April 2023 Student Spotlights

Congratulations to Jack Malone for earning the Midtown Optimist Club player of the week. Jack had 4 hits, and 5 rbi’s against 6A #8 Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa.

BCS 7th graders enjoyed a field trip to Mike Hutchison’s house for history class. Students enjoyed learning about early Alabama.

The countdown is on for these baby chicks as students at Pine Grove Elementary wait for them to hatch. Students were able to candlelight the eggs to make sure they were fertile and found that all 22 eggs were fertile. The incubator, brood box and feed were provided with a grant from North Baldwin Coalition for Excellence in Education. To learn more about the Teacher Grant Program, visit nbcee.org.

Cataloger Kimberly Watson just added more STEAM/STEM kits to be checked out from the Bay Minette Public Library! The additions include “All About Magnets,” “Robotics and Coding,” and a “Cat Kit” which includes cat bingo and a memory game to help stimulate the mind and memory. The library is located at 205 West Second Street in Bay Minette.

The Zachariah Godbold Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, has selected Ky Tariq McNulty as the DAR Good Citizen for Baldwin County High School. Ky was selected in recognition of his having exhibited, in an exemplary manner, in his home, school, and community, the qualities of a good citizen: Dependability, Service, Leadership, and Patriotism. Ky will be honored as the school’s DAR Good Citizen award recipient during the chapter’s April Student Awards Meeting and within the school’s Awards Ceremony later in the school year. Ky is the son of Joel Stevens and Nekia Mitchell.

BCS 1st graders enjoyed learning all about England at their British “Tea Party” last month!

BCS 6th graders had a blast with their Egg Drop experiment last month! It was so much fun seeing all their creativity come to life.

Baldwin County High School held a ceremony to welcome its 41 newest members into the National Honor Society. As each new member was inducted, they signed the official membership book. The ceremony concluded with the lighting of the candles from current to new members as it made it all around the full circle. The four pillars of the academic honor society are to foster scholarship, service, leadership and character.
New members include senior Kellen Lincoln; juniors Marissa Greco and Cassidy Mason; and sophomores Elijah Aaron, Hope Bates, Gabrielle Bidwell, Brady Bryars, Rebecca Bryars, Madilyn Byrd, Chloe Burford, Samantha Chancey, Taylor Conway, Madison Davis, James Drinkard, Lily Drinkard, Jackson Duncan, Anthony Evans, Olivia Ferguson, Gilberto Fiqueroa, Luke Garrett, Kennedi Grace, Jada Gray, Hollee Harville, Jae Heaton, Taylor Johnson, Cale Jones, Lindsey Ledford, Andi McKissack, Samantha McMahill, Abbigail Paul, Nathan Reid, Zachary Morris, JaCaleb Rivers, John Roberts, Taylor Robertson, Alanna Sanders, Addison Scarborough, Allison Siggers, Emma Simpson, Shelby Stewart and Ally Stuart.
NHS officers include Langston Lewis, president; John David Weatherford, vice president; Jaelyn Gray, secretary; Josie Williams, treasurer; Briana Broadus, historian; Luke Aplin, sargeant-at-arms; Kelsey Burford and Taylor Mitchem, event coordinators.
The faculty advisors for NHS include Kassandra Robbins, Donna Johnson, Judy Bridges, Tabetha Davis, Norleisha Lewis, Claire Celaya, Amy Boylan, Claire Turner, Alex Homan and David Garrett.

Technology Student Association from Bay Minette Middle School earned three top spots at the TSA competition at Coastal Alabama Community College. Catherine White and Evan Peppers won first place in Vex Robotics. The team of Pierce Coleman, Khloe Little, Ciara Comalander and Peyton Mendez came in third place in VEX Robotics. The team of Cooper Walker, Rylie Echele, and Nyvaeh Adams won second place in Technology Bowl. TSA sponsor Dana Markulj congratulated her students for their hard work and dedication in preparing for the annual contest. Qualifying teams now advance to the state-wide TSA competition.
More than 100 middle and high school students from Bay Minette, Elberta, Foley, Robertsdale, Foley, Fairhope and Spanish Fort feeder patterns participated in various events such as VEX robotics, dragster, problem-solving, structural design, podcasting, CAD, flight, video game design and much more.
The Technology Student Association (TSA) enhances personal development, leadership, and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Members apply and integrate these concepts through intra-curricular activities, competitions, and related programs.

