Here's an early preview of the results from the National Beta Convention.  Click learn more to see the results...

We will be streaming the 2013 Commencement Ceremony from BCHS Gymnasium tonight.  We are confident the video stream will be strong but the quality of the audio is in question due to numerous factors.  Click on the link below to watch live.

2013 BCHS Graduation

(8:45am, 2-1-2013) - Power has been restored at Austin Tracy Elementary and students will resume their regular schedule excluding preschool.

January 30, 2013     5:50 PM

After an investigation into the bomb threats at Barren County Middle School,  Barren County High School and Temple Hill Elementary School, (5) students and (1) adult have been taken into custody in connection with the threats.  We would like to commend the Barren County Schools Administrative team, staff and students and especially members of the Barren County Sheriff’s Department for their assistance.  After these matters have been addressed by the courts, Barren County Schools will pursue disciplinary action in accordance with the student code of conduct.

Bo Matthews

Superintendent

(12:25pm 1-30-13) UPDATE – As of this hour Temple Hill students are returning to the school.  The building has been thoroughly searched and nothing of suspicious nature was found.  We anticipate a normal release at the regularly scheduled time.  All afterschool activities will go on as scheduled. No other Barren County schools were affected by this threat.

Important information regarding the events of 1/29/13.

Parent  pickup will continue at the football field. 

All students will be released from the football field.  Car riders will be released from the gate at the entrance between the football field & the baseball field.  HS parents that pick up their child need to enter between the football field & the baseball field.  HS busses will pick up at the MS.  All BCHS & BCMS afternoon activities have been suspended. 

Threat at BCHS - students being evacuated to the football field. Updates will be forth coming.   One Call has been initiated please be patient as it must reach 3,200 phone numbers.

As of 1pm, law enforcement officials have given the all clear and students have started to move back to Barren County Middle School. We will have a normal dismissal this afternoon. We appreciate the orderly cooperation of our students and faculty, along with the support of local law enforcement officials and Barren County High School personnel. This matter will be turned over to the proper authorities for further investigation.  Thank you.

At approximately noon today a bomb threat to BCMS was discovered in the building.  This is an unsubstantiated threat.  As with any situation our student’s safety is always foremost.  All Students and Personnel have currently been evacuated to BCHS.  School and Law officials are onsite following all safety protocol.  We anticipate a subsequent move back to BCMS when all has been cleared.  We also, anticipate a normal afternoon release.  Please see the BC website for any further updates.

The decision to play or cancel is under the control of Glasgow School System.  As of 3:00 pm Friday, all games are on for tonight.  Tune in to local radio for up to date information.

Barren County students from across the district were honored for their outstanding achievement in the 2012 Conservation Writing and  Jim Claypool  Art Contest.

In support of breast cancer awareness, Barren County and Franklin Simpson Fans are encouraged to show your support by wearing your pink shirt at the basketball game between these two great schools on Friday, January 4th, 2013.  Click learn more for information about ordering your pink out shirts today.

A special "Encore" performance Disney's Beauty and the Beast will be presented by the BCHS Drama Club on Saturday, March 16, 2013, 7:00 p.m., at the Barren County High School auditorium.  Tickets may be purchased at the high school through Glenna Gardner. They are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 at the door. Tickets will go fast!

Relay for Life will be hosting a Celebrity Chili Supper on Friday March 8th at 5:30 prior to BCHS Drama Club's production of Beauty and the Beast. Tickets for the chili supper are $5.00 and Theatre tickets are $10.00 in advance and $12.00 at the door. Beauty and the Beast will presented on Friday and Saturday at 7:00 pm and Sunday at 2:00 pm. 

Wednesday ( 2/27/13):  Tickets for the Boys Regional Semi- Finals will go on sale this morning from 10:30 am-3 pm.  Thursday sales will be 10 am- 1 pm, and on Friday tickets will be sold from 10 am- 3 pm.

