BCMS student earns top honors in global game design competition

In the world’s first international game-making challenge for kids ages 10-18, a young video game developer from Bethlehem Central Middle School has been named a top winner. He is Ezra Cotton, a seventh-grader who recently earned a $2,000 grand prize with a video game that challenges players to put their gaming skills and their environmental …

Rising rock star talks to students about music, performing and more

She’s a rising rock star, a former contestant on NBC’s The Voice and a graduate of Suburban Council rival Shaker High School, but that didn’t stop singer and guitarist Moriah Formica from spending time (virtually) with BC music students as part of Women’s History Month. The 20-year-old, who told the Bethlehem students she discovered her …

“Be the Change” recipients for Jan/Feb 2021

It doesn’t matter if a global pandemic has changed the way teaching and learning look, here in the Bethlehem Central community, there are students who are making a difference at school and at home. Each month, students are recognized for acts of kindness or displaying character strengths that make them role models among their peers. …

Updated Districtwide School Safety Plan with Pandemic Plan

At its March 17 meeting, the BC Board of Education approved an updated version of the 2020-21 Districtwide School Safety that includes a Pandemic Continuity of Operations Plan. The plan has been developed to meet the requirements of subsection (2)(m) of Education Law §2801-a which requires public employers to prepare a plan for the continuation …

Andrew Baker to be appointed principal of Slingerlands Elementary School

Andrew Baker, the longtime supervisor of the Bethlehem Central School District’s English Language Arts (ELA) department, is expected to be named principal of Slingerlands Elementary School. Baker will succeed Heidi Bonacquist as principal. Bonacquist is retiring in June. Slingerlands Elementary School is one of five K-5 schools in the BC school district. It has a …

Students share Pins of Positivity at BCHS

BCHS seniors Avery Daggett and Natalie Qualia surprised students, teachers and staff with the give of positive messages that can be seen throughout the school.