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Grover Jones left BGHS in '51 to join the military, never received a diploma. A loyal fan and supporter for years, tonight has his diploma.
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BGHS Class of 2018 by the numbers:
275 graduates
85 with 3.6+ GPA
4 National Merit Finalists
45 industry certifications
$4.99 million in scholarships
Planning to attend 37 different post-secondary institutions
3 branches of the military
#ExcellenceIsWorthTheEffort
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Congratulations Class of 2019! Once A Purple, Always A Purple! 🎓
#ExcellenceIsWorthTheEffort
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Our medical community has been incredibly supportive of the
@BGHSPurplesNews
Medical Arts Academy. Today, BGHS returned boxes of unused supplies that had been donated, back to
@MedCenterHealth
(gloves, masks, face shields).
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The Bowling Green Board of Education has approved a mask mandate for BGISD.
All individuals, including students, school employees, contractors and visitors, are required to wear a face covering while inside school facilities and school buses.
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Stadium lights are on at
@BGHSPurplesNews
and across the 4th Region for 20 minutes and 20 seconds, in honor of the Class of 2020
@4thRegionADs
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Picking up our new Summer Meals Bus from Final Finish in Morgantown!!! It’s BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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Congratulations , Robert Lightning, the next Principal of Bowling Green Junior High!
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The Board of Education has voted to appoint Gary Fields as the next superintendent of Bowling Green Schools.
http://t.co/MnYfKoukBL
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Welcome to the District Office, Karen Swiney, Special Education Facilitator.
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Chromebooks are in with setup in progress! Bowling Green City Schools will have one Chromebook for every student in grades 4-12 for the 2020-2021 school year.
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Ron Prieskorn will coach his final event today after 32 years at BGHS. He's won four State Championships, many regional titles, and above all he is a great teacher. Happy Retirement, Coach!
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⚽️ CONGRATULATIONS!! 🏆
Lady Purples Soccer
4th Region Champions
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On August 14th, the Bowling Green Board of Education voted to affirm Superintendent Field’s recommendation to return to school beginning August 24th. More Here:
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THANK YOU
@MedCenterHealth
and all volunteers working the Vaccine Clinic. This team has provided over 70% of our employees a
#shotofhope
! As a small way to say thank you, we dropped off a few boxes of treats made by Gracefully Baked.
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We have checked all school buildings and overall seem to have very minor damage to buildings and campuses.
We are working with community partners to help our families with resources. Please continue to follow updates from our city and county officials.
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Very important features in progress at the BGHS stadium…. The H, and PURPLES end zones.
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Welcome to the District Office
@PG_Littlefield
, District Instructional Coach!
#excellenceisworththeeffort
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“I am a boy becoming a man and there is no limit to what I can achieve.”- from the Boys to Men Creed.
@PBC_Elementary
Boys to Men Signing Day
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Did you know 1/3 of the musicians in the Bowling Green High School band are also student athletes?
@BGHSPurplesNews
#ExcellenceIsWorthTheEffort
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Cedric Browning has been named Director of Operations for BGISD. He will move from his current role as Principal of the 9th grade LEAD Academy at Bowling Green High School to the district office beginning July 1.
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Congratulations, Class of 2017! As many said today, once a Purple, always a Purple and EXCELLENCE is worth the EFFORT.
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Statement from Superintendent Fields regarding Governor Beshear's August 10th recommendation to delay in-person classes:
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It is only appropriate that our state's Attendance Day is also our Director of Pupil Personnel's birthday!! We hope to see all Purples at school today! Happy Birthday, Mr. Sherrill!
@BGISDgaryfields
@DGSherrill00003
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Congratulations to Raegan Richardson, Katie Jo Moore, Whitaker Buchanon, and Carson Myers, all 4.0 students that signed Letters of Intent today to continue their athletic careers!
#signingday2020
#excellenceisworththeeffort
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Smiles and tears at the
@McNeillAdmirals
Wave Parade with Admiral Alumni BGHS Class of 2020! 🎓
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Bowling Green City Schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday, December 13 and 14, 2021. However school employees will be working to communicate with and meet the needs of our students.
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Congratulations to Turner Buttry, Patrick Forbes, and Philip Khenner for signing their National Letters of Intent today at BGHS!
Go Purples!
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Congrats to teachers receiving National Board Certification and renewal this year, recognized tonight at the Board of Ed meeting and tomorrow in Frankfort: Tara Coomes, Kristin Henson, Kristi Costellow, Hannah Ogden, Jennay Weatherholt, Julie Lane, and Susan Morgan
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EVERYONE in our community can help us return to school in-person. Wash hands, cover face, and add some space!
#HealthyAtSchool
#TogetherKentucky
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BGISD is phasing out disposable plastic water bottles in school cafeterias. NEW water stations include biodegradable cups, plus, students will soon be provided a reusable water bottle, or may bring a water bottle from home.
