91st Commencement Exercises to be streamed live at 2p on Thursday

The 91st Commencement Exercises for Bethlehem Central High School will be held on Thursday, June 26 at 2 p.m. at the MVP Arena in downtown Albany. Livestream Information The ceremony will also be livestreamed in cooperation with the arena. The livestream will be hosted on the BCSD Events Channel on YouTube and will begin at …

BCMS to present NEWSIES JR. in 2026

EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT: Bethlehem Central Middle School is pleased to announce our 2026 musical….NEWSIES JR! Disney’s Newsies JR. is a 60-minute version of the 2012 Broadway musical, based on the 1992 film. Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies JR. features a Tony Award-winning score …

Important: Half-day schedules at elementary, MS due to heat

On Monday and Tuesday, June 23-24, there will be half-day schedules for students at the elementary schools and the middle school due to the extreme heat. Exams at the high school will take place as scheduled, with temporary air conditioning being added to Gym B Exams not originally scheduled to be held in Gym B will be …

Board of Education welcomes two student representatives

At its June 18 meeting, the Bethlehem Central Board of Education appointed BCHS juniors Claire Aliggayu and Rose Pastore to serve as student members of the Board in the 2025-26 school year. New York State law requires all school districts to include at least one student representative on the Board of Education beginning in the …

UPK openings still available – Apply today

The Bethlehem Central School District is partnering with two local organizations (TSL Adventures and Childtime Learning Center) to provide a universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) program that will serve 92 four-year-olds in the 2025-26 school year. There are still openings for the 2025-26 Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) program. Registration will remain open and will be ongoing until all …

BC track & field athletes are state champions and record-setters

The Bethlehem Central varsity track and field team finished a great season with a historically successful trip to the New York State championships in Middletown, NY on June 13-14, 2025. BC’s 4×800 meter relay team of seniors Kate Bannigan and Charlotte O’Meara, junior Logan Kuhn, and sophomore Anna Chrapowitzky won the New York State and …

BCMS students turn mathematical theorem into catchy earworm

When you can’t quite remember that mathematical formula or theorem, what do you do? If you are the talented students in Michelle VanSteele’s Honors Geometry class at Bethlehem Middle School, you might try attaching that info to a catchy song and rewriting the lyrics so they stick in your head. An impromptu songwriting and singing …