North Baldwin Center for Technology students earned seven medals from at the District SkillsUSA competition, including two for first place. Earning first place medals included Alfonso Griffin- Related Technical Math (Building Construction) and Joshua Taylor- Welding Beginner (Welding). Receiving medals for second place included Zach Coleman- Extemporaneous Speaking (Auto); Devin McLeod- Customer Service (Auto); and Aiden Wood -Action Skills (Building Construction). Third place medal winners included KC Betts and Joshua Graham – Chapter Display Group (Building Construction) and Trey Pollard- Automotive Service Technology (Auto). The students are now gearing up for the state SkillsUSA competition.

The North Baldwin Coalition for Excellence in Education recognized the exceptional educators who were selected as the Teacher of the Year at their respective schools. The 2023 Teacher of the Year honorees include Baldwin County High: Kayland Lamar; Bay Minette Elementary: Ben Walker; Bay Minette Middle: Jennifer Jones; Delta Elementary: Darlene Gore; North Baldwin Center for Technology: Anthony Schuler; Perdido Middle: Eugenia Robinson; Perdido Elementary: Holly Whidbee; Pine Grove Elementary: Jessica Sprouse; and Stapleton Elementary: Sarah McKeough. Each honoree was presented a tote filled with gifts provided by NBCEE as well as area businesses and individuals.
Members of the NBCEE Board of Directors includes Tiz Day, Robin Cook, Kelli Wallace, and Colleen Beason. In addition to the Teacher of the Year recognition, NBCEE awards Teacher Grants to educators serving schools in the BCHS feeder pattern. The education foundation also offers a series of summer enrichment camps for area youth. For more information about the organization, visit nbcee.org or follow North Baldwin Coalition for Excellence in Education on Facebook.

Renaissance School High Schoolers enjoyed Navigators Moon Lit Garden Gala Prom 2023!

Classical Conversations of Baldwin County enjoyed a colorful day as students celebrated Roy G. Biv Day! Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.

Congratulations to Renaissance School Senior, Andrew Wiest! Andrew will continue his Associates in Culinary Arts at Coastal Alabama Community College. We are so proud of you for following through, achieving your goals, and doing what you love!

St. James Episcopal School students had a blast with Dr. Seuss week!

Finley McKay will represent Belforest Elementary School at this year’s National Youth Leadership Forum in a week long camp at Oglethorpe University in Georgia. Finley was nominated and accepted into the NYLF: Pathways to STEM because of her scholastic merit, leadership potential and exceptional maturity. NYLF Pathways to STEM is dedicated to the early identification, motivation, and inspiration of the nations most promising elementary school students. Finley will have the opportunity to explore a future career in three exciting STEM pathways: medicine, engineering, and crime scene investigation.

Renaissance School students experience physics in action while touring the Mobile tunnels.

On March 6, Bayside Academy inducted 35 students into the Patsy T. Phillips chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS). Congratulations to the following inductees: Emma Atkinson, Mia Bindon, Mary Frances Collins, Nina Dowhan, Trent Duncan, Marykate Foster, Lily Frailie, Lucy Frailie, Julia Hall, Jack Hicks, Michael Klimjack, Maggie Lyons, Genevieve Magli, Torin Malone, Georgia McInnis, Merri McLendon, Rhett Montgomery, Tait Moore, Reid Nagle, Starla Ou, Frannie Partin, Jessie Phillips, Susan Pittman, Maxwell Powell, Blakeley Robbins, Jack Roussos, Isabelle Rutland, Catie Sanders, Tessa Santelices, Kaytlin Sellers, Ivy Steiner, Miller Stokes, Graham Uter, Tucker Watkins, and Ramey Webb.
The Patsy T. Phillips chapter of the NHS is an organization whose objectives are to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote worthy leadership, and to encourage the development of character in all students of Bayside Academy. Once inducted, members of NHS are expected to continue developing the qualities of scholarship, service, leadership, and character.
Pictured: Bayside Academy’s newly inducted members of the Patsy T. Phillips chapter of the National Honor Society.

