BCMS, BMHS earn Green overall rating in third year of state accountability system; BCES earns Yellow

Ballard County Middle School’s overall score increased over 10 percent in in the state’s school accountability system this year, earning a 73.7. Ballard Memorial High School’s score fell slightly to a 74.3; Ballard County Elementary also fell slightly to a 61.5. Kevin Estes, chief academic officer for the district, said “Every year our students and teachers get one shot to show what they have accomplished and learned over the school year on the KSA assessment. We know our kids are learning more and at a higher level than some of this data shows. Our schools utilize I-Ready assessments three times a year to monitor the growth and development of all our students. Even though KSA is what is reported to show how our students and schools are performing, we will continue to value the data from our progress monitoring tools and assessments in I-Ready as the true indicators of our students’ learning and growth to be on-grade level or above.

Fri Oct 04 11:00 AM

BCMS student reports threats to administrators, accused student to be charged

A middle school student reported inappropriate threatening statements by another middle school student to administrators earlier today. Administrators moved immediately to locate the accused student. An investigation was conducted by the school resource officer, and the SRO is recommending charges of terroristic threatening against the accused student. Per the district Code of Behavior, the student was suspended from school, pending administrator decisions on other appropriate disciplinary action. All students are safe. No weapons were found, and no lockdown was initiated. Today’s incident is unrelated to law enforcement presence in the district on Monday.

Tue Sep 17 03:30 PM

Bomber Bash is Saturday

Everyone please join us for Bomber Bash! UPDATED location for health fair - in BMHS hallways, not gym.

Tue Jul 23 08:40 AM

Matlock named to lead Ballard baseball program

Assistant baseball coach Scott Matlock has been named the new head baseball coach at Ballard Memorial High School. He also will head up the middle school program. Matlock assumed his new duties on July 15.

Mon Jul 15 11:40 AM

Estes named head boys’ basketball coach at BMHS

Kevin Estes has been named the new head boys’ basketball coach at Ballard Memorial High School. The former girls’ coach assumed his new duties on June 3, when he met with players and their parents, and held practice.

Tue Jun 04 09:01 AM

BMHS observes 71st commencement

Ballard Memorial High School observed its 71st commencement exercises on May 17. The Class of 2024 ended with 59 graduates. The valedictorian was Allison Enfinger; salutatorian was Jacob Irvin. There were five additional honor graduates: Lindsey Hopper, Matthew Daniel McGlenon, Daniel Carter Meinschein, Rutvik Patel, and Dalton Reno.

Mon Jun 03 02:30 PM