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BCS News & Notes
A newsletter for parents, students, staff and community |
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P.O. Box 10007
Birmingham, Alabama 35202
(205) 231-4610
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We appreciate teachers
This is Teacher Appreciation Week, and I would like to encourage all stakeholders to thank a teacher sometime soon for all he or she does for the students of the Birmingham City Schools.
We appreciate our teachers all the time, not just during a special week. Teaching is a challenging profession, and it is one of the most important ones in our society. Without teachers, our children would not be provided the educational opportunities that are vital to their success and, ultimately, the world we live in.
The impact teachers make on the lives of students will manifest time and again. What an awesome calling and responsibility they hold in their hands!
We are grateful for the dedication and commitment with which they do their job. The fruits of their labor make our city, state and nation a better place to work and live. So, on behalf of the 25,000 students of the district, we salute the teachers of BCS Sincerely,
Craig Witherspoon Superintendent
Birmingham City Schools |
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New law restricts opening and ending dates for schools
District will have to revise 2012-2013 calendar
The Alabama Legislature has overridden Gov. Robert Bentley's veto of a law that limits the opening and ending dates of school calendars for Alabama public schools. The Birmingham City School System is one of many across the state that will have to revise its 2012-2013 school calendar. Under the new law, school can start no earlier than Aug. 20 and end no later than May 24. |
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Huffman senior named Gates Millennium Scholar
Akira Aneisha Miller is one of 1,000 across the nation
Akira Aneisha Miller is the salutatorian of the Huffman High School class of 2012. She also is one of 1,000 seniors across the nation who have been named Gates Millennium Scholars.
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Akira Aneisha Miller |
The program pays for students' education through graduation and through doctoral degrees for those who select specific disciplines to study.
Akira, the daughter of Stella Miller and Warren Miller, plans to attend Jackson State University in Mississippi and major in mathematics.
A member of the Valorettes dance team, debate team, math team, Future Business Leaders of America and National Honor Society, Akira has been involved in numerous activities outside of school, including the Upward Bound program.
The Gates Millennium Scholar Program is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It provides scholarships for talented minority students, along personal and professional development through leadership programs and academic support. One goal of the program is to increase the representation of minorities in the disciplines of computer science, education, engineering, library science, mathematics, public health and the sciences.
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Parker plans Purple & White Day
May 12 event includes scrimmage
Parker High School will host its first annual Purple & White Day Saturday, May 12, at Legion Field.
The day will begin at 7 a.m. with registration for a a youth football camp for schools that feed into Parker. The camp, for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, is set for 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
The Parker football team will have an intra-squad scrimmage from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., there will be free food and fun. |
BCS athletes win, place in state track meet
79 athletes qualified to compete
Congratulations to all 79 athletes from high schools in the Birmingham City Schools who qualified to compete in the state track meet last weekend in Gulf Shores! Special accolades go to those who brought home ribbons. Parker High School's 400 X 100 girls relay team won first place in 5A.
Parker's Iris Robinson won second place in the 200- and 400-meter dash.
Barry Johnson of Wenonah High School took second in the 110-meter low hurdles. Joshua Carpenter of Wenonah came in third in the 300-meter hurdles.
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Bush Middle SGA goes to Montgomery
Tour and watching legislative session included  | | Bush Middle School SGA officers on the Capitol steps |
The Bush Middle School Student Government Association was invited to Montgomery by State Rep. Rod Scot, who is a great supporter of the school and is very familiar with the hands-on leadership and unique nature of the school's SGA in day-to-day activities of the school.
Each Bush homeroom class has an SGA vice president. The president is elected from the eighth grade. They meet with the principal at least once a week to discuss various school issues and to give input from topics ranging from curriculum, students' needs, extra-curricular activities, classroom climates and any topics they are interested in bringing to the principal's attention. The principal relies on the SGA disseminate school information and expectations to their fellow classmates. The SGA president also attends faculty meetings at times to communicate student expectations with the staff. Scott invited the SGA to Montgomery to tour the Capitol building, meet and visit with many other legislators and observe the chamber in session. When they went this week, they learned that Gov. Robert Bentley's scheduled did not allow him to meet with them as planned. The entire trip was a community effort. The Greater New Antioch Baptist Church in Ensley, led by Dr. E. O. Jackson, paid for the bus that transported the students. |
Glen Iris students visit meteorologist
Harmony Mendoza welcomes questions
 | | Harmony Mendoza with the Glen Iris broadcast team |
Alabama's 13 meteorologist Harmony Mendoza gave the broadcast team from Glen Iris Elementary School a behind-the-scenes look at the workings of a news studio.
