Good afternoon, BCS Staff, Families, and Community:
As the school year continues, we are working hard to ensure all of our students have the resources they need- and you can help! Thanks to a partnership with Purposity, we have identified the most urgent student needs and uploaded them to the Purposity website - a program that allows our community to meet these needs with just a few clicks.
🖍Items include everything from new shoes to school supplies.
What do you need to do?
Simply sign up at https://www.purposity.com/organization/BuncombeSchools, follow our page, and meet a need with just a few clicks today. You can also download the Purposity App for your smartphone.
On Oct 16 and 17, BCEC students toured five colleges and universities including UNC Charlotte, Elon, UNC Greensboro, Chapel Hill and NC State University. Students visited alumni and heard from admissions counselors and student ambassadors. #WeAreBCS #BCSadvantage
The Buncombe County Board of Education will meet in regular session on November 2, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. in the Minitorium at 175 Bingham Road, Asheville.
**Public Comment will be accepted in person. Members of the public wishing to speak will need to come to Entrance “B”. Doors will open at 4:45 p.m. and speakers must arrive no later than 5:15 p.m. to complete entrance screening procedures and sign in to speak. All speakers will have precisely three minutes to speak and must adhere to guidelines set forth in BCS Policy #2310 – Public Participation, including all reasonable rules established by the Superintendent.
**Following monthly Public Comments, the Board will hear public comments specifically related to the required board policies addressing the State’s Parents Bill of Rights statutes. These policies are linked in the meeting agenda.
**https://www.buncombeschools.org/o/bcs/page/current-public-board-agenda
Individuals wishing to speak during this time should sign up on the designated sheet before the meeting begins. These comments will adhere to the same public comment guidelines set forth in BCS Policy #2310.
Additionally, parents may email comments to be shared with the Board of Education to communications@bcsemail.org
Given the desire of BCS to provide the most information possible to the public, the public may view the live broadcast via YouTube on the BCS Communications Department YouTube Account at: YouTube.com/BuncombeSchools
🙌Thanks to Mrs. Wallace and our Heritage Spanish classes. Students enjoyed a wonderful Heritage month celebration! #WeAreBCS #BCSadvantage #PublicSchoolProud
BCCI is selling Eblen Pumpkins, for $1 during the month of October. Paper pumpkins are displayed in halls with the name of the student who sold the pumpkin. All proceeds raised will go to Eblen Charities. https://www.eblencharities.org/boosters/ #bcscares
💡Our BCEC/BCMC halls have been brightened by our students work.
🎃October 23rd - Blood Connection from 9am till 2pm in the Birch parking lot!
🏔️Students and staff are climbing to new heights at Buncombe County Center for Career Innovation (BCCI). Read the full article here: bit.ly/bcciadventure.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
📸 PICTURE DAY - OCTOBER 18th 📸
It's a GREAT DAY at BCCI! 💖Learning 💖
#WeAreBCS #BCSadvantage #PublicSchoolProud
Our Lighthouse Great 8 team planning for the new school year!
Students riding a bus in the ACR district can utilize this link for additional information.
https://acrhs.buncombeschools.org/o/acrhs/page/transportation
WELCOME new TEACHERS and STAFF to BCEC/ BCCI!
Dr. Regina Lambert, Vern Lepa, Maddie Horton, Nicole Orengo, and Tammy Rigsby!
bit.ly/newbcec23 #WeAreBCS #BCSadvantage #PublicSchoolProud
BCEC/MC and BCCI staff engaged in back to school activities to prepare for their first day!
⭐First day for students is AUGUST 21st!
The Buncombe County Schools Board of Education is committed to providing a safe, inviting, and civil educational environment for all students, employees, and other members of the school community. The Board expects all students, employees, volunteers, and visitors to behave in a manner consistent with that goal. The Board recognizes that bullying and harassing behavior creates an atmosphere of intimidation and fear, detracts from the safe environment necessary for student learning, and may lead to more serious misconduct or to violence. Accordingly, the Board prohibits all forms of bullying and harassing behavior, including encouragement of such behavior, by students, employees, volunteers, and visitors. Additional information on reporting and responding to bullying is available here>>> https://bit.ly/3YG6ib4
🎒🖍📓 This weekend, the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office School Resource Officers and BCS staff members will be collecting school supplies at the Walmart on Hendersonville Rd. (1636 Hendersonville Rd.).
The hours are: Saturday, August 19- 10 am to 8 pm & Sunday, August 20- 10 am to 2:30 pm.
Examples of school items are as follows but not limited to:
-Book bags—lunchboxes—pencil boxes
-Binders—papers—art supplies (crayons/colored
pencils)
- Pencils—pens—markers—highlighters
- Tissues—hand sanitizer—cleaning wipes
-Water bottles—dry erase markers—plug in ear-
buds—other school related items
-Printer paper
We hope to see you there as we work together to help ALL students have a great start to the school year!
🚗Don't delay on obtaining your student parking pass for the 2023-2024 school year!
Student drivers are responsible for applying for annual parking passes for designated spaces from AB Tech Police.
Parking Decals -abtech.edu
bit.ly/parkingpass23
BCCI ORIENTATION
📆 AUGUST 15th - 5 pm
🏛️Birch Building -ABTECH CAMPUS
Buncombe County Schools is hosting a Support Staff Job Fair on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 from 2-4pm in the Nesbitt cafeteria at BCS Central Office (175 Bingham Road - Asheville, NC 28806)
Attention, BCS Staff:
We hope you are having a wonderful summer. Don't forget to check our Employee Values page regularly for local special discounts just for educators.
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https://www.buncombeschools.org/o/bcs/page/employee-values