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BRAVO! The BGHS Drama Club’s first performance of Romeo and Juliet with an audience of more than 600 peers. The show was directed by BGHS seniors Morgan Martin and Elizabeth Reeder.
Tonight’s performance is open to the public with $5 tickets sold at the door.
Friday, December 5, 2025, at 7 p.m.
BGHS Performing Arts Center
Tonight’s performance is open to the public with $5 tickets sold at the door.
Friday, December 5, 2025, at 7 p.m.
BGHS Performing Arts Center
3,403 cereal boxes domino through the halls at T. C. Cherry Elementary!
T. C. Cherry partnered with Guaranteed Pest Control to collect cereal to donate to BGISD Family Resource and Youth Services Centers and local food pantries. Jaedyn Strickland started the domino after collecting 385 boxes, the most for an individual student at the school.
Thanks to everyone who contributed and helped make a difference in our community!
Balloons Over Parker-Bennett Curry!
Based on the book “Balloons over Broadway” by Melissa Sweet, which tells the story of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, PBC kindergarten students had their own version of a balloon parade through the school halls.
Itty Bitty Purples had very special visitors this week! 💜
Today at Parker-Bennett-Curry, BGHS student-athletes stopped by preschool classrooms to play, learn, and to model kindness and teamwork.
Go Purples!
🥬 “Farm”-to-Table lunch at BGHS! 🥗
The BGHS Environmental Club is harvesting lettuce they’ve grown to be used in the school cafeteria.
The Environmental Club purchased a hydroponics chamber with grant money received from the TVA School Uplift Program. Students are growing lettuce and basil and today, learned about food safety from Director of Food Services Operations Dalla Emerson before harvesting the first plants to be used on the school’s salad bar.
Congratulations to four Lady Purples who signed Letters of Intent on November 12, 2025!
🏐 Morgan Rockrohr: Austin Peay State University (Women’s Beach Volleyball)
🏐 Amirra Bailey: University of Louisville (Women's Volleyball)
⚽ Liv Arauz: Bellarmine University (Women's Soccer)
⛳ Caroline Childers: Winthrop University (Women's Golf)
🇺🇸 Happy Veterans Day!
Photos from Annual Veterans Day Programs at W. R. McNeill Elementary, T. C. Cherry Elementary, and Bowling Green Junior High.
Greg Hosfield of RossTarrant Architects shares design plans for the addition and renovation of Bowling Green Junior High.
The project is expected to begin in late spring 2026 and includes adding spaces for band, orchestra, choir, drama, science classrooms and labs, as well as a multipurpose room for technology and media. The additions are planned for construction from the existing school toward the bus loop, creating an additional hallway inside the building. These additions also allow classrooms to be repurposed in the current hallways.
The school’s front office, cafeteria, kitchen and food storage areas will be renovated and expanded. And finally, the media center and main hallways of the school will be renovated, with improvements to acoustics and the removal of lockers in the halls.
The goal is for the BGJHS project to be completed by the start of school in August 2028.
The project is expected to begin in late spring 2026 and includes adding spaces for band, orchestra, choir, drama, science classrooms and labs, as well as a multipurpose room for technology and media. The additions are planned for construction from the existing school toward the bus loop, creating an additional hallway inside the building. These additions also allow classrooms to be repurposed in the current hallways.
The school’s front office, cafeteria, kitchen and food storage areas will be renovated and expanded. And finally, the media center and main hallways of the school will be renovated, with improvements to acoustics and the removal of lockers in the halls.
The goal is for the BGJHS project to be completed by the start of school in August 2028.
🏎️ R.I.S.E. students at Bowling Green Junior High built and raced solar/battery powered cars as part of Omega STEM Day. The activity was brought to the school by the Fifth District Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., made up of undergraduate and graduate members in Kentucky and Tennessee.
