Student Spotlights – December 2025

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!

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.

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.