ONCE IN A LIFETIME: Our Magnet students just returned from trips they won't soon forget! Adairsville High School students walked on glaciers and waded in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, while Cass High School students toured France and Woodland High School students took a medical science tour through London and Scotland! Here's a snapshot of this once in a lifetime opportunity that will leave you saying, "WOW!"
ON THE WORLD STAGE: The Green Seas LEGO Robotics Team from Clear Creek Elementary School is competing this weekend at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts with 75 teams from around the world!
You can watch their robot games via the live stream www.twitch.tv/WPI robotics. Join us in cheering on our Green Seas!!!
THE "STEMAZING" RACE: They came. They saw. They conquered. That's a wrap on this year's Summer STEM Camp! More than 120 Bartow County students honed their animated filmmaking techniques, coding, and problem-solving skills in many different areas! They even came up with solutions to real-world problems! Special thanks to our STEM Camp Leaders, Kelly & Shelly Abernathy, Jen Colston, Laura Hughes, Robin Morrow, and Amanda Segars. This would also not have been possible without our Adairsville, Cass, and Woodland student volunteers and Kona Ice for providing all our t-shirts, once again!
STEM FORUM: Bartow County is well-represented at today's Northwest Georgia RESA STEM Forum at Georgia Highlands College! Take a look at some of our amazing presenters who are educating state and local leaders and many neighboring systems on various topics, including the integration of school gardens into the classroom, middle school technology, and how we're able to achieve state STEM certification!
Good work, Bartow County educators!
* Paula Camp
* April West
* Stephanie Meadows
* Cathy Bishop
* Summer Glancy
* Traci Newman
* Colleen Allen
* Katie McAllister
* Jessica Lanier
* James Conaway
GRAD DATES:
Woodland High School
May 20, 2024, at 8:00 p.m.
Make-up date May 22, 2024, at 8:00 p.m.
Adairsville High School
May 21, 2024, at 8:00 p.m.
Make-up date May 22, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.
Cass High School
May 23, 2024, at 8:00 p.m.
Make-up date May 24, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.
BCSS SUMMER STEM CAMP: Back by popular demand! More than 200 on the waitlist this year! For those participating, activities include animation, Spheros, Edison Robots, and so much more! They can't wait to showcase their new skills on Thursday!
SUMMER MEALS: They're working together like a well-oiled machine! No wonder this School Nutrition group won the highest-level award by the state of Georgia for its Summer Feeding program! Very, very few departments can say that! Good work, Bartow County!
GOING ON NOW: STOP BY!
WHS CLASS OF 2023: These Wildcats moved their tassels from right to left and acquired GRADUATE status! Congratulations!
📸 cred: Randy Parker
CHS CLASS OF 2023: These Colonels moved their tassels from right to left and acquired GRADUATE status! Congratulations!
📸 cred: Randy Parker
AHS CLASS OF 2023: These Tigers moved their tassels from right to left and acquired GRADUATE status! Congratulations!
📸 cred: Louis Tonsmeire
SUMMER INTERVENTION: Learning extended! We are so excited to be able to offer the Summer Intervention program for the third year in a row to all students who are not yet proficient on their identified essential standards. Throughout the month of June, our teachers will work with students in the morning hours to ensure they're prepared to move on to the next grade level. They exit the program once they've met proficiency on their essential standard(s).
Special thanks to our teachers, school nutrition staff, and bus drivers as meals and transportation to and from schools are also free.
We are always committed to learning!
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.
This month, we celebrate and honor Alisha Evans, our Communications Coordinator. You've heard her voice many times announcing school delays and cancellations, but did you know she also helped create the mass communication system we all know and love today? With her help, the entire System (schools and Central Office) can send calls, emails, and texts to students and staff. She also helped create our very first app and led the transition to the website we have now, which won the highest award from the state of Georgia. Alisha has her hand in many of the pictures and videos you see across our social media sites, and it's clear that her passion lies in telling OUR STORY. She makes us all better! Congratulations, Alisha!
COMING UP: You won't want to miss this!
SUMMER MEALS: More than 4,200 children were fed today through the Bartow County School System!
Some were fed during summer camps and programs, others visited one of our 23 locations.
SPECIAL THANKS to our School Nutrition staff. What an important job they do! Because of these workers, some children have warm meals this summer that they may not have had otherwise. Let that sink in. The gravity of the situation is not lost on us. Let's give these workers a 🙌🏽. THANK YOU!
SENSORY FRIENDLY MORNINGS AT THE BOOTH: Neurodiverse audiences are invited to a FREE program at the Booth this Sunday, June 4. Drop in anytime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and enjoy one of your favorite museums in a comfortable and welcoming environment!
Sensory bags will be available to check out on a limited basis and a family quiet space will be provided. A sensory friendly map, visual schedules, and social stories are also available to assist in planning your visit: https://boothmuseum.org/accessibility.
This program welcomes participants of all ages and their families – siblings welcome! An art activity will be available.
Registration preferred.
https://boothmuseum.org/kidsandfamilies/
A WILDCAT WIN: Let's give a BIG BARTOW welcome to Ms. Cecilia Clark, Woodland High School's new band director!
"After a rigorous search, Ms. Clark emerged as the perfect combination of our priorities," said WHS Principal Dave Stephenson. "She is a master communicator, she relates strongly with young musicians, she is deeply esteemed in the music educator’s community, and she reflects our school and community’s priorities. Ms. Clark lives here in Cartersville and is excited to build on the achievements of Woodland Band."
Ms. Clark has been the Allatoona High School band director since 2013. Prior to that, she was the associate band director at McEachern High School from 2006-2013. She began her career in Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of Duquesne University, which is also where she earned her master’s degree. Ms. Clark is pursuing her doctorate through Boston University.
Under Ms. Clark’s leadership, Allatoona High School won its first Bands of America Championship and earned a U.S. Bands Regional Championship. Her concert bands have consistently received superior ratings at GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluations.
Ms. Clark is program coordinator and Leadership Faculty for Music for All, Inc., a music education advocacy group based in Indianapolis, and she is a member of multiple professional organizations, including Women Band Directors International, the National Band Association, the National Association for Music Education, GMEA, Servant Leadership Association for Music, Tri-M Music Honor Society and Percussive Arts Society.
COMMITTED: Students coming back to teach; it's a common trend in Bartow County! Check this out at Cass High School!
* Mrs. Kelly Agan, English Department Lead & Class of 2000
* Mr. Kevin Cunningham, CTAE Teacher, Head Boys Basketball Coach & Class of 1996
* Mrs. Christie Barnett, Social Studies Department Lead, Head Cheerleading Coach & Class of 2005
Thank you so much for your dedication to our school system!
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Our Pine Log Powerhouse, Brooklyn Grace, is at it again! At the end of this academic year, she has learned all 189 braille contractions and met her goal to read 35 words per minute on a grade level text! Wow! Celebrate with us, Bartow County Family! 🙌🏾🎉
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: New Cass High School Alumnus Parker Dunn is headed to the United States Military Academy West Point! Back in August, Parker told us about his dream to join a military academy, and we’re pleased to announce that his dream is coming true! Congratulations, Parker! Your commitment to excellence is impressive.
