Bald Knob Public Schools will be closed beginning Monday, March 16, 2020. Students will be welcomed back on Monday, March 30, 2020. We encourage you to take the recommendations of the Arkansas Department of Education and Arkansas Department of Health to heart and honor this time of social distancing. Please reconsider any travel plans that are nonessential. Social distancing will allow our community time to slow the spread of COVID-19. May your time at home be spent with your family making precious memories!
New information has been provided to schools by the Arkansas Department of Education to further communicate next steps involving public schools and the coronavirus (COVID-19). Please see the letter attached with additional information from Melissa Gipson, Superintendent of Bald Knob Schools.
If you are planning to volunteer for the Color Run on April 9th, we are having a planning meeting at 2:00 p.m. in the administration board room Wednesday, March 11th. Please attend if possible. If you cannot attend and have not notified Lisa Moore, Whitney Swindle, or Andrea Mason that you want help, please do so as soon as possible. We need 40 volunteers. Background checks must be current.
Schools in Arkansas are working with the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) to address concerns surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19). Please see the two letters attached for more information from Melissa Gipson, Superintendent of Bald Knob Schools, and the ADH.
Bald Knob Public Schools will be in session tomorrow, Wednesday, February 5th. Channel 4 reported in error regarding the closing of school tomorrow.
As important as good attendance is to education, it is also important to know when to keep your student home. Help us keep illness at bay by considering these suggestions.
The Great Kindness Challenge is next week! We will celebrate in each building by performing random acts of kindness all week.
The Bald Knob Athletic Department will be selling football jerseys and equipment at the January 10, 2020 basketball game. The prices are listed below.
Blue Jersey, $20.00
White Jersey, $15.00
Helmet (if the decals arrive by the date above), $25.00
Today concludes the fall semester of the 2019-2020 school year. We hope you have a fantastic break and look forward to seeing you on January 6, 2020. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the entire Bulldog family. #IAMBKS
The BK Counselors presented a check on Thursday to the staff of the Child Safety Center of White County. The money was raised by students and staff during the Blessings from BK coin drive the week before Thanksgiving. A total of $460.65 was raised to help support children who are assisted at the house as a result of a call to the child abuse hotline.
Congratulations to the beginning, middle school, and high school choirs on an outstanding concert. You were amazing.
Thank you to Chancellor Kelly Damphousse for stopping by BKHS and hand-delivering senior Alyssa Aassen’s acceptance letter to Arkansas State University. We appreciate you and your fine institution for providing a second home to our students, both past and present.
The third annual Blessings from BK coin drive raised $460.65 for the Child Safety Center of White County. A big thank you to all of the students that donated to the cause.
Did you know that you can submit an anonymous tip regarding a threat, such as an active shooter, bullying, and drugs, by a text? Bald Knob Public Schools has launched a text program to help keep our schools safe. Students, parents, and community members can submit an anonymous tip by texting “baldknobtips” to 226787. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your child’s building principal or the superintendent, Ms. Melissa Gipson.
Join us for Middle School Family Night, tonight from 4:00-5:30 pm.
Did you know that you can submit an anonymous tip regarding a threat, such as an active shooter, bullying, and drugs, by a text? Bald Knob Public Schools has launched a text program to help keep our schools safe. Students, parents, and community members can submit an anonymous tip by texting “baldknobtips” to 226787. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your child’s building principal or the superintendent, Ms. Melissa Gipson.
Looking for a way to make a difference in our school? Bald Knob Public Schools is seeking your input to enhance the safe and supportive environment we provide to you and your child(ren). The survey should take no more than ten (10) minutes. To begin, please click the following link: https://bit.ly/2pqsfyn.
The survey will be open until Friday, October 25, 2019.
If you are a parent with children in multiple buildings, feel free to submit a survey for each building.
BKMS was honored to have Dr. Chuckie Barber and Stacey E. Williams speak to 8th-grade students.
Students were motivated to...
+use want, desire, and perseverance to reach goals and dreams
+make a plan
+surround yourself with people who are making good choices and going places
The high school’s local chapter of FBLA spent the day with other schools at the District V Fall Conference in Russelville.
From a late Friday night to opposite corners of the state, the Bald Knob High School band and cheerleaders are representing the blue and white at collegiate stadiums this evening. The band is participating in Arkansas State University's Band Day in Jonesboro. The cheerleaders, both high school and junior high, will be calling the Hogs alongside 70,000 Razorback fans at the University of Arkansas's game in Fayetteville. #IAMBKS
