
It was a great first week at Birmingham City Schools! Let’s do it again next week, because we’re just getting started. #SuccessStartsHere




We're ready for some football! Carver, Huffman, Jackson-Olin, Parker, Ramsay, Wenonah, and Woodlawn sent team representatives to Legion Field yesterday to take questions from local media during the first-ever BCS Media Day.
Thank you to Steve Brown for hosting the session and the BCS Media Team for organizing the junket!










The defending champion Wenonah Lady Dragons, along with flag football teams from Ramsay, Parker, Huffman, and Carver, spoke to the media at the first-ever BCS Media Day yesterday.






Where are we today? #SuccessStartsHere


Red carpets and balloon towers to high fives and dance moves, faculty and staff at Birmingham City Schools made scholars feel welcome and excited about the start of the new school year. #SuccessStartsHere #firstdayofschool https://youtu.be/f66oohk5TX4









Tomorrow is the first day of school for 2024-25! Dr. Mark Sullivan is excited to welcome everyone back. In his first video message of the school year, our superintendent goes over three key points: attendance, electronic devices, and preparedness. View it here: https://youtu.be/0JxB7vN9Jl0 #SuccessStartsHere 🎓


Our teachers, administrators, and staff showed their BCS pride at our Institute back-to-school pep rally. We're ready for the new school year! Go to our Flickr album for more photos: https://flic.kr/ps/3XmKa6 #SuccessStartsHere











Congratulations to our newest high school graduates! 🎓
View these photos and more on in our Flickr album: https://flic.kr/ps/3XmKa6 #SuccessStartsHere





The start of school is less than a week away! Be Ready Day One -- get registered TODAY at https://www.bhamcityschools.org/registration
If you need in-person assistance, the Help Desk at the Lincoln Professional Development Center is open M-F from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.



Bus routes for 2024-2025 school year are now available on the BCS website and app https://5il.co/2nlws #SuccessStartsHere #ReadyDayOne


Huge thanks and shout out to Publix along with United Way, who sponsored school supplies for ALL of our pre-k and kindergarten students and teachers. These items will be delivered to the schools starting on Monday. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C95jqtOp_Na/?igsh=a3A0eGJhcDNmMmN2 #SuccessStartsHere





More than 1,000 parents and students attended the Restore Games East today for games, drinks, food, and fun! Thank you to Housing Authority of the Birmingham District, City of Birmingham Government, and all the event sponsors for putting on this event and helping us get our scholars registered so they are ready for day one of school. #SuccessStartsHere











Birmingham City Schools Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan recently appeared on the Urbanham News Podcast with Iva Williams and shared lots of important information about the upcoming school year. #SuccessStartsHere
https://youtu.be/8LwEpDAc_Kg?si=59_dCkPkjLcl7g-9


We're celebrating our summer graduates next week at historic A.H. Parker High School! #SuccessStartsHere



Hundreds of new educators, administrators, and staff officially joined Team BCS today at our new hire orientation. We're ready for August 5! #SuccessStartsHere










Do you know a child who would benefit from attending the Restore Games 2024? ⛹🏾🤸🏿♀️🤹🏽♀️🤾🏼
Register them now at restoregamesbham.com to secure their spot and ensure they don't miss out on this transformative experience. Registration is free and open to all children in Jefferson County!
🗓 Friday, July 26
🕙 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
🏟 Martin Luther King Recreation Center
🗺 529 43rd Street North, Birmingham, AL 35222


This week the BCS All-City Band performed at Summer Band Camp! Tuskegee University's Marching Crimson Pipers Director of Bands served as the camp's host clinician. #BCSstrong #SuccessStartsHere





Korri Cunningham of Phillips Academy receives her $25,000 prize from Lowell Milken (left), Milken Educator Awards founder and Milken Family Foundation chairman and co-founder, and Mike Milken, president and co-founder of the Milken Family Foundation. Cunningham was the only Alabama recipient of the coveted Milken Educator Award for 2023. #BCSstrong #SuccessStartsHere



All BCS schools and offices will be closed tomorrow, July 4, in observance of the Independence Day holiday.



Watch the 2024 June Tunes concert in its entirety via YouTube! https://youtu.be/0hFu7hHlyxM #BCSstrong #SuccessStartsHere
