Oxmoor Valley Elementary School Band Director Takisha Shipman and Art Teacher Isabella Ziglar have secured a $10,000 grant for the school from the Arts Alliance Education Initiative! Read more at our website. #SuccessStartsHere
about 16 hours ago, Birmingham City Schools
Save the date! Join us for our networking mixer on April 21 at Birmingham Botanical Gardens followed by our annual hiring fair on April 23 at the Parker H.S. gym. Register today! #SuccessStartsHere
about 19 hours ago, Birmingham City Schools
Chief Operations Officer Michael Moore worked with Church of the Highlands to provide random acts of kindness and show appreciation for the Transportation and Facilities Department! #SuccessStartsHere
about 22 hours ago, Birmingham City Schools
2 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
Please share your feedback in the Spring Title I Parent Survey! Text SURVEY to 205-941-6585 OR visit bhamcityschools.org/survey to begin. The survey is open until April 30!
3 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
Registration for the 2026-2027 academic year is now open! Give your scholar a head start towards success with Birmingham City Schools. We offer a rigorous education that prepares our scholars for college, careers and life.
3 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
Hudson K-8 won the FBI Safe Online Surfing Competition! Hudson's fourth through eighth-grade scholars scored the highest of all participating Alabama schools during the Fall Semester to secure the achievement. To recognize their accomplishments, FBI Birmingham Division coordinated a celebration with activity stations, including collecting evidence with Digital Forensics Examiners, gathering fingerprints with the Evidence Response Team, and trying on bomb technician equipment with Special Agent Bomb Technicians.
4 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
Our BCS Under the Lights Game of the Week features the Ramsay Rams baseball team hosting Leeds at historic Rickwood Field! Tune in Thursday, April 2 at 6 p.m. for full coverage.
5 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
Huffman High School Senior Derrick Moss has attained the highest possible score of 99 on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) exam. This achievement places Derrick, who plans to enlist in the military, among the highest-performing scholars nationally!
5 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
In September, the Birmingham Youth and Young Adult Fellowship Choir, which includes several current and former BCS scholars, reached the semifinals of America’s Got Talent and earned the opportunity to perform on national television! #SuccessStartsHere
6 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
In October, we cut the ribbon on the new Goodr Grocery Store at Huffman Middle School. Open to the school’s families, this innovative addition helps address food insecurity in the area. #SuccessStartsHere
7 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
Last year, South Hampton K-8 was the only Alabama school to advance to the semifinals of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition. This year, the school is among the ten national finalists! #SuccessStartsHere
8 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
In January, Governor Kay Ivey invited Washington K-8 Principal Dr. Antonia Ishman and a bus full of her scholars as guests for the State of the State Address. Gov. Ivey recognized the school for its progress as a turnaround school. #SuccessStartsHere
9 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
Last week, we recognized our top educators: Madison Abney of Hayes and April Sibley of Ramsay as Teachers of the Year, Samantha Bookman of Hemphill and Sonya Thompson of Ramsay as Counselors of the Year, and Tamara Ishman of Oxmoor Valley as Librarian of the Year! #SuccessStartsHere
10 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
In addition to our all-time best state report card grade, EPIC Alternative Elementary School ranked among the top 25 schools in the state. Five of our schools were also recognized among the most improved in the state. All six schools were honored during the State Board of Education meeting in February. #SuccessStartsHere
11 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
Last season, Wenonah’s road to the championship stopped short in the Final Four. This season, the Dragons completed their unfinished business by bringing home the Blue Map and exacting revenge on the team that put them out last year. #SuccessStartsHere
12 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
The next story in our 2025-2026 recap: In February, Dr. Mark Sullivan was named Outstanding Superintendent of the Year by AEA! #SuccessStartsHere
13 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
Over Spring Break, we’ll revisit some of our top success stories of the year so far. We start with the release of our 2024-2025 ACAP results in November. We earned our highest grade since the inception of the program. We also reduced our failing schools to just one. #SuccessStartsHere
14 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
Today at the second annual A.H. Parker Invitational Golf Tournament, Parker Principal Darrell Hudson, Sr. was honored as the new namesake for the competition! Now known as the Darrell Hudson Sr. Parker Invitational Golf Tournament, the event is free to players due to funding provided by Principal Hudson. Parker, Ramsay, Huffman, and Jackson-Olin are playing in this year's edition. #SuccessStartsHere
16 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
The Jackson State University Choir visited Woodlawn High School today for a special performance! Scholars also learned more about the university and why they should consider attending JSU.
17 days ago, Birmingham City Schools
