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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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Events showcase students
Fall is an exciting time for many reasons, especially when it comes to activities that showcase the talents and accomplishments of students in the Birmingham City Schools. As we finish October and enter November, there are numerous things that parents and other stakeholders can attend to see what is happening in our schools.
Some of the highlights are:
- The Birmingham City Schools All City Marching Band Festival is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 at the Carver High School stadium. Bands and auxiliary units from each of the district's seven high schools will perform in the event. The bands, percussion sections, dance line, color guard units and majorettes all will be receive ratings of superior, excellent or fair.
- JROTC units will be participating in the color guard, drill team and academic challenge competition that is part of the city's Veterans' Day observance. The competition begins at 7 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at Boutwell Auditorium.
- All JROTC units from the district's seven high schools and several of our marching bands will march in the Veterans' Day parade, which begins at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 12 in downtown Birmingham.
- All schools will participate in our district-wide open house during school hours Wednesday, Nov. 14. Schools will have special activities that day to show participants the kinds of things that are happening in our schools.
- Hundreds of students from schools across the district will perform in the 73rd annual All City Christmas Music Festival, which begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, at Boutwell Auditorium. This year's theme is "There's Christmas in the Air." Admission is free.
Those are just some of the district-wide events. As the holidays approach, every school will have programs that show what beautiful and talented children we have the privilege to educate.
Sincerely,
Craig Witherspoon Superintendent
Birmingham City Schools |
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Two BCS teachers in hall of fame
Alabama Council on Economic Education inducts pair
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Zakiya Jenkins and Herbert Blackmon have been inducted into the Alabama Economic Educators' Hall of Fame |
Two Birmingham City Schools teachers were inducted into the inaugural class of the Alabama Economic Educators' Hall of Fame Oct. 25.
The Alabama Council on Economic Education honored 14 teachers from across the state at its annual meeting at the McWane Center. Zakiya Jenkins of W.J. Christian K-8 School and Herbert Blackmon of Huffman Middle School were among the honorees.
The hall of fame honors exceptional teachers who have fostered economic education and financial literacy, leading the way to prepare Alabama's young people for success in today and tomorrow's free enterprise economic system. |
Carver band wows audience
Marching Rams win People's Choice Award at Hayden festival
Carver High School's Mighty Marching Rams showed their stuff at the sixth annual Pride of Hayden Marching Festival held Oct. 20.
The Rams earned all superior ratings and took home the trophy for the People's Choice Award as well. |
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Middle school football championship scheduled
Consolation and championship games to be played Nov. 3
Four Birmingham City School System middle school football teams are in contention for the district's championship. The first round of the championship competition will be played Monday, Oct. 29, at Lawson Field. Ossie Ware Mitchell and Smith will square off at 5:30 p.m. Green Acres and Arrington will meet on the field at 7 p.m. The losers of those two games will play a consolation game at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Lawson. The winners of the two Oct.. 30 games will meet in the championship game at noon Nov. 3. Tickets for each round of games are $5 at the gate and $4 ahead of time at the participating schools.
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Regions employees deliver books to South Hampton
Each pre-K student receives a bag of books
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A Regions employee shows books to pre-kindergarten students at South Hampton Elementary School Oct. 25. The South Hampton class is part of the United Way Success by 6 program. Regions employees collected approximately 2,500 books through the bank's Share the Good program and brought a bag of books for each pre-K student. |
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Family Creative Arts Nights scheduled
Parent University partners with others to present program
Families will have two chances to participate in a free arts and poetry program next week.
Birmingham Parent University is partnering with the Birmingham Education Foundation, Real Life Poets Inc. and the Birmingham Public Library to present Family Creative Arts Night. The sessions are set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, at Five Points West Library, 4812 Ave. W, and 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at Powderly Library, 3301 Jefferson Ave. SW. Call 226-4017 for more information.
Another one will be held on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. at Powderly Library, 3301 Jefferson Ave. SW. Call 925-6178 for more information. Birmingham award-winning poet John Paul Taylor of Real Life Poets Inc. will lead both workshops. BCS teacher Andrea Whitfield will be a poet and drama presenter. Advance registration is appreciated. A light dinner will be served. To register, click here. You also may call the Five Points West Library at 226-4018 or the Powderly Library at 923-3630 or register in person at one of the libraries. More Family Creative Arts Night will be held in the future.
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Coming events
The Birmingham Board of Education will have a regularly scheduled meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the auditorium of the Administration Building, 2015 Park Place. |
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