ADDALEY UPDATE: If you have an "Addaley Strong" t-shirt, please wear it tomorrow and keep Addaley Sutton in your thoughts! It's a big day for this Pine Log Elementary School student as she recently beat cancer and is returning to the doctor tomorrow for some scans! #AddaleyStrong
WOW: Remember this name - Kourtney Stewart! She's a third grader at Emerson Elementary School right now, but you might just see her in the WNBA someday!
During a recent STATE FREE THROW COMPETITION, Kourtney took FIRST in the 8-9 girls division! Congrats!
REMINDER: The Out-of-Zone/Out-of-District window will close this Friday, Feb. 25 at 3:00 p.m. Applications will not be accepted once the window closes.
BCSS SUMMER FEEDING IS BACK: All children ages 18 and under will be eligible to receive meals at no cost through the Summer Food Service Program. Pick-up locations for individual families will be announced at the end of the academic year.
In addition to pick-up locations, the Bartow County School System will once again deliver meals to large groups with 20 or more children. To best coordinate delivery options, we are asking those in charge of spearheading large group efforts to fill out the form below by April 1, 2022. (Examples of large groups: neighborhoods, apartments, mobile home parks, motels, hotels, and school-sponsored activities.)
Please note, the delivery option is not available for individual families.
Thank you, and we look forward to serving you!
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=noJuhJQ2vkKeh2y7PidlywCqoHLZnuFNszuWv401XItUMFo1RE5IQVY2QkpJUkFPUUFYTldKVEZMMi4u
TRIPLE E SUCCESS NIGHT: Attention Bartow County School System juniors, seniors, and recent alums! Want to meet, greet, and get HIRED ON THE SPOT? You can at the Triple E Success Night on Monday, February 28!
Additional details are below, and check out who will be in attendance!
NOTS Logisitics
Toyo Tires
Airman USA
GA DOT (White, GA)
GMS Building Supply
Yanmar
Atlanta Electrical Contractors
Beauflor
Brasfield & Grorrie
Loloi Rugs
Piedmont Catersville Medical Center
US Army
US Army National Guard
Chattahoochee Technical College
Chick-Fil-A
COLLEGE TOUR: Second stop for our college-bound Adairsville High School Magnet students? The University of Alabama! Students enjoyed an admissions information session, bus tour of campus, and dining hall experience! Dare we say Roll Tide?!
COLLEGE TOUR: The wheels on the bus go round and round...all the way to Mississippi State University! This morning, 21 students from Adairsville High School’s Magnet Program left on a college tour!
HAPPY TWOSDAY 2 YOU: 2-22-22...that calls for LOTS of tutus, ties, and twinning districtwide! Check out these Allatoona Elementary School students and staff on what's being called the "coolest date of the decade!"
RIGHT WORK: Let's recognize our new Ms. Dot STAR Award winners for going above and beyond in their line of work. Their impact can truly be felt districtwide!
CONGRATULATIONS:
Kayla Atkins, Administrative Assistant, CCES
Lauren Lyle, Nurse, KES
Susan Buckner, Nurse, MRES
OOOO...IT'S BACK: Back by popular demand - SUMMER STEM CAMP! More opportunities only found by attending Bartow County schools! Registration opens next week and it's VERY limited!
MEET THE ELITE: Thanks to past and present school board members, community members, counselors, principals, and central office staff, these elite Georgia Governor's Honors Program semifinalists are ready for their state level interviews and auditions at Berry College this weekend! Mock interviews are complete, and they did so well. We are beyond proud! We cannot wait to see who will get to attend the highly prestigious four-week summer residential program this summer.
NEW: The Bartow County School System will provide a Spanish translator to help families during pre-K and kindergarten registration. Details below!
NO ONE EATS ALONE DAY: Making friends and creating connections – it’s what this day is all about at middle schools across the nation! Cass Middle School participated in National No One Eats Alone Day, too, and joined the efforts to end social isolation and create a culture of belonging. Counselors, administrators, teachers, and student leaders led the way! Through an advisement activity, students learned a lot about the initiative, and they even sat at a different lunch table to meet new faces. If they didn’t know what to say, they could grab a conversation starter on the table! Superintendent Page loves this program and never misses an opportunity to hang out with his students!
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATIONS: Inspiring; it’s the best word to describe Cass High School’s third annual student-led Black History Fair! Through countless hours of collaboration, student leaders organized an important event infused with history, music, educational games, speakers, books, and business leaders! What an awe-inspiring celebration!