Presale tickets$5            
Tickets at WKU box office: $6

Barren  will play Warren Central in the semi-finals at 7:30 Friday @ WKU.

Barren Co.  defeated  Clinton Co. on Tuesday night 71-66.  

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On Saturday, April 20^th, the Barren County High School Senior Beta Club will sponsor a Pageant for young ladies aged zero months to 21 years. 

Later that evening, the Barren County High School Senior Beta Club will sponsor a “Womanless Beauty Pageant” to benefit Barren County Relay for Life.

 

Barren County High School, May 30, 2013, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
TeachMeet is a unique experience often referred to as an “Unconference” where attendees rotate between 20 minute info sessions focusing on educational technology. 
Topics such as; Web 2.0 tools, learning management systems,wikis, blogs, social networks, Google tools, Lync, Skype, and much  more. 

Door prizes and goodies will be given away at the SmackDown closing session.
Registration and breakfast begin at 8:00 am.
For more information and sign up CLICK HERE:

A message to all of our teachers from Superintendent Matthews...

This schedule is for the Trojan Academy, Middle & High School

Dismissal on Thursday 5/16 & Friday 5/17

BCMS 11 am - Trojan Academy 11:15 am -  BCHS  11:20

This schedule is for all elementaries-

All elementary schools will dismiss on the normal schedule on Thursday. 

Friday the elementary schools will dismiss at 10:30 am.

Please join us for a retirement reception honoring Paula Russell, Director of Food Service for Barren County Board of Education, Thursday, May 23rd, 2013, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Ole French Restaurant located off of highway 90 across from the airport.

Barren County High School & BCMS Soccer is sponsoring a 5K & kids run on July 13, 2013.  The race begins at the BCHS Trojan Stadium.   Click learn more for details.

Barren County High School Cheerleaders sponsored a Little Mister and Miss Barren River Pagent on June 8, 2013.  Click learn more to view the results.

SURPLUS AUCTION
Saturday, June 1 at 10:00 AM (CDT)

LOCATION:
Hiseville Elementary School

Hall of Distinguished Alumni 2013 reception/recognition will be on April 20, 2013 in the BCHS Auditorium starting at 5:00 pm.  Please join us as we celebrate our honorees and give recognition for some very special scholarship recipients. For more information contact Jackie Nuckols at 270-651-6315.

District tournament tickets will be on sale
in the Barren County High School office
Wednesday - Friday.  There will be no presale tickets on Monday due to no school.
NO season tickets, gold cards or granparent passes will be honored for postseason games.

Presale tickets are $5
Tickets at door are $5

All 15th District Basketball Tournament games will be broadcast on HOWDY 103.7 FM & WHHT/ESPN Radio 1230 AM.  You can also listen live at barrenschools.com

Barren Beyond the Bell is hosting a Career and Technical Education College and Career Night on Thursday, Nov. 8th from 5-7 pm at the BC Vocational School.  Students and parents interested in health, business, agriculture, human services, manufacturing, HVAC, engineering, and automotive related careers should attend this event. FCCLA, FFA, FBLA,  HOSA, and Skills USA will be helping host this event, and tours will be available of all career and technical education programs.  College representatives from Nashville Auto Diesel, WKU, Lindsey Wilson, Bowling Green Technical College, and UK will be available.  For more information, please call CheyAnne Fant or Christy Austin at 629-5505.

HEAR ALL THE BROADCASTS OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS 4TH REGION BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS ON HOWDY 103.7 FM/ESPN RADIO 1230AM AND ONLINE AT BARRENSCHOOLS.COM

Baseball & Softball Season Tickets will be sold today(3/4/13) and Wednesday (3/6/13) at BCHS from 8 am- 3 pm and on Friday from 7:30-11:30.  

Baseball and Softball regular season tickets - $35 each

Baseball and Softball chair back seats - $45 each

Grandparents will sign in at gate to get in free. If they want chair back seats, they wiill be $20 each.

Tickets will also be sold at the first couple of games.

