News from Bowling Green City Schools

September 20, 2024

Message from the Superintendent

Dear Members of the Bowling Green City Schools Community,

Recently, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (DEW) officially released the Ohio School

Report Card from the 2023-24 school year. The Report Card results are based on student assessments

given last school year along with other measured indicators. Every public school in Ohio receives a

School Report Card.

Ohio School Report Cards provide parents, caregivers, community members, educators, and district

leaders information about district and school performance — to celebrate successes and identify areas for improvement. The information provides transparent reporting to drive local conversations on continuous improvement and identifying needed supports. The 2024 District Report Card provides an overview and explanation of five (5) key components: Achievement, Progress, Gap Closing, Early Literacy, and Graduation. Districts and schools receive an overall rating of 1 to 5 stars, in half-star increments, with 5 stars being the highest.

Bowling Green City Schools (BGCS) achieved an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars!

This is an improvement from last school year’s rating of 4 out of 5 stars!

There is no doubt this Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Report Card data is proof that Bowling Green City Schools continues to make progress and continuous improvement. The district is very proud of our accomplishment and I hope you as a community member are as well. The ratings in our Ohio State Report Card are a result of everyone’s hard work.

To see my full letter to the Bowling Green community about our district’s report card, please click here. To view the district’s report card online, click here. To review the state’s Guide to the 2023-2024 Ohio School Report Cards, please click Report Card Guide.

While the Ohio State Report Card is important and a measurement tool of our district, we know Bowling

Green City Schools does so much more than what can be reported on a district report card. We are, and should be, proud of what we do.

I am honored to serve the students, families, community, and staff of Bowling Green City Schools. I

promise that our District will work hard to improve each day to provide a high-quality education for our

students, a financially sound organization for our stakeholders, and be a point of pride for the entire

community.

Go Bobcats,

Dr. Ted Haselman

Superintendent

WTOL Band of the Week

VOTE NOW for the BGHS Bobcat Marching Band for the WTOL11 Band of the Week! Click HERE to vote and keep voting (up to once per hour) through noon on 9/24. There will be a LIVE reveal of the winning band on Wednesday, 9/25 at 4 p.m. and a halftime performance recording on Friday, 9/27.

FFA Tailgate Tonight

You're invited to the Bowling Green FFA Annual Tailgate tonight, September 20, from 5-7 p.m. before the football game against Northview! Enjoy FREE food, fun activities, and the chance to dunk some of your favorite teachers and administrators in the dunk tank! For just $2, you get 3 throws to dunk Principal Mr. Black, Asst. Principal Mr. Rupp, Mr. Carney, Kenwood Principal Mr. Bechstein, Mr. McEwen, and Mr. Hale!

They'll also have an inflatable obstacle course, slide, bounce house, face painting, corn hole, and more games! You don’t have to be an FFA member to join the fun! All proceeds support Nationwide Children’s Hospital-Toledo!

We would also like to take this time to congratulate our FFA Ag Soil Judging team for placing 3rd at the county contest. Annie Urban placed 3rd high individual. The contest involves evaluating 3 soil pits. Students used their skills to evaluate topsoil, subsoil, substrate, slope characteristics, permeability, restrictive layers, and depth to bedrock for rural (farming) and urban (development) uses and recommending best management practices. Congratulations to all who participated!

BGHS Wins Pass it on Challenge

Bowling Green High School beat Northview in the 13abc and Goodwill Pass it on Challenge! Our Bobcat community brought in an incredible 10,080 pounds of donations, securing the victory and a $500 scholarship that will be awarded to a BGHS senior! Thank you to our wonderful community for your support! Together, we’ve helped make a difference for Goodwill’s mission of Transforming Lives, One Job at a Time. BGHS students, Sophie Spitler and Tara Hastings, are being presented with a check at the football game tonight.

BGCS Seeking Mentors for Elementary Students

We are looking for volunteers to serve as mentors and meet with elementary students once a week on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday during breakfast from 8:45 – 9:15 a.m. or for 20 minutes during lunch from 11:05 a.m.– 1:45 p.m. For information contact our Student Wellness Coordinator Danya Claes by email: dclaes@bgcs.k12.oh.us or call 419-354-0800 ext. 4036

PACE Students Recognized by BOE for Performance in 2024 Perennial Math Competition

Our PACE students were recognized by the Board of Education earlier this week for their outstanding performance in the 2024 Perennial Math Competition in the January – April 2024 season!

Our Rookie team earned the highest team score out of all Rookie teams that competed, with Ruby Underwood and Silas Kieffer-Airhart (4th Grade) achieving perfect scores, and Jessa Donaldson (3rd Grade) also earning a gold medal!

The Intermediate team followed suit, also earning the highest team score of all Intermediate teams that competed! Perfect score gold medalists included Aiden Xu and Mazie Perkins (4th Grade), along with Gabe Lust (5th Grade), who has been a gold medalist since 3rd grade.

To top it all off, our Advanced team was the only Advanced team to achieve a perfect score!

We are incredibly proud of our PACE students and their dedication to math excellence. Keep up the fantastic work!

Crim Students Participated in BGSU Math Camp

Our Crim Elementary students had an incredible time at the BGSU Math Camp! Facilitated by BGSU's Math Education students, the camp made math come alive through teamwork and creative problem-solving. From learning about coding and robotics by navigating Sphero robots through a maze, to engaging in "Collage Communications" to the "Match My Graph" station where students used graphing calculators connected to sonar devices to visualize how movement affects graphs, every activity was designed to deepen their understanding of math concepts.

Thank you to the BGSU team and their math education students for crafting such an engaging and educational experience! Our students had a blast and learned so much!

25 Acts of Service

The Bowling Green Schools Foundation, in honor of its 25th anniversary of supporting BG students and teachers, strives to support our students in giving back to the community through 25 Acts of Service.

In partnership with local community organizations, the BG Schools Foundation is encouraging each student, grades K-12 to perform 25 Acts of Service over the course of the 2024-25 school year.

Calendars of scheduled and suggested opportunities have been provided to students and are also available on the Bowling Green Schools Foundation website here.

Those students meeting and/or exceeding the 25 Acts of Service will be eligible for prizes and incentives promoting a culture of service to the community.

Read this story for additional details: Giving back – BG students urged to learn about helping others with ’25 Acts of Service’ initiative.