Congratulations to Renaissance School Senior, Dawson Tucker! He has been accepted and has chosen to attend Barber Technology School at Bishop State Community College. Dawson has also completed a Marine Mechanic Certification at Coastal Alabama Community College. We’re so proud of you!

Renaissance School students enjoy their Sunday visits at Baldwin House!

Bayside Academy’s talented art students took top honors in the Alabama Independent Schools Association (AISA) District 2 art competition which includes Baldwin and Mobile County schools. Bayside’s artists brought home 34 ribbons including 14 First Place finishes and two Best of Show. First place district winners in Grades K–8 advance to the state competition, and first and second place district winners in Grades 9–12 advance to the state competition.
Best of Show
3D Arts: Frank Ruffin ‘35
Drawing (Color): Augustin Robinson ‘33
Painting
K–1st Grade
First Place: Lucas Brooks ‘35
2nd–3rd Grade
Third Place: Sarah Kell ‘32
Honorable Mention: Russell Stenier ‘33
6th–8th Grade
First Place: Lila Clark ‘28
9th–12th Grade
Second Place: Isabelle Rutland ‘24
Water Base Painting
K–1st Grade
First Place: James Newman ‘35
9th–12th Grade
Second Place: Fennel Hamilton ‘23
Printmaking
2nd–3rd Grade
First Place: Alexander Green ‘32
4th–5th Grade
First Place: Amelia Handwerger ‘31
9th–12th Grade
Honorable Mention: Virginia McCrory ‘25
Drawing (Non-Color)
K–1st Grade
First Place: Cora Rochofski ‘35
Third Place: Luka Lindsholm ‘35
Drawing (Color)
K–1st Grade
Second Place: Caroline Baxter ‘35
Third Place: Janey Yaeger ‘34
2nd–3rd Grade
First Place: Augustin Robinson ’33
(*Best of Show)
Honorable Mention: Nate Dunlap ‘32
4th–5th Grade
First Place: Parker Chunn ‘31
6th–8th Grade
Second Place: Penny Snell ‘27
9th–12th Grade
Third Place: Fennel Hamilton ‘23
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Ernest ‘24
3D Arts
K–1st Grade
First Place: Frank Ruffin ‘35 (*Best of Show)
Third Place: Walker Watkins ‘35
9th–12th Grade
First Place: Rylee Ann Roberts ‘24
Second Place: Harrison Foster ‘25
Photography
K–1st Grade
Second Place: Ann Copeland Snead ‘35
9th–12th Grade
First Place: Samuel Carpenter ‘23
Third Place: Molly Hagan ‘25
Collage
K–1st Grade
First Place: Wilder Nelson ‘35
2nd–3rd Grade
First Place: Branch Thomas ‘33
6th–8th Grade
Honorable Mention: Avery Therrell ‘29
9th–12th Grade
Second Place: Mia Bindon ‘24
Third Place: Lillie McInnis ‘23
Mixed Media
K–1st Grade
Third Place: Nora Ridley ‘35
Honorable Mention: Haya Idriss ‘34
2nd–3rd Grade
Honorable Mention: Hunter Eleazer ‘33
4th–5th Grade
First Place: Charlotte Denniston ‘31
We are very proud of these students.
Picture 1: Bayside Academy’s Early Childhood Center winners from front to back: Nora Ridley, Caroline Baxter, Walker Watkins, Cora Rochofski, Ann Copeland Snead, James Newman, Luka Lindsholm, Frank Ruffin, and Lucas Brooks. Not pictured: Wilder Nelson
Picture 2: Bayside Academy’s Lower School winners from front to back: Haya Idriss, Janey Yaeger, Parker Chunn, Hunter Eleazer, Russell Steiner, Alexander Green, Augustin Robinson, Nate Dunlap, Sarah Kell, and Charlotte Denniston. Not pictured: Amelia Handwerger and Branch Thomas
Picture 3: Bayside Academy’s Middle and Upper School winners from front to back: Avery Therrell, Rylee Ann Roberts, Fennel Hamilton, Isabelle Rutland, Virginia McCrory, Penny Snell, Mia Bindon, Lillie McInnis, and Samuel Carpenter. Not pictured: Lila Clark, Elizabeth Ernest, Harrison Foster, and Molly Hagan

