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May 6, 2024 Dear BC Parent/Guardian: I am writing to you with an update regarding an incident at Bethlehem Central High School on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, when smoke in the vicinity of a bathroom in the C wing forced the evacuation of the building for approximately one hour. Today, Monday, May 6, 2024, a …
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The Bethlehem Central School District Green Team will host the second annual Giveaway Weekend in the Town of Bethlehem from Friday, May 10-Sunday, May 12. Recycling and reducing waste are essential, but what about reusing? We all have items that are still good, but we have no use for. Put them out for others to …
Voting information The budget vote and board election will be held at Bethlehem Central High School on Tuesday, May 21 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Gym A. To vote, you must be at least 18 years old, a U.S. citizen and a resident of the Bethlehem Central School District for at least 30 …
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Bethlehem Central School District is set to replace MySchoolBucks with a new payment system, LINQ Connect, on May 28, 2024.
It’s a ready-made birthday party with candles, balloons, cake mix, frosting, a whisk, sprinkles and everyone’s favorite, Funfetti. And it’s been packed with love. Recently at Slingerlands Elementary School, students, teachers, and families collaborated to assemble and deliver 40 of these Birthday Boxes to the Merrillac Family Shelter, Albany County’s only residential shelter designed specifically …
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Bethlehem Central High School students had the opportunity to learn more about Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) last week. HBCUs were established in the United States before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to provide Black students a safe space to learn and build community. From their inception, HBCUs offered Black students access to …
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Use this voting guide for details on the proposed 2024-25 BC budget, the Board of Education election, bus propositions and more.
At its April 24 meeting, the Bethlehem Central Board of Education appointed Kurt Hassenpflug as the district’s K-12 World Languages and ENL supervisor. The World Languages department’s mission is to develop confident and independent language learners who can communicate proficiently and possess the cultural competency necessary to be successful in an interdependent world. The World …
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Throughout April, the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) visited each of BCSD’s five elementary schools to highlight the dairy production process. CCE educators taught students that New York is home to more than 3,600 dairy farms and over 600,000 dairy cows. Each cow yields around 7 gallons of milk daily, producing 15 billion pounds of milk …
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The following is an important update from Superintendent Jody Monroe for BCHS families. It is being sent districtwide. April 23, 2024 Dear BC Parent/Guardian: I am writing to inform you about an investigation by the Bethlehem Police Department into the origin and cause of a fire today in the C wing boys’ bathroom at Bethlehem …
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