🌈 👠 Break a leg to our students in the Youth Ensemble of The Wizard of Oz this weekend, presented by the Ramsey Theatre Company at SKYPAC: Amberlin Burgett, Jocelin Ortiz Melton, Grace Prather, Peter Tooley, Lainey Kate Tolbert, Brennan Bartley, and Adam Wallace.
🎟️ Students can get half-price tickets at the box office two hours before each show!
Shine bright on that yellow brick road!
Photo Credit: Lily Estella Photography
BGISD will be using the new district app for announcements and two-way communication, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. The app is connected to the Infinite Campus Student Information System.
Data for the new year will be active by Wednesday, July 9th.
After the data is active, parents/guardians and students will be able to create accounts and sign in. An invitation to connect will be sent to users soon! Have a great summer!
Congratulations, Linda Crooks! She has been named Trainer of the Year by the Kentucky Association for Pupil Transportation.
☀️ Little Purples Academy Sendoff to Summer! ☀️
Playtime at the BGHS Stadium and on the Itty Bitty Explorer Bus, a Paw Patrol Day, Water Day, and finishing the week with an ice cream party.
Little Purples Academy provides childcare for children of district employees ages 6 weeks to 5 years old. Dates of Operation are based on the BGISD Academic Calendar, plus two weeks prior to Opening Day and two weeks after Closing Day.
We're thrilled to announce the new app for BGISD!
It's everything BGISD, in your pocket.
Download for Android https://aptg.co/6J3GDR
Download for iPhone https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bowling-green-ind-schools/id6745491505
The Itty Bitty Purple Preschool bus will be visiting community locations this summer. All families with preschool-age children are invited to come play and explore.
First stop: Ephram White Park, June 5, 9:30-12:30.
Congratulations, Class of 2025! We are so proud of you!!
💜 Once a Purple, Always a Purple 🎓
Congratulations Retiring Faculty & Staff!! Thank you for your years of service and devotion to BGISD and the children of Bowling Green. Once a Purple, Always a Purple!
Tasha Borden, Parker-Bennett-Curry
Susie Brooks, W. R. McNeill
Shane Buttry, WCJDC
Linda Crooks, Transportation
Rebecca Gentry, Potter Gray
Eric Gilpin, BGJHS
Sheila Gregory, Dishman McGinnis
Darlene Porter, District Office
Kenny Richardson, BGHS
Pam Riley, Potter Gray
Rickey Shive, District Office
Stephen Smiley, WCJDC
Michele Steiner, Elementary Music
Amanda Thurmond, BGHS
Pam Winston, Maintenance Department
Closing Day for Employees 2025: Thanks to graduating seniors Kaidence Dunagan and Parker Fields for speaking to all faculty and staff, sharing some of their experiences as Purples growing up in BGISD. We also celebrated retiring faculty and staff- dancing their way into their next chapters. 💜
Teranga Academy students are MOVING UP! Congrats, graduates!
YOU DID IT!! 🎓
🏀 Offered | Committed | Signed ⚾️
Congrats to our six student athletes signing Letters of Intent today. Once a Purple, Always a Purple!!
⚾️ Evan Schallert - Rend Lake Community College
🏀 Braylon Banks - Wittenberg University
🏀 NaTaya Wardlow - Vol State Community College
🏀 Joe Hurt - Shawnee Community College
🏀 Luke Idlett - Transylvania University
🏀 Jace Wardlow - Wittenberg University
Back where it all began! Our seniors made one last trip through BGJHS and elementary halls.
🎓 GRAD WALK 2025 🎓
BGISD announces Dr. Amy Sample as Director of Instructional Programs. She is a proven leader in curriculum design, diversity initiatives, and student success, and most recently served as Principal at Saint Xavier High School. We’re excited for her to join our team!
Students at Parker-Bennett-Curry met their school-wide goal of 5,000 Accelerated Reader points. They celebrated by turning Interim Principal Kelli Brooks into a human ice cream sundae! 🍦📚
The Class of 2025 Commencement Ceremony will be held Sunday, May 25, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in the BGHS Arena.
Graduates are allotted tickets for guests to attend in person.
Live Stream options include: BGISD Facebook, OnDemand at stfanclub.com/live/, and the Sporting Times Live App on Roku and FireTV.
🕵️♀️ There are super sneaky silent Es hiding around McNeill Elementary. Kindergarten detectives are using clues to find them. Shhhh! You can't hear them! 🔍
Bowling Green Independent Schools will offer free meals for kids June 2 - August 1 (closed July 3rd and July 4th). These programs help ensure children and teens have the nutrition they need when schools are not in session. Free summer meals, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are available to all children and teens ages 18 and under.
For more information, visit the district website: https://www.bgreen.kyschools.us/summermeals
It is time for Online Registration for the 2025-2026 school year! Make sure your returning student's info is up-to-date. New student in the family (like a kindergartener)? You can add them too! Login to the IC Portal (Campus Parent) and select Online Registration to get started.
If you need help with your IC Parent Account, please call your school office.
IC Parent Portal: https://kycde1.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/parents/bowling_green.jsp
SURPRISE! Dr. Corinne Murphy of the WKU College of Education and Behavioral Sciences announces BGHS Principal Kyle McGraw as the first winner of the WKU Distinguished Educator Award for Leadership in Schools.
Mr. McGraw has been the principal of Bowling Green High since 2019. In his nomination letter for the award, Superintendent Gary Fields stated that Kyle McGraw consistently prioritizes students, he has elevated academics, built a strong team, and has navigated immense challenges. Congratulations, Mr. McGraw!
Chris Seabolt is moving from his role as Guidance Counselor at Bowling Green High School to district Director of Facilities beginning June 1, 2025.
As Director of Facilities, primary responsibilities will include overseeing facilities and grounds, directing all maintenance and custodial services, managing district renovation and construction projects, and overseeing bidding and property acquisition.
Mr. Seabolt will replace Rickey Shive who is retiring later this summer.
