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Getting the facts from living wax

Elementary School

What happens when you combine history with a dash of Halloween? You get the BCACS Fourth Grade Wax Museum. Posing as historical figures, fourth-grade students come to life with a press of a “button” on their hands. Laura LaLonde started the wax museum in 1999, which...

Senior Spotlight: Flora Sung, Ava Strenge & Kameron Haley

High School, Senior Spotlight

  Flora Sung Flora Sung has more than a dream for her future – she has a calling “I want to become a Catholic sister,” Flora said. Born in Myanmar, Flora came to the United States in 2011. English is her third language, learned while attending Michigan schools....

Building a better bridge

Middle School

When Tina Sprague became the St. Joseph Middle School science teacher, she inherited science kits from the Michigan Department of Transportation. Mrs. Sprague liked what she saw, but needed to complete MDOT training to keep the kits. So, she took the training. After...

Senior Spotlight: Meagan Casterline, McKenna Haley, & Kailee Redmond

High School, Senior Spotlight

Welcome to our “Senior Spotlight”. Every Thursday until graduation, we will highlight different members of the Class of 2017. Read more about their internships, their aspirations, and where they plan to “grow” after graduation.   Meagan Casterline Meagan...

Creating their own success story

High School, Senior Spotlight

St. Philip High School’s senior internship is a rite of passage, the capstone of BCACS’ Crayons to College and Career program. This year, teacher Debbie Evans transformed this rite of passage into a bridge to the future. “My number one goal was to build capacity in...

A truly “super” market

Elementary School

It’s the sweetest supermarket you will ever visit, full of tasty treats, thoughtful gifts, bargains and big grins. But you have to be quick. It’s only open one time every school year. Why? Because hosting the annual Second Grade Supermarket is a once-in-a-lifetime...

Middle school students take the road less traveled…

Middle School

St. Joseph Middle School was empty on March 3, 2017, but school was still in session. All-girl and all-boy teams crisscrossed the city, exploring careers not typically associated with their gender. This hands-on “Nontraditional Career Fair” is part of our Crayons to...

Giving our kids “more” and “less”

High School

Our schools strive to give students more, which sometimes means giving them less. Next year St. Philip High School will return to a six-hour day. “I would prefer quality over quantity,” Director of Student Services Kyra Rabbitt said. Graduation requires 24 credit...

Spilling our best kept secret

Elementary School

Did you know our Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools provide a variety of after-school enrichment programs right on our schools’ campuses? Since early 2016, our students have had the opportunity to learn piano, play guitar, compete in chess, take photographs, develop...

“Amazing grace – like the song!”

Elementary School

First Reconciliation doesn’t have the pomp and circumstance of First Communion, but it was no less special for our St. Joseph second-graders. Thursday, February 16, our St. Joseph second-graders made their first Reconciliations. A smattering of parents attended and...