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Food is provided once a month to families with children younger than 18 years old.
Monday: 6pm-8pm
Closed Tuesday
Wed-Fri: 10am-2pm

Medicaid Alert

On April 1, 2023, the state of Georgia must redetermine eligibility for all people who currently receive Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids® coverage.

Click on staycovered.ga.gov  for more information. It will be regularly updated with important news, resources, and videos in English and Spanish.


School News

November was an awesome Month for our ESOL students at BES! We recognized International Student’s day on November 17 and had the honor of celebrating the many different cultures in our ESOL classes! Students and parents worked hard at home to create a “Where I’m From” poster! The students enjoyed seeing their peers represent their cultures and enjoyed learning more about their family’s heritage! Thank you parents for helping your child with this project! We are so proud of our Kindergarten students and the incredible culture they bring to our classrooms each day!

In our Little Sponges online program, we finished the Farm Adventure and started the School Adventure. The students are communicating and reading common school vocabulary words. They also are learning about colors and color words, as well as learning about objects in the Day and Night Sky. Next, we’ll learn more about the Thanksgiving Holiday and gratitude.

All of the ESOL teachers at BES are here to serve your language learners needs and can be reached by email if you have any questions.


Mrs. Anderson

Mrs. Delgado

Mrs. McCranie

      In the month of November, we are continuing to practice instructional conversations with daily speaking and listening exercises with our ESOL classmates, while building connections and relationships. We are also strengthening our informational writing skills as we have composed and published writings on several topics such as pumpkin life cycles, how to build a scarecrow, and self-selected mammal animal research. The second grade students enjoyed a fieldtrip to the Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary and all ESOL students enjoyed dress-up days at the close of October. As we approach the holidays, please do not hesitate to reach out if your family has needs that we can help accommodate. At this time of year where we reflect upon the things that we are thankful for, we want to express our appreciation to you, our parents in the community of language learners, for the gift of working with your child each day here at BA!     

Mrs. Amy Clark

Mrs. Mandie Johnson

Mrs. Sally Corbett

Mrs. Kendra Barfield

Students at Buford Senior Academy read & practiced a Readers Theater called "The Mummy." Once they were confident reading their parts of the script, they were able to dress up as mummies and perform for the class. Students have also been learning all about Nonfiction Text Features. They were able to use their background knowledge and new skills to search for these features in nonfiction passages, as well as, real nonfiction books. BSA students really enjoyed the play FOLK TAILS put on by the Drama Club at BSA. Students were amazed and entertained by the talented performers. They were impressed by the actors memorization of lines in front of a large audience of peers!

Email Mrs. Tsouchlos here

Email Mrs. Jarrard here

The students at Buford Middle School had a fun and relaxing break. Students traveled to Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and even New York. They had an amazing time but now are ready to get back to studying diligently. Sixth grade students will begin Gary Paulsen's novel called Hatchet. Seventh graders will embark on the sequel to Freak the Mighty called Max the Mighty. Finally, the eighth grade students will study the novel written by Walter Dean Myers entitled Monster. There will be much learning going on at BMS before winter break!



Mrs. Misley

(770) 904-3690

Congratulations to Ailyn Lopez (Mexico) and Ariana De Andrade (Venezuela). They earned a coveted Buford Academic Letter. To qualify for a letter, a student must have an overall average of 90 or above at the end of the school year. What is more amazing is that both girls arrived in the United States at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. They were determined to learn English quickly so they could be successful in school. They met this goal and have made their families very proud of their accomplishment. 


Final Benchmarks are from December 15th until December 20th. Each Benchmark is worth a total of 600 points. Please encourage your student to study! A grade of 70 is passing. Any grade below 70 will have to be made up in Credit Recovery or Summer School depending upon the class or the grade. 


Email Mrs. Fouquette

Email Ms. Heindel

Hope is an organization focused on providing students a pathway through high school. The mission is to increase the graduation rate among Hispanic high school students through leadership, education, and community service.​ HoPe believes each student is one caring individual away from being a success story. To learn more about this club, email Mrs. Carmen Torres