POLICE OFFICER APPRECIATION: We celebrated and honored our campus police officers this week with a luncheon! They do so much for our schools! Thank you, Chief Randall Burch, Campus Police Supervisor Billy Henson, Officer Mark Corbin, Officer Duane Smith, Officer Nancy Norris, Officer Marc Barrere, Officer Buddy Wilson, Officer Nick Thompson, and Officer Scott Blackman!
REMINDER: Our ESOL Parent Instructional Meeting is tomorrow, January 5, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. Can't wait to see you at the BCCCA!
We hope you enjoyed a wonderful, well-rested holiday break!
All students not previously enrolled in our Bartow Virtual Academy will return to in-person learning on Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
Due to the continued presence of COVID-19 in our community and across the globe, we will continue our COVID-19 mitigation protocols into the new year, which include enhanced sanitation measures at all facilities, social distancing when feasible, strict contact tracing, and quarantine guidelines.
The BCSS will also continue to utilize the green, yellow, and red phase system and COVID-19 School Spread Matrix. Additional information on our guidelines and an updated matrix can always be found on www.bartow.k12.ga.us or our new mobile app.
The safety of our students and staff is paramount. For the duration of this winter break, and to best serve our school community, we have remained in constant contact with our local public health officials, and we are dedicated to communicating any changes to our protocols in a timely and efficient manner.
Thank you for your continued attention to this matter, and never hesitate to reach out to your school leaders or Central Office staff if you have questions.
See you on Wednesday!
A COLONEL CHRISTMAS STORY: It's truly a "Colonel Christmas Story" with a twist.
Each year, teachers and various club members at Cass High School pick ornaments off their Colonel Tree. Each ornament represents a student at CHS who could use an extra "Christmas wish" to be granted this holiday season. Well, CHS Teacher Lindsay Meltzer picked a sports-loving student.
"When I picked the student off the tree, it listed that he was interested in sports and wanted Falcons, Braves, or Hawks memorabilia along with his sizing for clothes," said Meltzer.
After purchasing some clothes, she took to the internet and asked those on her neighborhood's Facebook page if they had anything else they would like to donate.
"Within a few hours, a few neighbors commented and had already dropped brand new stuff off at my house for the student, and one neighbor is a Falcons season ticket holder and reached out to me because they wanted to give two tickets to the student for Christmas," added Meltzer. "She even said she is a season ticket holder for the Braves and wants to give him two tickets to a Braves game in the spring!"
The community support has left us all...speechless.
This student, who is a wheelchair user, will have the most magical holiday, partly because those in his community truly care.
It is better in Bartow. It's not just a hashtag.
SHOP WITH A WILDCAT: More than 60 Woodland High School students raised money to provide Christmas and holiday gifts to 30 Bartow County elementary school-aged children through their first-ever Shop with a Wildcat event!
Not only did children get to pick out gifts at Target, they also enjoyed breakfast, arts and crafts, face painting, a movie, and pictures with the Wildcat mascot!
What an outpouring of love from these outstanding students, teachers, administrators, and community members. They surely embody the season of giving!
SEASON OF GIVING: "Santa Z" and her elves were out delivering books to their Adairsville Elementary School students today! What a special time for these kiddos!
CENTRAL OFFICE CELEBRATIONS: When you work in a school system and community like this, you have a lot to celebrate! And, if you know Superintendent Page, then you know he likes to celebrate the RIGHT WORK. In the Bartow County School System, the right work supports learning, collaboration, and results. That's what we value.
Today, we celebrate and honor Chris Forsyth, our technology director. Chris takes large and often times complex technology issues and solves them quickly with confidence and grace. She's forward-thinking and leads a great technology team. Congratulations, Chris! You make us all better!
TIS THE SEASON: For holiday parties and they're in full swing around the school system! Check out these Hamilton Crossing kiddos!
THAT'S A WRAP: Have you ever seen an entire classroom wrapped from top to bottom? Well, here's a gift from us to you!
