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 ...

Birmingham City Schools is partnering with the Birmingham Museum of Art, Desert Island Supply Co. and the Fiesta Festival to present an opportunity for our scholars to have their ...

Tonight, the Birmingham Board of Education recognized the 2025-2026 cohort of the Aspiring Leaders Academy! Throughout the year, these educators committed themselves to growing a...

Barrett Elementary School officially opened an innovation lab made possible by a generous donation from the American Conference. The school, along with board members and district l...

Birmingham City Schools today announced its policy for free and reduced-price meals for children served in schools under the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast ...

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 results are in for the MyOn Reading Challenge! The competition awarded elementary students with the most logged reading hours outside of school, tracked by the myON platform,...

It’s March Madness in the college basketball world, but the first Cinderella story of the postseason centers on Barrett Elementary School. With the American Conference Men’s B...

Graduate students from the Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) held the Aspiring Medical Students White Coat Ceremony at Barrett Elementar...

Throughout the month, our Attendance Department wants to make sure you know why attendance matters as well as the policies and procedures for excused absences. Parents and famil...

We’re excited to share that Rooms, our new two-way communication platform, is officially live across in the Birmingham City Schools, AL app! Families will begin receiving messa...

The City of Birmingham, in partnership with the Penny Foundation Inc., is investing in student success by offering $43,000 in incentives to encourage families to have their studen...

Birmingham City Schools today announced its policy for free and reduced-price meals for children served in schools under the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast...

The first day of classes for the 2025-26 school year is August 7! This news post will serve as a back-to-school guide for all the things parents will need to do to be Ready Day On...

Ten parents and caregivers from six first-grade families at Barrett Elementary School graduated from a five-week pilot program of a family literacy academy that will become a mod...

The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) released its Annual Report Card for school districts and individual schools. The reports are based on several goals, and they als...

Today, third and fourth grade students at Barrett were excited to go outside and learn about agriculture with the help of the Jefferson County office of The Alabama Cooperative ex...

Birmingham City Schools today announced its policy for free and reduced-price meals for children served in schools under the National School Lunch Program and/or School Breakfast ...

They say it takes a village to raise a child. As the start of the 2024-25 school year approaches on August 5, community partners are doing their part to ensure scholars are prepar...

Birmingham City Schools hosted its annual June Tunes concert today at G.W. Carver High School. The concert featured scholars from as many as 17 BCS schools including Central Park ...