A FOND FAREWELL: Standing room only to celebrate the retirement of our beloved Payroll Manager Robin Rickles! Thank you for serving our school community for 32 years! We will miss you!
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: Shout out to our amazing Technology Department! They're hard at work, setting up laptops for our staff and students! 💻 #betterinbartow #b2school
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: New Teacher Orientation successfully wrapped up today after presentations from Superintendent Terza, Deputy Superintendent Suttle, Ms. Dot and the Education Foundation, and dozens of our A-Teams! Tomorrow, teachers will pick up their laptops and tour their schools! It's an exciting time in BCSS history!~ #betterinbartow #b2school
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: The collaboration continues! Superintendent Clint Terza, Deputy Superintendent Christian Suttle, and Chief Leadership and Learning Officer Dave Stephenson met with principals today to address learning priorities and discuss maximizing instructional impact! #betterinbartow
BACK-TO-SCHOOL IN BARTOW: Today, we welcomed approximately 125 new/new-to-Bartow teachers to the BEST SCHOOL SYSTEM AROUND! We're thankful that they're starting this journey with us! Our teacher mentors were also on hand today for New Teacher Orientation as keynote speaker, Ms. Annette Breaux, addressed the group and system leaders held informational breakout sessions! #betterinbartow #b2school
BOARD RECOGNITIONS: Bartow County School Nutrition receives the Turnip the Beet Award from the state for the third consecutive year, and the Bartow County Board of Education honors the staff’s hard work and achievements!
Recognized for its outstanding Seamless Summer Meal Program, Bartow County is one out of only six gold level award winners from Georgia. Other counties include Douglas, Gordon, Henry, Newton, and Wayne!
👀👀: Check out these sweet students on the cover of the new 2024-25 Student Handbook! Spot anyone you know?
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME: Nearly three dozen of our high school Exceptional Education students were able to attend a Braves game thanks to Cara Shores and a sponsorship by Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency and Career Technical Instruction! Our group participated in a panel discussion led by Braves employees with disabilities, AND two of our students were interviewed by Atlanta News First! What an exciting day to be a Braves fan from Bartow!
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION: Many of our local police chiefs met Superintendent Clint Terza today and watched a presentation on our new emergency alert system. Special thanks to Bartow County School Police Chief Billy Henson for presenting and hosting this important luncheon!
In attendance:
Sheriff Clark Millsap, Bartow County
Chief Frank McCann, Cartersville PD
Deputy Chief Yeager, Euharlee PD
Chief Kyle Teems, Emerson PD
Chief Jason Smith, White PD
Chief Mike Jones, Adairsville PD
Chief David Horace, Georgia Highlands College
SNEAK PEEK: Here's your very first glance inside the new Mission Road Elementary School! Final inspections are being made, and we are getting ready to officially move in and unpack! Doesn't it look great?!
COMING SOON: That's right! Coming soon to a College and Career Academy near you...a new Esports Arena and STEM Innovation Center! It's taking shape! We'll announce a ribbon cutting date soon!
LET'S GOOOO, FUTURE CATS: Woodland High School cheerleaders hosted a three-day cheer camp full of dances, stunts, tumbling, games, and more! We're not sure who had more fun, our student athletes or our future Wildcats?! 📢🎉
PREVIEW: When Clint Terza was named our new superintendent, we just KNEW our students had a few questions for him! So, we put a mic in their hands and "let the good times roll!" Enjoy this short preview! We'll release the entire video before school starts so you can all get to know the man at the helm of the Bartow County School System!
https://youtu.be/0NWS2fr-u2w
FROM CARTERSVILLE TO COSTA RICA: The Bartow County School System sure does provide some unique opportunities for its students! Check out these Adairsville High School students whitewater rafting down the Sarapiquí River, ziplining through the jungle, and hiking to see the Arenal Volcano!
Students also performed a water analysis to test the health of the water for its inhabitants, visited an organic farm and restaurant where they harvested and prepared their own lunch, and completed a service project at one of the local schools.
Talk about amazing summertime memories!
The BCSS has been approved to use federal relief funds to purchase essential school supplies for all students in grades pre-K through 12.
This one-time allotment of funds will cover most of the supplies needed in students’ classrooms this academic year.
Updated elementary and middle school supply lists will be published on your school’s website in the next few weeks.
Items that will be provided by the school system include but are not limited to paper towels, Lysol wipes, loose-leaf paper, crayons, pencils, notebooks, and binders.
Graphing calculators, headphones, backpacks, and lunch boxes are examples of items that the school system will not be able to purchase.
Again, check your school's website for an updated supply list as the academic year approaches, and please note, this is a one-time disbursement of supplies.
TEACHER TRAINING: Check out these photos from White Elementary School! Our local extension office picked a great school to host its 2024 School Garden Teacher Training event! Connecting STEM to the school garden, teachers learned six hands-on classroom lessons to take back to their schools! WES Teacher Jennifer Martin also gave an informative tour of the Warrior's award-winning garden!
Special thanks to UGA Extension County Coordinator Paul Pugliese for doing such wonderful work in the Bartow County School System!
HURRY: If your family could benefit from FREE school supplies, backpacks, and other back-to-school items, make sure to register for the SUPPLIES 4 KIDS events by June 30th!
https://supplies4success.blesscoalition.org/
THE RESULTS ARE IN: Bill Gaines of Woodland High School and Owen Wiggins of Cartersville High School earned a FOURTH-PLACE finish in the 2024 High School Fishing World Finals!
Nearly 400 teams from several countries competed on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina June 19-22.
According to Bartow Sports Zone, our teams represented the local Amateur High School Bass Anglers organization. "After missing the two-day cut, Wiggins and Gaines earned a spot in the World Finals by placing sixth in the third day’s Second Chance Round. Their Friday catch was 8 pounds and 14 ounces."
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Other local competitors included in the National Championship Team Tournament Standings:
Tucker Ivester and Caiden Moore — Cass High School and Woodland High School — 39th first two days / 63rd in 2nd Chance Round
Brandon Willard and Bryan Gayton — Woodland High School — 51st in 2nd Chance Round
Trenton Mealer and Bentley Bagley — Adairsville High School — 75th (first two days)
Will Altizer and Kadin West — Adairsville High School — 104th (first two days)
Kip Mayfield and Gannon Bonds — Cass High School — 156th (first two days)
[stats & pictures - Bartow Sports Zone]
GOOD LUCK: The 15th Annual High School Fishing World Finals and National Championship is happening right now on Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and we spy some of our very own anglers in the competition!
Hundreds of teams from across the United States, South Africa, and other countries are vying for $3.2 million in scholarships and prizes! Help us wish them luck!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Let the countdown officially begin for the Class of 2025!
GRADUATION DATES
Cass High School
May 19, 2025, at 8:00 p.m.
Make-up date May 21, 2025
Woodland High School
May 20, 2025, at 8:00 p.m.
Make-up date May 21, 2025
Adairsville High School
May 22, 2025, at 8:00 p.m.
Make-up date May 23, 2025
