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SCRIP goes digital

Elementary School, High School, Middle School

Tuition. Who doesn’t want to reduce it? SCRIP or School Cost Reduction Incentive Program has been helping families do just that without the fuss of fundraising. Families purchase gift cards from the school for places they frequent as customers. While they enjoyed face...

It’s a difficult track, but one Coach Minier won’t run alone

Elementary School, High School, Middle School

St. Philip track coach Jeff Minier built his championship program around a simple philosophy. “Track is a team sport, not an individual sport.” Recent health issues have shown Coach Minier he’s a member of the BCACS family, not just a BCACS coach. Coach Minier began...

St. Philip’s homegrown paleontologists

High School

St. Philip High School students Ellie Stewart, Maggie Hill and Abby Hill were working on a physics project last spring. They spotted two large bones in a bin near their workstation. There was an inscription, “Billy found 1955 Ark.” They asked their science teacher...

Having fun makes MATHCOUNTS

Middle School

Can you solve this math problem? The sum of the digits of a two-digit integer is 12. The integer is equal to 15 times its units digit. What is the integer? Need help? Ask any of St. Joseph Middle School’s MATHCOUNTS club members. You’ll find them in math teacher Molly...

Saints with the intention to trick

Elementary School

St. Joseph Elementary and Preschool has a longstanding and very cute Halloween tradition – the annual costume parade. At the end of this year’s parade, a new tradition began. Fr. Chris Ankley sent a letter to parents, sharing the Catholic roots of All Hallows Eve and...

Staff Spotlight: St. Philip High School Principal Vicky Groat

High School

St. Philip High School Principal Vicky Groat has a no-nonsense demeanor, but her heart bleeds St. Philip red. “She really loves the school,” Mary Rabbitt, longtime St. Philip High School administrative assistant, said. “She will do anything to make sure it’s vibrant.”...

Honesty, Caring, Responsibility, Respect, & Marshmallows

Middle School

Starting middle school can be a challenge. “Friendships change, cliques start forming, and that sense of independence is evident,” said Laurie Murphy, sixth-grade advisor and St. Joseph Middle School social studies teacher. This transition is why our BCACS...

“I will never cut down my friends”

Elementary School

When celebrated Battle Creek artist Richard Schlatter came to St. Joseph Elementary last Thursday, it wasn’t as the ArtPrize 2017’s grand prize winner, but as a storyteller. “One of my ministries is visiting elementary schools, reading my book to second-grade classes,...

The voices of Homecoming 2017

High School

Today’s BCACS Blog takes a first-person look at Homecoming Week 2017. Forget the dress code Spirit Week was a little like Halloween. Each class was given a decade. Each day was given a theme for which the students dressed according to their decade’s interpretation....

“These kids are my vitamins”

Elementary School, High School, Middle School

St. Joseph preschool teacher Kelly Francisco considers BCACS a family. Her father worked there, she graduated from there, her husband graduated from there, and her children now attend there. But it took breast cancer to reveal the depth of her school family. “I...