When the students visited the station recently, they watched a live midday broadcast, saw the production studio and got an in-depth explanation of the weather equipment.
Mendoza graciously spent time with the students and answered every question they had about the news, studio equipment and the weather.
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Students win math competitions
Siblings tops in third- and fourth-grade math derbies
 | | Siblings Jeremiah and Kaelyn Mixon both won first place in the elementary math derby |
Students in third through eighth grades competed in the Birmingham City Schools' elementary math derby and middle school mathematics tournament held May 1 through May 4.
One family with students at Central Park Elementary School has two new first-place trophies. Kaeylyn Mixon won hers in the fourth-grade derby. Her younger brother, Jeremiah Mixon, earned his by winning the third-grade derby.
Other elementary winners include: - Third grade -- Jonte Ware, Phillips Academy, second place, and Marquise Hollis, Councill Elementary School, third place
- Fourth grade -- Reginald Wilbanks, West End Academy, second place, and Kennedy Brooks, Huffman Academy, third place
- Fifth grade -- LaCorian Harrell, Huffman Academy, first place; Benjamin Fields, W.J. Christian K-8 School, second place, and Takeera Hawkins, Hudson K-8 School, third place
For a complete list of elementary winners, click here. The middle school tournament results in both individual and team winners. Those winners include: - Sixth grade individuals -- DeVaun Jemison, Phillips Academy, first place; Jordan Thompson, Huffman Middle School, second place, and Yeraldin Saucedo, Phillips Academy, third place
- Sixth place teams -- Phillips Academy, first place; Huffman Middle School, second place, and Martha Gaskins Middle School, third place
- Seventh grade individuals -- Kobe Green, Martha Gaskins Middle School, first place; Eric Williams, Huffman Middle School, second place, and Dejah Crossfield, W.J. Christian K-8 School, third place
- Seventh grade teams -- Huffman Middle School, first place; Phillips Academy, second place, and W.J. Christian K-8 School, third place
- Eighth grade individuals -- Natasha Burrell, Phillips Academy, first place; Alana Bennett, Daniel Payne Middle School, second place, and Deanna Turner, Martha Gaskins Middle School, third place
- Eighth grade teams -- Phillips Academy, first place; Daniel Payne Middle School, second place, and Huffman Middle School, third place
Click here for a complete list of middle school winners. |
Board approves items on May 8 agenda
Sale of former Wenonah Elementary School included
The Birmingham Board of Education approved all items on the agenda for its May 8 meeting. The items included sale of the former Wenonah Elementary School to Lawson State Community College for $500,000. To read more, click here. |
Ramsay lacrosse players sign for scholarships
All team members going to college
It was signing day Tuesday for basketball players and athletes in spring sports. Lacrosse might not be one of the sports you automatically think of in that context, but it certainly is a headliner at Ramsay High School.
Several lacrosse players from Ramsay signed for college scholarships. They include: - Elexis Arnold, Huntington College
- Jenell Buckner, Huntington College
- Joseph Burkes, Greensboro College
- Taylor Hinton, Tennessee Wesleyan College
- Evelyn McGrue, Chowan University
- Candace Williams, Huntington College
- De'Eria Wimbley, Tennessee Wesleyan College
All other lacrosse players from Ramsay are planning to attend college as well. |
Coming events
Superintendent Craig Witherspoon hastwocommunity update meetings scheduled this week to inform stakeholders about programs, plans and progress being made in the Birmingham City Schools. Topics of discussion will include career academies, the International Baccalaureate program, professional learning communities and the capital improvement plan.
The meeting schedule is:
- 6 p.m. Monday, May 14, at the Davis Center, 417 29th St. South
- 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, at the Don Hawkins Recreation Center, 8920 Roebuck Blvd.
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