The St. Michael seniors recently had a special weekend retreat! This weekend is always a great time and is such a special tradition. The highlights were Saturday Vigil mass last night with Fr. Nicholas and confessions on the pier. Then they had a bonfire with s’mores, sing-alongs, and funny St. Michael stories told around the fire!

Congratulations to all the middle school students that participated in Music last semester! These students created a play with the help of Mrs. Beth Caldwell, CTKCS Music Teacher. Students worked extremely hard memorizing all the parts, painting backdrops and props, and creating costumes. Pictured are some CTKCS 6th graders after performing for our school community. This was a huge undertaking this quarter for the students and they did a wonderful job! Bravo!

On March 11 and 12, the St. Michael sailing team competed at home against 10 schools from Fort Walton to Bay St Louis in the Wet N Cool Regatta. Despite the changes in wind, cloudy skies and rain, they completed 12 races. St Michael won first place in “A Fleet” division (Nate Hartwell, Anna Christian Moore and Gavin Byrnes) and fifth place in “B Fleet” division (Graham Rose and Fisher Key). St Michael Sailing Team won 2nd place overall. Congratulations!

The Knights of Columbus sponsored a Free Throw Championship all across the country for boys and girls ages 9-14. Below are the champions and runner-ups from Christ the King Catholic School. These students will then continue through local, district, and jurisdictional competitions. Way to go CTKCS Saints!

Students in Coach Coleman’s Engineering 1 classes are building their annual downhill racer projects. Students supply the materials and must design, draw out, and then create their downhill racers based on the specifications given in the project outline. They have all semester to build and we will race them at the end of semester in May.

A big Thank You to the Rotary Club of Point Clear for hosting a breakfast for the Fairhope High School February students of the month, Bridget Atkinson, and Noah Engel along with our faculty “Pat on the Back Winner”, Dee Dee Litaker.

First grade students in Mrs. Weinacker’s class get cozy in the classroom and enjoy some independent reading time during Read Across America week at Daphne Elementary School.

On Saturday, March 11, the Bayside Chess Team traveled to Alabaster for the annual Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championships held at Thompson High School. This year, the tournament was broken into ratings divisions for the first time, and Bayside competed in the U1200 section. The event was a combined individual and team event, with the scores of the top four players counting as the team score.
The Admirals entered nine players and started off hot, with a perfect score of 4.0 after the first round, placing the team in sole possession of first—a lead they maintained all day. After five grueling rounds of battle, the top Bayside scorers had 13.5 points, ahead of 7A powerhouse Bob Jones of Huntsville with 12.5 points. Top scorers for the Admirals were junior Michael Klimjack, with 4.5 out of 5, sophomore Jacob Stallworth with 3.5, 7th grader Huan Chen with 3, and senior Libbi Melendez with 2.5.
Klimjack also took first place in the individual competition, winning the third consecutive individual state championship for a Bayside player. He joins Ethan Dull ‘22, who won the U1400 division in 2021, and senior Wilson Engeriser, who won the U1300 division last year. Stallworth finished in 10th place and earned a medal. Rounding out the team were 7th grader John Stephen Klimjack, freshman Colt Hancock, senior Nicole Nager, 7th grader Burke Ramagosa, and freshman Boyce Magli.
The chess team is the only program at Bayside to have won state championships at all levels: varsity, junior varsity, junior high, and elementary, and the only one to win a national championship. The Chess Admirals next travel to Washington, D.C., from March 31–April 2 to compete at Nationals.
Pictured: Bayside Academy’s state championship chess team from left to right: Jacob Stallworth, John Stephen Klimjack, Michael Klimjack, Burke Ramagosa, Libbi Melendez, Boyce Magli, Huan Chen, Nicole Nager, and Colt Hancock.