KAHPERD is pleased to honor Neal Toms with the Life Member Award

 He constantly worked to assure his physical education and dance programs were embracing every aspect of the curriculum by the KDE/KAHPERD endorsed.  KAHPERD is pleased to honor Neal Toms with the Life Member Award.

Austin-Tracy Elementary Principal among 56 Kentucky principals selected for Leadership Institute

Judge Davie Greer Proclaims March 8th As Barren County Beta and Academic Team Days

Barren County Baseball is hosting a Chili Supper on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 before the Logan County/Barren County Basketball game. We will serve from 5:00 to 7:00. The cost is $6.00. This includes a bowl of Wendy's Chili, dessert and a drink. You can purchase a ticket that night or purchase a ticket from a Barren County baseball player.

Earthquakes can happen at any time and can have disastrous and far-reaching effects.  The 2013 Great Central U.S. Shakeout on February 7, 2013, provides a timely and relevant opportunity for us all to put this reminder into practice by execising what to do when an earthquake strikes. 

For more information about BCHS summer sports camps please visit the Barren County High School website.  Camps offered include baseball, basketball, volleyball and football.  Updated as camps are made available. 

January 30, 2013     5:50 PM

After an investigation into the bomb threats at Barren County Middle School,  Barren County High School and Temple Hill Elementary School, (5) students and (1) adult have been taken into custody in connection with the threats.  We would like to commend the Barren County Schools Administrative team, staff and students and especially members of the Barren County Sheriff’s Department for their assistance.  After these matters have been addressed by the courts, Barren County Schools will pursue disciplinary action in accordance with the student code of conduct.

Bo Matthews

Superintendent

Barren County High School Junior Chefs: Katrina Gold, Junita Grinter & Mackenzie Taylor recently placed at the Region 4 KY Proud Junior Chef Cooking Competition and will now be advancing to the state competition on August 18 at the KY State Fair. 

BCHS Softball Alumni Night will be held Friday, May 10, 2013.  All former players and coaches will get in free and be introduced in-between games around 6:45.

The District KY Derby Spelling Bee was held Friday, February 15th, at the Barren County Cooperative Extension Service.

 The 2013 Champion who has the opportunity to compete in the State KY Derby Spelling Bee in May is  Micah Morgan of Barren County Middle School.

Madison High of Hiseville Elementary was runner-up.

Register now for Camp Invention 2013!

American Farmers Grow Communities Grants Awarded to Southern Barren FRC and North Eastern FRC

For more information about destruction fo student records, non-discrimination, FERPA rights, and child find for children with disabilities click learn more.

Barren County Schools 21st Century Commnity Learning Centers presents Summer Scholars Opportunities, which include summer camps for students of all ages.  We are providing camps at every Barren County School from May through August.  In addition Barren County School District is also offering childcare services at Red Cross Elementary from May 23rd through July 26th, 2013.  Click learn more for detalis. 

On March 23, 2013, the Barren County JROTC (Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps) traveled to Warren Central High School to compete in Color Guard, Unarmed drill and Individual Knockout. The Trojan Battalion was extremely successful in their second year of competition and came home with several trophies. The cadets placed first in Color Guard, first in Squad Drill and were named Grand Champions!

North Jackson Elementary was the overall winner for the 35th district and Temple Hill Elementary  was the overall winner for the 36th district.  Every elementary school had students win and/or place in various categories.  Visit www.kaac.com for complete results.

Congratulations to our State STLP competitors who achieved tremendous results March 28th in Lexington's Rupp Arena! Nearly 5,000 students representing 400 schools and 100 districts from across the state attended this year’s competition.  More than 45 categories were available, covering the arts; science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and marketable career skills.

The entire awards program can be seen by clicking here.
http://mediaportal.education.ky.gov/videos/stlp-championship-2013/

Congratulations to the BCHS Cheerleaders who won the 4th Region KHSAA Cheer Competition on Saturday, January 12, 2013.

