To keep healthy students in school as much as safely possible Bardstown City Schools will now offer a voluntary program called Test To Stay. Students identified as a close contact will now have the option to quarantine or to participate in our Test To Stay Program. Here’s what you need to know about Test To … Read more
BCS Families, I am happy to report that the number of COVID-19 incidents in our schools have been very low since our return from fall break. With this decrease in COVID-19 cases in our school and community we’re able to make some modifications to our Healthy at School plan. Starting tomorrow, October 27th, masks will … Read more
Students at Bardstown Elementary School are participating in a Kindness Project. The Kindness Project, organized by BCS School Psychologists, is a school-wide letter writing campaign. Through the project every third through fifth grade student gets the opportunity to write a letter to lift up the spirit of a classmate. Every Friday a few students from … Read more
Melissa Taylor, the principal of Bardstown Middle School, will retire in January after 20 years of service in the District, all at the same school. Taylor came to Bardstown Middle School in 2001 and has worked there ever since, serving as an English Language Arts teacher and more. Taylor, who holds a school administration degree … Read more
Senior Addie Woods is interning at the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and gaining on-the-job experience for a future career in marketing. Her internship is part of the Path2Pro program at Bardstown High School. Through this program Addie spends the last two periods of her school day interning with the Sisters all while earning high … Read more
Bardstown Early Childhood educator Jennifer Marcum Hagan has been selected by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to serve as the early learning specialist for the state. The early learning specialist is a new position created by the Kentucky Department of Education and the Office of Special Education and Early Learning. The position was made … Read more
BCS Families, By now, you may have heard that with the passage of legislation from the General Assembly on Thursday, the decision to wear face-coverings in schools is the responsibility of each school district. Like all decisions during this pandemic, many factors are considered. The driving force in all decisions is to do all we … Read more
In our continuing efforts to support the well-being of all our students, we will be conducting a universal assessment of social, emotional & behavioral health. We are looking at behavioral health to support our student’s academic development. The assessment consists of a brief rating scale that is going to be completed by the homeroom or … Read more
Our goal is to keep as many kids in school as many days as possible and to do this, we need to make sure people aren’t coming to school sick. So please, screen yourself and your students each morning before getting on the bus or coming to school to help us have a successful school … Read more
Bardstown City Schools (BCS) has been awarded a $10 million-dollar grant from the School Facilities Construction Commission to upgrade the district’s career and technical facilities. The grant is part of Governor Andy Beshear’s Better Kentucky Plan to invest $75 million to renovate vocational schools. More than 30 school districts throughout the Commonwealth applied but only … Read more