Congratulations to the 2023 Baldwin County Spelling Bee Champion, Taylor Scott. Taylor is a student at Fairhope Middle School The 2023 trophy is presented by Melanie Matthews, BCPS Supervisor.

The Peer Helpers at St. Michael recently invited Miss Breighanna Vigor, formerly Miss Coastal, Alabama, to talk to our students. The Peer Helpers heard her at their annual Jubilee and were amazed by her story so they invited her to speak to our students. She touched so many lives today sharing her story about the dangers of online predators and human trafficking. Her courage and bravery is amazing. Miss Vigor has started a nonprofit www.stoppingtraffick.com. Breighanna, thank you for sharing your amazing story and shining your light! Pictured here: Matthew Hand, Mrs. Missy Calvery (School Counselor), Mary Grace Brown, Breighanna Vigor, Tia Acker, Molly Helton.

On March 6, Bayside Academy inducted 35 students into the Patsy T. Phillips chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS). Congratulations to the following inductees: Emma Atkinson, Mia Bindon, Mary Frances Collins, Nina Dowhan, Trent Duncan, Marykate Foster, Lily Frailie, Lucy Frailie, Julia Hall, Jack Hicks, Michael Klimjack, Maggie Lyons, Genevieve Magli, Torin Malone, Georgia McInnis, Merri McLendon, Rhett Montgomery, Tait Moore, Reid Nagle, Starla Ou, Frannie Partin, Jessie Phillips, Susan Pittman, Maxwell Powell, Blakeley Robbins, Jack Roussos, Isabelle Rutland, Catie Sanders, Tessa Santelices, Kaytlin Sellers, Ivy Steiner, Miller Stokes, Graham Uter, Tucker Watkins, and Ramey Webb.
The Patsy T. Phillips chapter of the NHS is an organization whose objectives are to create an enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote worthy leadership, and to encourage the development of character in all students of Bayside Academy. Once inducted, members of NHS are expected to continue developing the qualities of scholarship, service, leadership, and character.
Pictured: Bayside Academy’s newly inducted members of the Patsy T. Phillips chapter of the National Honor Society.

Fairhope East Elementary students enjoyed Read Across America with Mayor Sherry Sullivan’s help. Thank you Mayor Sullivan for your visit.

Art Teacher, Mrs. Washburn, invites Mr. Ricky Trione to share his artistic talents with students at Daphne Elementary and W J Carroll Intermediate. With his help, students were able to create their own marine life masterpieces. Mrs. Egger’s First grade class shows off their beautiful sea turtles in the auditorium!

Bayside Academy congratulates its five students who graduated from the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce’s Youth Leadership program: Trey McKean, Beverley Milteer, Emma Parvin, Jack Roussos and Tipton Smith. The participants work on group projects to learn about issues in our community. According to the Chamber of Commerce, “This year, two groups of students were formed. One group presented on the issue of mental health and assistance in local schools. The other group presented a moving video on what hunger means to them in honor of the Prodisee Pantry.”
Pictured: Bayside Academy’s Youth Leadership graduates are pictured at the program’s graduation on February 6, 2023, at Coastal Alabama Community College. Pictured left to right are Tipton Smith, Trey McKean, Beverley Milteer, Emma Parvin, and Jack Roussos.

Students and faculty were ready to be ACAP ALL STARS! Students took their English Language Arts test and teachers and faculty encouraged them to get a good night’s sleep, eat a good breakfast, and come ready to be ACAP All Stars!

Recently, the 7th grade students visited Dauphin Island SeaLab to participate in their touch lab and squid dissection program. It was a great presentation and lab with the DISL teachers, followed by a tour of the Alabama Aquarium. This will be a wonderful memory for our students for many years.

Mrs. Hurst’s class st Stonebridge Elementary spent time closely reading and analyzing nonfiction text. They collaborated to answer questions using text evidence and then presented their responses to their classmates.

Mr. G’s class at Stonebridge Elementary is studying communication with Morse Code using a light source.

J. Larry Newton Students in Mrs. Harbaugh’s class had their first harvest from our tower garden! Students picked some greens for their class bearded Dragon for lunch! They also tested the pH levels of the water to make sure it’s healthy. Draco (the bearded dragon) made a clean plate from all of his greens today!

