Feb 15, 2019 | Middle School
St. Joseph Middle School Language Arts teacher Elizabeth Casterline wanted to “ease” her students back into the school routine after Christmas Break. She had them pick a “Word of the Year”, one that would guide them through 2019. “It was a one-day, fun activity to get...
Jan 23, 2019 | Elementary School, High School, Middle School
Next week is Catholic Schools Week. A couple of years ago I shared my perspective as a Battle Creek Area Catholic School parent. This year, I want to share my perspective as a writer. I started writing the BCACS Blog in addition to helping the school as a...
Jan 16, 2019 | Middle School
St. Joseph Middle School has a strong math culture, and there are many ways to prove it. Math teacher Molly Williamson’s popular MATHCOUNTS program, moved from an after-school group to a quarter-class this year, continuing her mission to “inspire kids to love math, to...
Jan 11, 2019 | High School, Middle School
By: Abbie Lahr, Class of 2019 “New Year; New me,” except this isn’t the case for our basketball teams this holiday. All of our High school teams had a game during winter break, as they participated in the 50th Annual Chuck Turner Classic at the Battle Creek Central...
Dec 22, 2018 | High School, Middle School
By: Abbie Lahr, Class of 2019 Was that a sleigh bell I hear? Oh, no it was just the whistle again. This week’s roundup will look a bit different. I will break down what happened in the games, the top players, and the new averages. Varsity Boys Basketball Our varsity...
Dec 19, 2018 | Elementary School, Middle School
The feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe was December 12th, but our St. Joseph School administrators had been planning for it since the summer. That is when St. Joseph pastor Fr. Christopher Ankley, St. Joseph principal Sara Myers, and St. Joseph assistant-principal...
Dec 14, 2018 | High School, Middle School
This week we are starting a new segment at the BCACS Blog: the BCACS Basketball Roundup. This feature is brought to us by St. Philip Catholic Central High School senior Abbie Lahr. By: Abbie Lahr, Class of 2019 St. Philip Catholic Central Varsity Boys Boys high school...
Dec 12, 2018 | Middle School
Mike Leifeld’s football, baseball, and basketball career at St. Philip High School is legendary. He broke multiple records, earned multiple honors, and was named the Battle Creek Enquirer’s Athlete of the Year in 2003. Now, this highly-decorated alum is paving the...
Dec 5, 2018 | High School, Middle School
The Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools hired Laura Bandlow in 2007 to create a fifth through eighth-grade band program. Mrs. Bandlow, however, had another plan. “In my mind, it was never going to be just a middle school band,” Mrs. Bandlow said. She started the high...
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