September 1, 2022

A Message from Mrs. Reed

Schools & Departments Newsletters

Buford Elementary
Buford Academy
Buford Senior Academy
Buford Middle School
Buford High School
EL Parent Newsletter

School Resource Officers

Buford Elementary School

SRO David Genaro


David joins us with a little over twelve years of law enforcement experience, nine years with the Gwinnett County Police Dept, and three years as a School Resource Officer with Gwinnett County Public Schools assigned to GIVE WEST. 

Buford Academy

SRO Timothy Sims


Timothy (goes by TJ) joins us with eight years of law enforcement experience, five years with the Gwinnett County Police Department, and three years with the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office. He has a specialty in gang investigations. 

Buford Senior Academy

SRO Joel Carrasco


Joel joins us with fifteen years of law enforcement experience, twelve years with the Gwinnett County Police Department, and the last 3.5 years as a Schools Resource Officer with Gwinnett County Public Schools assigned to Peachtree Ridge High School. Joel also served in the Army for seven years. 

Extracurricular Updates

Clear Bag Policy Update


Starting September 1st, 2022, BCS will be implementing a clear bag policy across all extracurricular venues and events.


Please review the picture for detailed information. 

Upcoming Student Holiday

No School on Monday, September 5th!

Nutrition Department Updates

Lunch Charges Emails:

The email that families receive from the school nutrition software with their student's cafeteria account information comes from "[email protected]". Check your SPAM or Junk folders periodically to make sure you are not missing important information. 

MealViewer


BCS offers MealViewer, a convenient online service that allows you to view your student's daily meals online or on the MealViewer app.


You can:

- View allergen information

- View nutritional information

- Favorite certain meals

- Set up profiles for you and your students

- And more...

MealViewer Schools

MyPaymentsPlus


Benefits of MyPaymentsPlus Settings:


-Settings option that allows you to be notified when a student's balance is below a set amount.


-Settings to automatically add a set amount of funds to a student's account when it drops below a specified dollar amount.


-Settings to track the student's purchase history to see what they are buying in the cafeteria.


MyPaymentsPlus Instructions

Updated Meal Pricing

Breakfast

All Reduced Breakfasts – $0.30

Adult Breakfasts – $2.25

Buford Elementary – Student Breakfast – $1.50

Buford Academy – Student Breakfast – $1.50

Buford Senior Academy – Student Breakfast – $1.50

Buford Middle – Student Breakfast – $1.50

Buford High – Student Breakfast – $1.50

Extra Milk – $0.50

Lunch

All Reduced Lunches- $0.40

Adult Lunch – $4.00

Buford Elementary – Student Lunch – $2.75

Buford Academy – Student Lunch – $2.75

Buford Senior Academy – Student Lunch – $2.75

Buford Middle – Student Lunch – $2.85

Buford High – Student Lunch – $3.00

Extra Milk – $0.50

Student Entrée – $2.25

Snacks – $1.00

Drinks – $1.50

Blood Drive Updates

  • 64 units of blood were collected
  • 193 lives saved (each unit saves 3 lives)
  • $250 earned in scholarship money for a BHS student
  • 13 BHS students helped run the blood drive
  • K-8 gift card student winner was the Skelton family. 
  • 9-12 gift card winner was the Ghazal family.
  • Staff gift card winner was Kristie Whelchel at BHS

One Buford family (Travis family) was selected out of 400,000 donors across the country to win a Travel Trailer Camper summer of 2022!


Read the story here.

Red Cross Article