6th Graders at Fairhope West Elementary enjoy using the new Sun, Earth, and Moon Ozobot learning kits. Students are identifying the seasons and moon phases using the kits with the Ozobot. Thank you FEEF for supporting our STEAM learning with funds that helped us purchase these kits!

W. J. Carroll had Leader In Me student-led conferences across all grades. We want to thank all of the parents and family members who were able to attend. This was an excellent opportunity for students, families, and teachers to have a purposeful conversation about learning. Students used this time to talk about their progress on academic or personal goals, scores, grades, or assignments, based on data they have collected throughout the year. Pictured are images from Mrs. Caroline Arthur’s fifth grade classroom.

Mrs. Madson’s class at Fairhope West Elementary enjoyed singing and making pet fish with the amazing Jenny and Brett Poche!

Daphne East Elementary students had a great time visiting with community responders during First Responders Day. Thanks to everyone that made a donation to this project!

Congratulations to the Daphne Middle School chapter of FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) on a great day at the 2023 Baldwin County FBLA Competition!

Congratulations to our amazingly talented Spanish Fort Middle School Choirs! These students competed yesterday in the Alabama Vocal Association Solo and Ensemble Festival! Two ensembles earned excellent ratings and the other 5 earned superior ratings! So proud of these kiddos!
Huge shout out to our director, Caylen Stewart for leading the way and preparing these students for success!

Mr. Janes’s Third Grade Engineers are testing their rollercoaster designs and are investigating the variables that affect speed.

All Eastern Shore middle and high schools are invited to participate in the student art mural exhibit and contest for the Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival. This year the theme was “Fairhope, Utopia on the Bay”. At Daphne High School, Mrs. Pigage’s advanced art students Anastasia Bennett, Esmeralda Morataya, Gabe Magee, Allison Murphy, and Reese Dube all helped create our beautiful piece, which placed third!

It has been career week at W. J. Carroll with each school day having a career theme. Most recently, both students and faculty were encouraged to dress as their future self.

Spanish Fort High School had a busy Saturday of academics: AP Calculus students took their mock exam and juniors attended a free ACT boot camp session led by Mignon Poche. Thank you to the Spanish Fort Public School Commission for helping with the boot camp!

DMS Red Ribbon Leader Jarah Mazzola chose to honor the Daphne Police Department with the DMS 2023 Red Ribbon Community Service Project. Thanks for your example, Jarah! … and thank you to the Daphne Police Department for all that you all do for our school and community! Go Trojans!

Rockwell Elementary 6th Grade Students had fun yesterday celebrating “Pi” Day… Custom shirts made to be a part of the number! They even had fun with eating “Pie” too!

Fourth graders from Belforest Elementary have looked to forward to visiting our state capital all year. While in Montgomery, we visited Old Alabama Town. It gave us a small glimpse of what life for early Alabamians was like. Our tour guide took us through carefully restored buildings, shops and homes. Our favorite was the one-room schoolhouse. As we rode through the city, we toured historical landmarks in the city such as the bus stop where Rosa Parks was arrested and Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church where Martin Luther King, Jr. pastored. We also visited the Rosa Parks Museum and the Capitol building. Our students were so well-behaved and received many compliments throughout the day. It was truly a wonderful experience for everyone to visit places we’ve learned about in our textbooks.

Spanish Fort Elementary School hosted Figurative Language on Parade. 4th graders displayed some great costumes! They all did such a great job!

Spanish Fort High School parents came on campus to learn more about CERT and how it is such an awesome tool for increasing student ACT scores. Thank you, Ms. Angie Phillips, for leading these presentations throughout the day and thank you, parents, for showing up to learn about this amazing resource!

Congratulations to the DHS JV and Varsity Scholar’s Bowl teams for winning the county championships. This is the second year in a row that both teams have won these titles.