@DallaEmerson
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April 8 at 8:00pm,
@BGHSPurplesNews
will join other 4th region schools in a “Be the light” movement, lighting stadium lights as a sign of hope to the community. The lights will be on for 20 minutes and 20 seconds in honor of seniors unable to compete during their senior year.
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The BGISD Board of Education has approved a 5% salary increase for all employees for the 2024-25 school year. First-year teachers with a bachelor’s degree will begin at $45,000 and the minimum hourly wage will be $15.75/hour.
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⚽️ GO LADY PURPLES!! ⚽️
On their way to play South Oldham in the Elite Eight of the State Tournament!
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BGISD will use an NTI day on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 due to weather conditions. There is a tornado warning in effect for Warren County and more potential weather throughout the day.
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This week, we say
#farewelltotheEL
, but in August 2021, HELLO to new bleachers that have rails and are handicap accessible, visitor bleachers, a new press box, restrooms, and concessions, a turf field, an 8-lane track, and LED lighting.
@RossTarrant
@BGHSPurplesNews
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Welcome to the District Office, Director of Special Education Candice Peay! Ms. Peay has been the Special Education Department Chair at BGHS for the last five years. More here:
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Welcome to the District Office, Tracy Sherrill, Special Education Facilitator.
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Welcome
@Ross5thGrade
to BGISD!
Ms. Ross will teach elementary PE classes in all five schools beginning next school year.
#excellenceisworththeeffort
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🎁 GIFTS DELIVERED! More than 500 children’s books were donated to
@T_C_Cherry
through a book drive coordinated by Clay Wallace, an Eagle Scout and junior at BGHS. Since 2018, Clay has helped provide more than 7,700 children’s books to schools and organizations in our community.
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Our district will begin serving food again tomorrow, Sunday, December 12 at 11 am from TC Cherry and WR McNeill Elementary.
@T_C_Cherry
@McNeillAdmirals
@joeimel
@wbkotv
@wnkytv
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BGISD Communications Director Leslie McCoy has been awarded a Gold Medallion presented by
@NSPRA
for the strategic communication plan to open the
@TerangaAcademy
in partnership with
@fugeesfamily
.
Eight 2023 Gold Medallion winners were selected across the US and Canada.
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As the sun is setting in Bowling Green, we want to say a HUGE thank you to our first responders, utility companies, volunteers, colleagues from around the country and more. Thank you.
We love our Kentucky home.
🎶:
@T_C_Cherry
Choir
Directed, recorded by Kelley Wiggins
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Drive-thru cap and gown pickup today as BGHS begins the Season of Seniors
@BGHS_2020
! 🎓💜
@BGHSPurplesNews
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Below is a statement from Superintendent Gary Fields, August 12th, regarding the reopening of schools.
@BGISDgaryfields
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Congratulations again to Ms Lauren Coffey of
@McNeillAdmirals
, recognized as one of 24 outstanding educators, and recipient of a 2022 Valvoline Kentucky Teacher Achievement Award.
Ms Coffey was recognized at the October Board of Education Meeting.
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The Class of 2018
@BGHSPurplesNews
scored the highest ACT composite since all juniors began taking exam in 2008!
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🟣 Purple Schedule students: We had a GREAT first day!
🟡 Gold Schedule: We will see YOU tomorrow!
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Christi Shores, BGISD Assistant Band Director for Bands, has been named the Middle School Teacher of the Year by KMEA. She will be formally recognized on Friday, February 10th, at the annual conference in Louisville.
More:
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BGJHS welcomes the Inaugural Class of
@BlkMaleScholars
. Tonight, a team of educators visited the Scholars to deliver lawn signs and back-to-school gifts. The Scholars begin orientation and team-building activities on July 28th, and an Induction Ceremony will be held July 30th.
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We plan to return to school in August 2020, with a modified schedule for reopening, as well as online course options through the BGISD Virtual Academy.
🎥 From Mr. Fields:
More on our website:
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The last bell of 2016-17 has sounded. Thanks to all for a great year and congratulations Class of 2017!
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Judge Steve Wilson administered the Oath of Office tonight for Board of Education members Jane G. Wilson, Deborah Williams, and Michael K. Bishop, re-elected last month.
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SURPRISE!!! Ms. Cristen Olson, an educator at Bowling Green High, has been selected as the winner of the 2023 WKU Distinguished Educator Award for High School.
@bghspurplesnews
@wkucebs
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Introducing… our first electric school bus!
BGISD received funding from the EPA to replace aging buses with clean, zero emission models.
@bluebirdbuses
is supplying 13 electric buses, and we partnered locally with
@BGMU
and Dotson Electric to install charging stations.
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Due to weather conditions, BGISD will utilize a non-traditional instructional (NTI) day on Thursday, January 20, 2022, with virtual learning for all students.
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Clay Wallace, a junior at BGHS has collected approximately 7️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ books for our schools and students!!! 📚
Thank you Clay, for your vision, leadership, and service to our community!
#excellenceisworththeeffort
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SIGNING DAY AT BGHS!
Congrats to student athletes Reed Richey, Reese Lowery, Maggie Morris, and Ben Davenport, signing their Letters of Intent to play collegiate athletics.
