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...
Nov 21, 2018 | Elementary School, High School, Middle School
We asked our BCACS community what they were thankful for and received a generous response. If your Thanksgiving Spirit needs a little boost, keep reading. I’m thankful for turkey! Yup, turkey. ~Ledger Walsh, transitional kindergarten I am thankful for being able...
Nov 14, 2018 | Elementary School, High School, Middle School
The upcoming Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception has special meaning for our St. Joseph Middle School. It will mark the official installation of the Blessed Mother grotto. The grotto, located outside the middle school’s main entrance, is the Eagle Scout project of...
Oct 24, 2018 | Middle School
Language Arts in middle school often follows the same path – assigned reading. St. Joseph Language Arts teacher Elizabeth Casterline is following a different path. Actually, many different paths. “I wanted to get students ingrained in independent reading,” Mrs....
Oct 17, 2018 | Elementary School, High School, Middle School
My name is Missy Skutt. My husband Barry and I have eight kids, two of whom attend St. Philip High School and the other six attend St. Joseph Schools. Before moving to Battle Creek from Midland this fall, we homeschooled our children for eight years. I honestly...
Sep 30, 2018 | Elementary School, High School, Middle School
Why are there so many Homecoming emails? Simple. Homecoming is more than a football game at our Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools. It’s a family-wide, week-long celebration from October 1-6th. “I think homecoming has an extra special meaning because when you are a...
Sep 19, 2018 | Elementary School, High School, Middle School
Jesus asks us to lay down our lives for others and, as St. Joseph pastor Fr. Chris Ankley wrote, “What is life but a series of minutes?” The vitality of our Battle Creek Area Catholic Schools depends on volunteers, so much so we ask each school family to commit to 25...
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