Communications / June 2012

Free Summer Meals--Information here!

Children 18 and younger can eat free this summer! See locations, times, days here.

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Walk Across the Stage with our 2012 Graduates!

Enjoy these photo galleries from our high schools!

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Virtual Job Shadowing Opportunity for Students Interested in Health Career

Thanks to a partnership with CarePartners and an innovative new video, students can follow a Certified Nursing Assistant on the job, and learn how to jump start their own career.

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Graduations a Time for Celebration... and Respect

Graduating from high school is a significant accomplishment. Graduation ceremonies are designed to honor and celebrate EVERY student's big day.

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2012 Relay for Life - Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.

Buncombe County joins together in a community-wide effort to celebrate victories, honor loved ones lost and make a difference in the fight to end cancer.

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Super Summer Meals Program Kicks Off

Free meals for youth 18 and under served at over 20 sites across the county, no paperwork needed!

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BCS Administrator Assignments for 2012-13 Announced

Thirteen schools will have new administrators at the helm next fall. The selection process was grueling, with 112 well-qualified applicants and seven interviewers spending 27 hours with prospective candidates.

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Results in for the BCS Online Budget survey!

Well over 900 parents, employees, students and community members took the time to complete a survey ranking funding priorities tied directly to the 2012-17 Strategic Plan. Here are the results!

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Saying Goodbye to Bob Washel

From English teacher to Principal, Foundation Director to Safe Schools Facilitator/Interscholastic Athletics Coordinator and Assistant to the Superintendent...with 40 years of total service to the students and community, Buncombe County Schools says a bittersweet farewell to Bob Washel.

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Drug Drop-off Campaign to Help Keep Kids Safer

Hundreds of area residents took the opportunity to pick up special drop-off bags at Ingles, put their unused, unnecessary medications in them, and drop them off at BCS middle and high schools. 153 pounds of pills were collected at the one-day event June 1st, pills that will NOT find their way into the hands of young people this summer. Thanks to everyone who participated!

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Avoid ticks and mosquitos this summer

Mosquitoes and ticks carry many diseases, and a few easy steps will protect us from the diseases they carry.

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CANimals Roam the Halls of WD Williams

Some are fierce and some are friendly, but all of these zany "CANimals," created from recycled materials by 4th grade students at WD Williams are crafty and creative!

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