Birmingham City Schools welcomed author, activist, athlete, entrepreneur and Lumi founder Colin Kaepernick today for a special Lumi Student Showcase celebrating the creativity, r...

Summer lunch distribution will be available at all schools for dine-in only but will be closed on Fridays (except Martha Gaskins, as noted below). Likewise, Housing Authority o...

The Strategy and Communications Department of Birmingham City Schools (known colloquially as BCS Media) has earned three School Communication Awards for Publications and Digita...

Hundreds of Birmingham City Schools educators will come together on June 8, 2026, for a districtwide professional development day focused on preparing teachers to use artificial ...

Birmingham City Schools has announced the launch of Stopfinder, a secure, easytouse parent/guardian app designed to provide families with real-time access to their child’s school ...

Sensational Summer Learning starts June 15! In this episode, Chief Academic Officer Dr. Pamela Williams, Woodlawn High School Principal Rameka Davis and Robinson Elementary Princ...

A custodian at Martha Gaskins Elementary School, Zora Harris is the “mama” of the building. She gets to work at 6 a.m. daily to make sure the facilities are clean for the arriva...

After Jazz Fest last year, musician John Williams donated instruments, mouthpieces, and reeds to scholars at Putnam Middle School and W.J. Christian. Williams recently checked-i...

U.S. Army Master Sergeant Tobias Jackson surprised his son, Branden Jackson of Huffman High School, by taking morale leave from his deployment in Okinawa to return to Birmingham f...

For the third consecutive year, Martha Gaskins Elementary School is the top UNCF fundraiser among Birmingham City Schools with more than $10,000 over the span. The organization t...

Birmingham City Schools held its Seal of Biliteracy Awards Ceremony today at the Lincoln Professional Development Center to celebrate 36 outstanding scholars from across the dist...

Birmingham’s young readers took center stage as John Herbert Phillips Academy hosted a citywide Page Pals Literacy Rally celebrating student achievement in the MyON Reading Challe...

The Wenonah Dragons celebrated their AHSAA 5A Boys Basketball State Championship today with a parade through downtown Birmingham!

National mental wellness organization ThriveWay announced today that Hemphill Elementary School is the Overall Winner of its 2025–2026 Acts of Service Contest, awarding the school...

Today, the Rotary Club of Birmingham (RCB) announced the recipients of the 2026 Rotary Club of Birmingham Foundation Jim Hughey, Jr. Scholarship . The scholarship was commem...

Each month, the Birmingham Board of Education recognizes the employees who go above and beyond the call of duty to make the district a better place, even when no one is looking. ...

Wenonah Dragons boys basketball star Brendan Davis sat down with BCS Media's Jaylen Holloway to talk about the team's state championship win, post-season accolades, and more!

As an ARI Reading Coach at EPIC Alternative Elementary School, Candis Preer is inspired to help young scholars attain their reading goals.

Birmingham City Council President Pro Tem LaTonya A. Tate revealed today that P.D. Jackson-Olin High School has been allocated $6,500 through this year's Discretionary Funding Ini...

Woodlawn placed first in the North Watershed Zone in the Litter Quitters Video Competition , with Woodlawn and Wenonah finishing second in their respective divisions. Winners ...