#ExcellenceIsWorthTheEffort
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Faculty and Staff celebrated Opening Day today. Superintendent Fields and members of the district office traveled to schools to thank employees for the work throughout the spring and summer, as well as to offer support and encouragement to begin the new school year.
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Oh the places they will go... Congratulations and best wishes Class of 2018! Once a Purple, Always a Purple
#ExcellenceIsWorthTheEffort
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So much excitement across the district today as friends and classmates reconnected for the first time, face-to-face in almost year. First Day of School- TAKE THREE! (August 24th, January 11th, and March 2nd)
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“How blessed we were to have Miss Sian as our student teacher. Seven years ago, she arrived in our town as a refugee not speaking any English, and now she is a rock star teacher!”
- Ms Dana Duncan,
@McNeillAdmirals
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HOMECOMING WEEK TRIVIA: Why the "H"?
BGHS opened in 1908, with the first graduating class in 1912.
The block letter H, for "high school" was used to identify the only public high school in the area. The school continues to use the H to honor its tradition.
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We had a GREAT first day of school! See you again tomorrow!
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We will announce tentative plans to reopen for the 2020-2021 school year tomorrow at noon!
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1️⃣4️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ boxes of cereal domino through the halls of
@T_C_Cherry
. The cereal was collected through a drive sponsored by Guarantee Pest Control and will be donated to organizations in the community.
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Delivery Day! The purple bus is one of 13 routes delivering a total of 28,000 meals today. Seven days of breakfasts and lunches for children under 18. Meals are also available for pickup at school locations. More:
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Congratulations to Kelley Wiggins and Christi Shores, recognized this week by the 3rd District KMEA. Ms. Wiggins was named Elementary Music Teacher of the Year, and Ms. Shores named Middle School Music Teacher of the Year.
#ExcellenceIsWorthTheEffort
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Two familiar faces in BGISD will have new roles beginning this summer. Ms. Darlene Porter will move from BGJH to the District Office as the Assistant Director for Instructional Programs, and Ms. Caitlin Lawson, a teacher at BGHS, has been named the new Preschool Principal.
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Happy Graduation Day, BGHS Class of 2017!
The stage is set for the BGHS Class of 2017. Doors open at 12:30pm Graduation at 2pm
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Why the H?
Bowling Green High School was founded in 1908, with the first graduating class in 1912.
The block letter H, for "high school" was worn by students and athletes to represent the only public high school in the area.
@BGHSPurplesNews
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Congratulations to Lauren Coffey, a
@McNeillAdmirals
teacher! Ms. Coffey is one of 24 educators selected to receive a 2022 Valvoline™ Teacher Achievement Award. She is also a finalist for the Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award, to be announced in September.
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Congrats to Brad Phelps
@BGLearningCtr
, the first employee this school year to receive a Beyond the Call award. Brad was nominated by TWO colleagues for efforts to move and establish classroom space for the Compass Academy alternative school from 11th Street School.
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Autumn Grinstead and Dana Duncan, teachers at
@McNeillAdmirals
were presented Beyond the Call Awards this morning for their work with the school's Odyssey of the Mind Team. The team placed 1st in state competition and are preparing for World Finals at Michigan State in May!
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Congratulations BGHS Class of 2016! We are proud of you! Excellence IS worth the effort!
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Bowling Green City Schools will be closed Friday, January 22, 2016, due to impending weather.
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Congratulations to Saint Carmichael!
@RepGuthrie
visited BGHS this morning to surprise Saint with an appointment to the US Military Academy at West Point.
Saint said this was a dream come true and he is looking forward to continuing a family tradition of military service.
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Today on page 8A of
@bgdailynews
: the BGHS 2021 Graduates, Honor Graduates, Top Five Honor Graduates, and the list of post-secondary and military options they plan to pursue next! 🎓
We will celebrate at 2pm in the BGHS Arena!
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Bowling Green City Schools will be closed Wednesday, 2/18/15, due to winter weather.
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BGISD has been designated one of the Best Communities for Music Education by The NAMM Foundation. The recognition is a credit to efforts of music educators, our Board of Ed, parents. and community that prioritizes and supports arts in schools.
#bestcommunitiesformusiceducation
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As we close the 2018-19 school year, we say thank you, congratulations, and best wishes to our retiring faculty and staff. Once A Purple, Always A Purple.
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Congratulations to Jose Serrano of
@bgdishman
, receiving a Beyond the Call award at morning meeting.
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See you soon, BG City Schools!
🟣 Purple Schedule- TOMORROW!
💻 Virtual Purples- TOMORROW!
🟡 Gold Schedule- TUESDAY!
#maskupbgisd
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Five employees named School Breakfast Champions today by
@thedairyalliance
and
@FeedingKY
: Jodi Praxl and Mr Robert Lightning
@bgjhs
, Keith Brown
@PotterGrayPride
, and Tabbatha Rogers
@BGHSPurplesNews
.
@DallaEmerson
was also surprised to be a Rising Star!
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