IMAGE AND INTERVIEW DAY: BIG day at Adairsville High School! More than 70 upperclassmen in Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education classes learned how to create a resume, fill out a job application, prepare for an interview, and dress for success! Then, the amazing AHS CTAE Department brought in 17 employers, such as Shaw, Barnsley Resort, Brasington and Bailey Construction, and LakePoint, to interview students. You won’t believe what happened next! These employers were so impressed with our students that Barnsley Resort HIRED five students ON THE SPOT, Brasington and Bailey Construction HIRED one student ON THE SPOT, and the Bartow County District Attorney’s office discovered two possible students to work paid internships this summer!
Special thanks to our CTAE Department and local businesses that came in to provide our students unrivaled opportunities! It’s always better in Bartow!
NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK: We have the best counselors around hands down! They are caring, innovative, and truly impactful! We don't just celebrate them this week - we celebrate them every single day!
MEDIA SPECIALIST SHOUTOUT: Check this out! Several of our elementary media specialists participated in the School Library Media EdCamp at West Georgia!
Jennifer Martel (Clear Creek)
Stefanie Gaddy (Cloverleaf)
Ann Bagley (Euharlee)
Christine Gallagher (Kingston)
DANCING FOR A CAUSE: Cartersville Dances with the Stars is right around the corner – March 5, 2022! As you may already know, the Bartow County School System has several ties to this event. Adairsville Middle School Teacher Lynn Hedden will be performing this year, Woodland High School Teacher Tiffany Tindall is choreographing the group dance, and Bartow Education Foundation Executive Director Ms. Dot Frasier is usually one of the judges for the main events!
This is a special program as all the proceeds benefit the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter and Backpack Buddies. Through the Backpack Buddies initiative, hundreds of bags filled with non-perishable food items are sent home with food-insecure families in our system every single week. What a help this has been for so many!
To raise money for these causes and offer more support to the children in our county, Mrs. Hedden is selling unique, Bartow County school-specific shirts and organizing a Mister Softee raffle.
Links with additional information can be found below.
https://app.mobilecause.com/f/3oh3/n?vid=puppb
https://app.mobilecause.com/f/3ne5/n?fbclid=IwAR0f3G_BpnPvrQgFAoaso8EOj5vzQc4ZiG9iYnvAIlPKiPppqggaX24MORA&vid=pv5p7
Let’s cheer on our BCSS Family! We are always stronger together!
OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES: Adairsville High School students from several content areas (Physics, Robotics, and JROTC) were fortunate to have Sgt. Tarr, Sgt. Collins, and Sgt. Baerwald from Dobbins Air Force Base come show and demonstrate some of the most cutting edge robotics our military has to offer! Our students collaborated together to learn how robotics are used to carry and deliver explosive devices, and they were able to operate several of the robots as well! We’re grateful for these men who have taken the time to allow our students to explore this field and open up more possibilities to their future!
TALENTED YOUNG AUTHORS: Check out the first, second, and third place WINNERS in the Young Georgia Authors writing competition! First place winners will move on to the next level of judging! Congratulations!
Kindergarten
Denzel Morales, KES (first place)
Jackson Coker, HCES (second place)
Kate Greenway, AES (third place)
1st
Evie D'Agostino, EHES (first place)
Nylie Jackson, MRES (second place)
Riley Couch, PLES (tied for third place)
Eli Reynolds, EES (tied for third place)
2nd
Julianna McSwain, CLES (first place)
Abi Coker, HCES (second place)
Noah McDurmon (third place)
3rd
Kai White, AES (first place)
Laina Cagle, MRES (second place)
Abby Strauss, ALES (tied for second place)
Deliah Lake, TES (third place)
4th
Ashlyn Ann Marie Brown, CCES (first place)
Astrid Bowen, ALES, (second place)
Mason Hepler, HCES (third place)
5th
Daphne Ledford, ALES (first place)
Lillie Dunson, AES (second place)
Alyssa Brianne Smith, CCES (third place)
6th
Charlotte Guzman, CMS (first place)
Jessica Wigley, WMS (second place)
Brynen Herron, AMS (third place)
7th
Dylan Teems, AMS (first place)
London Barrere, CMS (second place)
Susan Bishop, CMS (third place)
8th
Charlotte Langhans, CMS (first place)
Kathryn Herndon, AMS (second place)
Nola Brown, CMS (third place)
9th
Braden Mathis, AHS (first place)
Jaxon Legar, AHS (second place)
10th
Joseph Loh, CHS (first place)
Alysia Montellano, AHS (second place)
Nadia Fowler, BCCCA (third place)
11th
Samantha Lusian, AHS (first place)
Gideon Fortner, CHS (second place)
Olivia Alvarez, WHS (tied for second place)
Addie Coker, AHS (third place)
12th
Devon Dobbs, WHS (first place)
Chelsea Harris, CHS (second place)
Mary Draper, BCCCA (third place)