The Last Word Literary Guild, Cass High School's Book Club, recently hosted the Get Decked Challenge, where students could vote for a teacher to have his or her ENTIRE classroom wrapped in Christmas wrapping paper! The overall "winner" was CHS Math Teacher Richard Morris!
Mr. Morris was a great sport, and LWLG raised money for its club in the process!
GAME ON: For the first time in school history, the Cass High School football program has been invited to play in the 2022 Corky Kell Classic, a televised event that reaches more than 250,000 people!
The first game will be played on August 19 against Kennesaw Mountain!
HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY: For the first time ever, a BIG Tennessee Valley Robotics and First Lego League regional qualifying tournament comes to BARTOW COUNTY!
We had two schools and three teams participating at the tournament inside Adairsville Middle School!
Congratulations, AMS and Red Top Middle!
AMS - led by Alan Cook
Team 50965, “The Revolutionaries”
Leila Damone
Dylan Teems
Mika Drennon
Jacob Turgeon
Jaylin Simpson
Team 42245, “Time Travelers”
Wendy Scott
Solomon Leighly
Team 50965 placed 11th
Team 42245 placed 12th
RTMS - led by James Conaway
Conner Hartsook
McKenzie Good
Eric Lopez
Redman Porter
Uriel Hernandez
Cheyenne Gilley
Vincent Gicheru
Placed 15th!
WEDNESDAY WOW MOMENT: Clear Creek Elementary School students continue to celebrate their brand new Model PLC School status in style!!! @SolutionTree
STUDENT FARMERS: “Farm to School Table” with a little help from Bartow County School Nutrition Coordinator Emily Miller! Thanks to our second-grade garden club members, third-grade ESOL students, and Mrs. Clements, they successfully grew lacinto kale. Mrs. Miller helped our student farmers harvest, prep, and bake kale chips. The students now have a new recipe to share with their families and have decided they want to continue those healthy habits in their own home!
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING: The key to improved learning for students is on-going, job-embedded learning for the adults who serve those students.
Today, our school leaders learned several high impact tools to increase learning from LeAnn Nickelsen, an author and expert in the field.
From seriousness to silliness, the day was filled with engaging opportunities and activities that ultimately led to Action Plans for each individual school. #betterinbartow
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:
Vicki Rader, Paraprofessional, Hamilton Crossing Elementary School
Angi Booth, Attendance Clerk & Receptionist, Emerson Elementary School
Mark Corbin, Campus Police Officer, Woodland High School
BOARD RECOGNITIONS: A-TEAMS
Congratulations, Blaine Bishop, Ashley Greenway, Jess McMurdo, Whitney Crumley, Stephanie Hardy, Catherine Hill, April West, Linda Garcia, Amber Graham, April Lanham, and Janna Scheff! These collaboration teams from Adairsville, Emerson, and Euharlee Elementary schools are doing extraordinary work! They are truly changing lives through a sharp focus on learning, collaboration, and results.
BOARD RECOGNITIONS: MODEL PLC SCHOOL – CLEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY
Clear Creek Elementary School becomes the seventh Bartow County school to be named a Model Professional Learning Community for its sustained success in raising student achievement!
BOARD RECOGNITIONS: 2021 DISTRICT SPELLING BEE WINNER, ETHAN ROLLAX, ADAIRSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Ethan doesn’t even hesitate before spelling a word; he is just incredible! This is his second time winning the District Bee!
BOARD RECOGNITIONS: 2021 DISTRICT SPELLING BEE RUNNER-UP, COULSON STEGALL, PINE LOG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Write this name down, he will do big things! Proud of you, Coulson!
BOARD RECOGNITIONS: BCSS Employee of the Month, Mr. James Howell, our electrician!
"He treats Red Top as if it were his own. He is professional every time he is here. We feel he is a part of our staff, not just because he is on campus so much, but because he is a part of our MINER Family.”- RTMS Principal Wes Dickey
