Bucks Blast!
BCS Updates - May 25, 2023
Congratulations, you are now officially a Buchanan Alumni! As you close this chapter on life and begin your next chapter take a moment to reflect on your hard work, dedication, and perseverance that brought you this far. Reflect on the challenges you've faced, the hurdles you've overcome, and the lessons you have learned. Be proud of your achievements and embrace your new journey! Buchanan Community Schools wishes you all the best. Go Bucks!
Buchanan Chronicle School Spotlight- Moccasin Elementary School
Buchanan Community Schools- 2022-2023 Points of Pride
- Ottawa received PBIS/MTSS Recognition from MiMTSS for Data Utilization and Implementation and Impact
- Ottawa participated in "Little Bucks Giving" during the month of November and made a significant contribution to RAM during the holidays
- The implementation of an all-day GSRP classroom at Ottawa, with the addition of another next school year
- Participation in Acts of Kindness Community Service Project, Ottawa students decorated cards during the month of February for senior citizens in our community
- Ottawa Counselor, Mrs. Henckel, teamed up with Charles Nelson to create career videos for elementary students
- Moccasin donated 3,343 items to RAM during their annual food drive
- Moccasin is in year 2 of PBIS and had weekly drawings for students who are respectful, responsible, and safe. They also had 3 incentives where students participated in watching movies, playing board games, and yard games outside
- Moccasin finished in the top 5 Elementary Schools in Berrien County with its 2022 MSTEP ELA and Math results
- Moccasin achieved high growth on NWEA scores with over 50% of 3rd and 4th-grade students proficient and above after the winter testing
- The student council was involved in organizing spirit weeks, the Moccasin food drive, and singing carols to residents at Buchanan Meadows
- THE BMS Rake a Difference group had its biggest turnout yet with over 30 students and 10 adults making it possible to rake four yards in record time
- The middle school wrestling team came in first place to become champions of the first annual Buchanan Wrestling Invitational
- The Middle School Band earned straight 1's at this year's festival
- In addition to BMS's regular clubs, they also added Weight Lifting, Dungeons and Dragons, and Photography Club to our after-school programming
- BMS Student Council raised $570 for the Ronald McDonald House at Beacon Hospital
- The Buchanan Tree Friends gave out over 100 trees to our 5th-grade students in honor of Arbor Day
- BMS brought back school dances this year with over 150 students attending each one - Fall Fest, Jingle Bell Jam & Cupid Shuffle
- 10 BHS students competed in the State Science Olympiad Competition after a great performance at the county level
- The BHS Rocket League and Valorant Esports teams had another successful season with the Valorant Team bringing home the SW Michigan Esports League Championship again!
- State Test Result County Rankings from last spring: 8th Grade English, Reading, Writting (ERW) 4th/Math 5th, 9th Grade ERW 5th/Math 5th, 10th Grade ERW 5th/Math 6th
- BHS partnered with the Berrien County Health Department throughout the year to bring prevention programs to our school for students and staff
- BHS hosted 2 school-wide assemblies this year, not been done since COVID
- BHS welcomed foreign exchange students back to the district, not been done since COVID
- BHS welcomed a College and Career Advisor to our Student Services Department through MCAN grant
- The BHS Cafeteria added a new salad bar and milk cooler.
- Buchanan CTE passed ASE Re-Accreditation and is certified to continue our program for the next five years until our next audit, earned a county 61C Equipment Grant valued at $35,239 in which purchased an Auto Alignment Machine, a Drone for Digital Multimedia, and a Skeleton/Ultrasound for Sports Medicine. Also, all our seven programs passed their State 2 Year Audit for RESA and received 100% on CTE Follow-Up Report for the 4th year in a row!
- BCS Athletics raised over $6,000 in their first year from Athletic Corporate Sponsorships, added bleachers to the BMS gym which will allow the middle school athletic teams to play games there, crowned multiple teams Lakeland Conference Champs and had dozens of athletes' names to the All-Conference Teams. BCS is the proud home of a Division 3 Associated Press "Player of the Year" in All of Michigan in girls basketball, Faith Carson. New State Championship and State Runner-Up Banners have been purchased and proudly displayed in the competition gym. BHS also sent both Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams to the State Finals for the first time in many years.
Class of 2023 Honors Convocation- Please Join Us!
The Boys and Girls of Greater Southwest Michigan is Hiring
The Boys and Girls Club Summer Registration
Summer Program Schedule
PBS Managing Emotions of Young Children
Managing emotions is key to mental health and happiness. It's healthy to be aware of feelings and how to handle them. Encourage your child to talk about their emotions, whether happy or sad, or angry. The whole family can then learn more about feelings by playing games and activities together (pbs.org). The link below has more information about managing emotions.
Cans for Color Guard
Buchanan Community - BHS Color Guard students are collecting returnable cans and bottles to help offset color guard costs! Help our color guard by bringing your returnable cans and bottles to Buchanan High School! Donations can be dropped off at the High School office on weekdays from 7:30 am-3:30 pm.
Thanks for all the support and LET’S GO BUCKS!!!!!
Do you have a question or comment about our district? See our Chain of Command
We pledge our best efforts to make Buchanan Community Schools a premier school district, and we strive to create safe, welcoming, engaging, and innovative schools that develop all students’ academic, athletic, artistic, and social growth. We take pride in our community and we appreciate the support of our stakeholders! Thank you!
But we do realize that sometimes something might not go right, or you might have a question about what we do or how we do it. We welcome that communication, and we will work to solve your issue for you as efficiently as we can.
In order to do that, we ask that you follow our Chain of Command process shown in the diagram. On the left side of the process chart, you will see the common areas of district programming, and then following to the right would be the next step(s) in the Chain of Command for that district program area. Please start by contacting the staff member listed in the second box of each program area. The contact information for our leadership staff members with responsibility for addressing concerns is listed at the top of the diagram. Other contact information for building staff is available on our website in the “Staff Directory” section of each building’s web page. It is expected that most issues should be able to be resolved at these initial steps in the Chain of Command.
About Buchanan Community Schools
Email: probinson@buchananschools.com
Website: https://www.buchananschools.com/
Location: 401 West Chicago Street, Buchanan, MI, USA
Phone: 269-695-8401
Facebook: facebook.com/BuchananCommunitySchools