Spanish Fort Middle held its 3rd TORO PRIDE Character Assembly today.
This new event added this year highlights and recognizes leadership amongst our students. Our goal every nine weeks is to formally recognize students who exemplify our TORO PRIDE character traits (Positivity, Respect, Integrity, Determination, and Excellence) in everything they do. Our 3rd 9 weeks’ character traits have been integrity and excellence. The formal assembly recognized students and awarded them in front of their peers and family members.
Each assembly is designed to honor and recognize 4-6 students from each grade level (8 to 12 total). Students will receive a plaque sponsored by SFEEF Spanish Fort Education Enrichment Foundation, The keynote speaker for the awards today was Lenise Ligon from FOX10 News. Also on hand were City of Spanish Fort Mayor McMillian, Spanish Fort Police and Fire Chiefs, representatives from SFEEF, and BCBE Superintendent Eddie Tyler.

The annual BBQ & Blues Cook-off started in 2009 as one of the South Baldwin Chamber Foundation’s biggest fundraisers. It is an outdoor food and music event in Downtown Foley’s Heritage Park on the second Saturday of March. An Alabama Barbecue Association Trail and Kansas City Barbeque Society-sanctioned event, the barbecue cook-off attracts corporate and individual teams competing for bragging rights in several award categories. Festival goers enjoy great food, popular blues bands, and children’s activities.
Each year, our students at Foley High School paint the trophies for each category! The Grand Champion trophy was designed by Patrik Kopp and was built and painted in collaboration with our art, welding, and construction classes. These students delivered professional work making these awards even more coveted. Great work, teachers and students!

Michael White FOX10 News stopped by Rockwell Elementary to discuss the weather with students in first and sixth grades. The students learned about the weather, meteorology, and what is like to work at FOX10 News. The students loved learning more about the weather.

Thank you Spanish Fort Elementary students, families and of course Coach Beech, for a school record setting Kids Heart Challenge campaign! Our school raised almost $14,000 for the American Heart Association! Students who raised over $250 lined up to pie Coach Beech in the face today! Thank you for all your donations!

BCVSS inducted 17 new members into National Honor Society in a candle-lighting ceremony.
NHS membership has been the hallmark of student achievement for over 100 years as an organization that promotes leadership, service, character, and scholarship. NHS is over 1 million students strong, with chapters in all 50 states and US territories. Fredrick McKenzie is the faculty advisor for BCVSS NHS.
Congratulations to the 2023 inductees of the BCVSS National Honor Society!

Kindergarteners from Robertsdale Elementary enjoyed a fun day on their Zoo field trip.

Miss Sumner’s class at Florence B. Mathis Elementary visited the STEAM lab again today to finish their weather study. Each student made their own rain cloud and watched it rain!

Students at South Baldwin Center for Technology learn business techniques and strategies to foster their education.

Silverhill Elementary is so excited to introduce our new book vending machine! Today we held a ribbon cutting and our top AR point earners were among the first to receive a gold token to choose their own special book! Faculty and staff will soon be on the look out for student leaders around campus to distribute more reward tokens! This program was made possible by the Central Baldwin 3-mil tax fund!

Mrs. Amerson’s class at Florence B. Mathis Elementary prepared for ACAP by reviewing their multiplication facts using the Kagan structure “One Stray”. Every two minutes, one student at every table was selected to move to a different table to help their new teams fill in their multiplication charts. It was a fun time full of teamwork and review!

Mrs. Worch’s students at Foley Elementary School have been learning to read in Braille. They also wrote messages to friends using Braille and read a book in Braille.

The Foley Middle School theater department presented the musical James and the Giant Peach on Tuesday night and Thursday night before a crowd of enthusiastic family, friends, and students. Well done and congratulations to the students and their teacher Ms. Daniels.

Foley Elementary School celebrated Read Across America Day! Some of our Foley friends and our Reading Crew encourage you to pick up a book and read today!

Congratulations to Jessa-Lynn Adkins from Robertsdale High School Bear Nation 2023-24 FFA South District FFA President. She will represent 20 Counties and 70 FFA Chapters

At Robertsdale Elementary, Ms. Davis, Earls, Jacobs, and Presley’s classes enjoyed our visit from an officer from Alabama State Troopers, his K-9 partner, and Robbie & Amber Fox. We loved our stories for Read Across America.