R.I.S.E. students are Resilient, Innovative Scholars of Excellence in grades 6 - 8. 🎓
R.I.S.E. students are Resilient, Innovative Scholars of Excellence in grades 6 - 8. 🎓
GO PURPLES!! 🏐
Purples Volleyball competes in the KHSAA Elite Eight tonight vs. Notre Dame Academy at 7:30 EST at George Rogers Clark High School.
Purples Volleyball competes in the KHSAA Elite Eight tonight vs. Notre Dame Academy at 7:30 EST at George Rogers Clark High School.
Students and teachers from Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt, Germany have been visiting Bowling Green since October 25th as part of the German American Partnership Program (GAPP). The group has spent time shadowing host students at Bowling Green High School, weekends with local families, seeing local attractions and learning about local government. Today, they are both sharing about their home and school as well as experiencing a day at an American elementary school with T. C. Cherry.
🇩🇪 GAPP is a nonprofit for school-to-school exchanges with U.S. schools, helping participants learn about language and culture.
Led by Dr. Ferrel Rose at BGHS, this is the 25th year and 10th exchange between the two schools.
🇩🇪 GAPP is a nonprofit for school-to-school exchanges with U.S. schools, helping participants learn about language and culture.
Led by Dr. Ferrel Rose at BGHS, this is the 25th year and 10th exchange between the two schools.
Earlier today, both BGJHS and BGHS percussion students had the opportunity to work with guest instructor, Dr. Scott Harris! 🎶
Dr. Harris, Assistant Director of Athletic Bands and Music Professor at WKU, shared his expertise with students as they prepared for their upcoming concert. See the results of their hard work tomorrow night!
🥁 BGJHS and BGHS Percussion Concert 🪘
November 6 at 6 p.m.
BGHS Performing Arts Center
🎃👻 Little Purples Academy Halloween Parade
Little Purples Academy provides childcare for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, with priority enrollment to employees and contract employees working full-time in BGISD.
Little Purples Academy provides childcare for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, with priority enrollment to employees and contract employees working full-time in BGISD.
🎃 Sequencing: How to Carve a Pumpkin
Halloween fun at W. R. McNeill!
Halloween fun at W. R. McNeill!
Purples Volleyball claims the 4th Region Championship! Congratulations Ladies!
⚙️ All Girls Auto Know 🔧
Thanks to the Southern Automotive Women’s Forum (SAWF) and General Motors for bringing the All Girls Auto Know program to sixth graders today!
Made possible by a GM Community Impact Grant, this event is all about sparking interest in STEM and Automotive careers. Bowling Green Junior High students (both girls and boys!) spent the morning doing hands-on projects, hearing from experts from GM Bowling Green Assembly and GM Spring Hill, and seeing Corvettes up close!
Thanks to the Southern Automotive Women’s Forum (SAWF) and General Motors for bringing the All Girls Auto Know program to sixth graders today!
Made possible by a GM Community Impact Grant, this event is all about sparking interest in STEM and Automotive careers. Bowling Green Junior High students (both girls and boys!) spent the morning doing hands-on projects, hearing from experts from GM Bowling Green Assembly and GM Spring Hill, and seeing Corvettes up close!
Inaugural BGJHS Tennis season finishes with a 2nd place finish at the State Tournament! Go Purples!
🍎🍏 Apple races, leaf prints, books, and more! What a fantastic Family Engagement Day for Preschool with the Itty Bitty Purple Bus!
🦒 Coding with LEGO Robotics at T. C. Cherry 🦏
Students built a LEGO jeep then worked to code a rescue mission using map coordinates to help an animal herd that strayed away.
Students built a LEGO jeep then worked to code a rescue mission using map coordinates to help an animal herd that strayed away.
Exploring High-Demand Careers with the SCK LAUNCH Experience!
Bowling Green Junior High 8th Graders were among the 3,400 students who participated in this year’s SCK LAUNCH Experience, a hands-on career expo. THANK YOU to the 53 local businesses who shared interactive exhibits, giving students a first-hand look at careers in our region. And thanks to the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce for their efforts to bring the education and business community together, ensuring our future graduates are successful no matter what career path they choose.
