holistic, accessible, and innovative curricular and co-curricular experience for all of our community members. The specific policies and procedures outlined in this handbook are rooted in the foundational beliefs that all individuals are deserving of respect, trust, dignity, due process, and a sense of belonging. Students who attend Bellows Falls Union High School agree to uphold the policies and procedures contained within this handbook in the spirit of ensuring a safe and respectful experience for all.
We invite you to our Meet the Staff page to view a complete listing of our staff. See WNESU Administration page for District Administration.
Board Meetings
You can find all board member materials—like meeting agendas, minutes, policies, and committee documents—on our Diligent Community platform.
You can also watch our most recent board and committee recordings on our YouTube channel.
The Bellows Falls Union High School does not discriminate in educational programs, activities or employment practices on the basis of race, language, gender, age, or handicapping condition under Title VI of the Educational Amendments (1972), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973), and the Education of All Handicapped Children Act (1975).
Nothing in this handbook should be interpreted as modifying or superseding school district policies, regulations or procedures. In the event of a conflict between this handbook and board policies, regulations or procedures, the latter shall prevail.