BCS District Update

Bronson Community Schools is launching a new initiative facilitated by the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB) to create a three- to five-year Strategic Plan. The process will include community and staff input events, data collection and other efforts to create a shared vision and goals for the future of the district and strategies to achieve them, all while using scarce public education resources in the most effective and efficient way.

Thank you to those who either attended community input sessions and/or completed the online survey. The next step in this process is a Strategic Planning Retreat in early-November to identify our vision, mission, and belief statements and set our big picture long-term goals as a district.

BCS Homecoming week is the week of October 7th. Themed dress-up/Sprit days are planned for the week at the Jr/Sr High and Elementary buildings. PLEASE NOTE - the dress code will be enforced in all buildings on these days. For a breakdown of the spirit days, check out each building's newsletters, linked below.

We hope to see you for the parade beginning on Friday, October 11th at 5:30 pm and Football Game at 7:00 that evening!

• Anderson and Ryan have scheduled conferences (scheduling information will be shared/posted, soon)

• Jr./Sr. High School Conferences will take place on:

• Wednesday, October 23rd from 5:30 - 7:30 pm

• Thursday, October 24th from 4:30 - 6:30 pm

• Friday, October 25th from 12:30 - 2:30 pm

We continue to have the following openings for teaching/support staff.

• Jr/Sr High Math Teacher
• Jr/Sr High English Learners (EL) Teacher
• Jr/Sr High English Learners (EL) Paraprofessional
• Hybrid Maintenance/Custodial Employee

Job postings and the application process can be found here: https://www.bronsonschools.org/district/resources/employment

NWEA Reports will be shared with families soon! Please CLICK HERE to see a sample report with information about how to understand the information provided.

School Messenger is the system we use to send out phone, email, and/or text messages to our students, families and staff. These are often referred to in our district as "robo calls".

Please know that these most often will come outside of the regular school day/school hours. If you receive a call or have a missed call from a BCS number, please wait to see if there is a voicemail that is left (School Messenger will leave a recording of the message) before you try returning the call.

Thank you!

We continue to make progress with projects throughout the district with finishing touches and final inspections on the food service and Ryan Restroom projects in the very-near future.

Additionally, we have received April of 2025 as a projected date for the new transformer for the Jr/Sr High HVAC project to be on-site. NOTE - this does not mean the system will be up and running at that time, there is work to complete with switching service over to the transformer and such. While that is much later than anticipated, the industry continues to experience much longer lead times.

Thank you again for your continued patience and flexibility with these projects. Additionally, a huge thank you goes out to our Food Service Director, Barb Yearling, and her team for making sure our kids are well-fed with the breakfast and lunch options we've had available for our students during the kitchen projects. We'll be sure to update our social media pages when everything is complete and fully functional. If you have questions regarding these projects, please reach out to Superintendent Wall using the contact information listed below.

We appreciate the partnership we have with Johnny's Markets/Bronson Shell Station for the following fundraisers for Bronson Community Schools!

The Bronson Shell Station has designated and marked one pumping station (pumps 7 & 8) as "The Giving Pump" and will donate 1 cent/gallon of gas pumped on that pump back to Bronson Community Schools. This fundraiser runs until October 31st.

Last year, the Jr/Sr High School came in 2nd place in this challenge and received $1,000! We're participating again this year and appreciate your votes! Vote once a day from September 9 - October 18 at https://johnnysmarkets.com/school-spirit/

The Bronson High School Hall of Fame Committee is always looking for nominees to be inducted into the BHS Hall of Fame. Please find the nomination forms for each category here:

School-Related Activities

Contributions to Community

Contributions to Schools

Each building releases a newsletter each month. Find the most recent newsletters linked, below:

Anderson Elementary

Ryan Elementary

Bronson Jr/Sr High School

The Official 2024-2025 School Year Calendar can be found here: tinyurl.com/bcs24-25cal

We do have 2 full and 1 partial-term on the November ballot. A candidate forum was held on Monday, September 30th for community members to learn more about the candidates. Candidates running are:

Partial-Term

- Erica Norton

Full-Term

- Deb Balowski

- Frank Barker

- Michelle Barker

- Brenda Kelley

- Steve Wilson

Monday, October 7th @ 6:30 pm in the Anderson Gym.

Board Agendas can be found here:

https://www.bronsonschools.org/administration/school_board/board_agendas

Minutes from Board Meetings can be found here:

https://www.bronsonschools.org/administration/school_board/board_minutes

Click the links below to find the Facebook pages that are affiliated with our district. School personnel are the administrators of the pages. *If you have information to share that is specific to a student, please do not message these pages. Instead, please call the school directly.*

Bronson Community Schools

Anderson Elementary (Grades K-2)

Ryan Elementary (Grades 3-5)

Bronson Jr/Sr High School (Grades 6-12)

Bronson Viking Athletics