Bowling Green Independent School District

T. C. Cherry Project Challenge students are working to change the world, and they’ve already changed the life of Namususwa “Sharon,” a ten year old girl from Uganda. Through a non-profit organization, Project Yesu, Project Challenge students Sophia Moore, Jennifer Nguyn, Bella Duncan, Jason Duncan, Davin Rodriguez, and Makenna Twyman sponsored Sharon for $300 a year, which allows her to attend school. Sharon began school last month and has now exchanged letters with her sponsors.

This week, Bowling Green Independent Schools hosted an AdvancED Quality Assurance Review Team that visited the district and schools to evaluate adherence to the AdvancED accreditation standards and to make a recommendation for national accreditation. The District first achieved accreditation status in 2009 and reaccreditation is required every five years. Accreditation is a voluntary method of evaluation that involves both an internal and external review of the school district as a whole, including programs, culture and community.

Congratulations to Bowling Green City School teachers Michelle McCloughan and Lauren Coffey, recently recognized as Teachers of the Year by the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English. Michelle McCloughan was named Elementary Teacher of the Year at the 2014 KCTE Conference. She is a fourth and fifth grade writing and literature teacher at T. C. Cherry Elementary and serves as Elementary Co-Director for WKU's Writing Project. Lauren Coffey was awarded the Middle School Teacher of the Year Award at the 2014 KCTE Conference. She teaches 7th grade English at Bowling Green Junior High. 

The Donate Life Kentucky Coalition visited Potter Gray Elementary on February 20th to present, “Life is Cool,” a hands-on session that focuses on the major transplantable organs, including the eye (cornea) blood, and the function of those organs and tissues.  The program is developed for 4th and 5th grade students throughout Kentucky.

Bowling Green City Schools and Warren County Schools have spent several months in an ongoing disagreement regarding the number of Warren County resident students allowed to attend Bowling Green City Schools with accompanying state funding. After an extensive legal battle in 2013, followed by formal mediation in early February 2014, the issue remains unresolved.

School computer labs are open afternoons and evenings for Bowling Green students wishing to complete school work or projects. Students may visit any school lab (not only their home school) and log in using a student username and password. The District's Acceptable Use Policy applies. Primary students must be accompanied by an adult.