On April 4th the Barren County softball team visited the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort.  The team had a meet and greet with Governor and Mrs. Beshear as well as a tour of the Capitol and Governor's Mansion. 

Barren County Schools Jr. Beta Participants Shine at State!

The Barren County High School JROTC Department hosted their 1^st Annual Trojan Battalion Postal Air Rifle Match. Barren County High School, Allen County High School, Warren Central High School, and Warren East High School participated in the event.

There have been too many wonderful things that have happened to the students in Barren County to mention, but everyone will agree that our students are OUTSTANDING at everything they do!  As we close this school year, we wish nothing but the best for the Class of 2013 and we look forward to another successful year.  We are BC!

As the newly selected District Coordinator, CheyAnne will be responsible for directing and coordinating the programs from the district level.

On Saturday, April 20, 2013 the Alumni Association and the Barren County Education Foundation honored the scholarship recipients and the 2013 inductees to the Barren County Hall of Distinguished Honor.

2013 Barren County Hall of Distinguished Honor
Cleo C. Hogan, Jr
Jason Zimmerman
Golda Pensol Walbert
Terry Reed
Lonnie Perkins

 Barren County, a third-time 100 Best winner, is focused on providing its youth with multiple pathways and opportunities to reach their full potential. click on link below to read the full article from americaspromise.org
 

The Regional Science Fair was held in Bowling Green on Saturday, March 23, 2013.  Overall Winner of the Regional Science Fair and 1st place in their category were Eastern Elementary students, Taylor Hensley and Dulce Sanchez with "Child Resistant or Child Proof"  


Click “Learn More” to see additional winners from Barren Schools….

Students from Barren County High School participated in the State Foreign Language Gala and Showcase April 13th & 14th, 2013 at the University of Kentucky. 

Temple Hill wins first and North Jackson finishes in second place in the regional academic competition that consisted of 18 teams.  Barren County placed five teams in the top ten with Hiseville finishing 6th, Austin Tracy 8th, and Red Cross 9th.

After waiting for several months Ms. Poland's Pre-AP English III classes finally matched a face with the brilliant words of Robert DuBois, author of the extraordinary book, Powerful Peace. 

The dance team competed at the 3rd and 4th Regional Dance Team Competition in Owensboro, KY where they placed 1st overall for the 4th Region.  The team will be competing at the Kentucky State Dance Team competition in Frankfort on Saturday February 23! 

Please take a few seconds to answer our STLP Project survey about the 2010 Hunger-Free Kids Act and school lunches.  CLICK Here

Congratulations to the Barren County High School Cheerleaders on UCA Nationals in Orlando at the world's largest cheerleading competition. Barren County received 3rd place after making finals in the toughest division there--Small Coed. 

Superintendent Matthews announced Mr. Mark Wallace as Assistant Superintendent at press conference on Feb 1st.

BCHS Greenhouse Sales begin April 9th, from 7:30 - 4:30 daily. Greenhouse is located at the back of Barren County High School on Trojan Trail. For information call BCHS Ag Department at (270) 651 - 2627.

Our Ag Department greenhouse students and FFA members have grown another great crop of vegetable plants and annual bedding flowers. The Boston Ferns look great and are priced for another year at $15.00! We've also got a large variety of hanging baskets and bags filled with varieties of Wave Petunias and Impatiens. Please watch the attached video to see students in action preparing for our 2013 greenhouse sales.  Complete Price List

Barren County High School student, Mattie Bruton, took first place on March 8th at the 2013 State Governor's Cup in English Composition.  Mattie is the first student from BCHS to ever win this award.  This has also been a successful year for many members of the BCHS Academic Team in Governor's Cup competition.  The team placed 12th in the state in the overall final standings.

Click here for our new monthly feature, the Barren County Schools Transportation Department Newsletter!

Important Information regarding the new Microsoft Office 365 E-mail Platform

Calendars are now for sale for the 2013 Year---contact any BCHS cheerleader or the high school to purchase one.