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Barrow County School System News

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If your child is a current Kindergarten student for the 2025-26 school year, you have the option to submit a transfer request for another BCSS school. The window will close at midnight on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.

Day of Prevailing Love

Thank you for supporting our students, staff, and families during our most difficult days and as we continue to heal. On September 4, 2025, and every day, we remain committed to focusing on the needs of our students and staff. As Sheriff Jud Smith said, we believe that together, "Love will prevail."

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Barrow County School System has started the process to plan the Academic Calendars for ...

Day of Prevailing Love

September 4, 2024, is a day we will never forget. It changed our school, our families, ...

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BCSS Family, As we pause today to reflect on all that we have endured over the past ...

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BCSS Family,  We need your help, please. Over the weekend, Barrow County Sherif...

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Through ParentGuidance.org free Mental Health and well-being sessions, our families will find videos, webinars, and live virtual sessions with a licensed family therapist. More information through this link.

Learn how we're using Remind to connect teachers & families.

Remind Communication Tool

August 28, 2025

Learn how we're using Remind to connect teachers & families.

Safety Training

Barrow County first responders and multiple law enforcement agencies will participate in a multi-agency functional training exercise at Holsenbeck Elementary School during the Teacher Planning Day on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025.

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Out of 400 high school football teams in the state of Georgia, our Wildcats have been named Georgia High School Football (GHSF) Daily's state Team of the Week.

Taylor Vandiver - 2025 GaETC Rising Star Educator

Congratulations to Mrs. Taylor Vandiver! She has been named a 2025 Georgia Education Te...

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Academic Lettering Program

August 19, 2025

Similar to lettering in sports, students can now letter in academics! Learn more about the Academic Letter Awards program.

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BCSS Family, Thank you for your continued partnership, support, and encouragement fo...

Mary Frempong - Tar Wars State 2nd Place

Congratulations to Mary Frempong from the Arts & Innovation Magnet Program for earn...

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Safety & HB268 Update

August 6, 2025

The Barrow County School System is continuing to work to enhance and refine school safety and comply with new and existing state laws.

Tactical Training

Some of our Board of Education members wanted to better understand how our School Resource Officers train to ensure they are ready to respond.

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Open House Photos

July 30, 2025

See our Open House photo album on Facebook!

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The July 24th Barrow County School System (BCSS) Board of Education Meeting ended with ...

2024-25 John Hancock Schools

The Georgia Department of Education has recognized five Barrow County schools as 2024-2...

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Open House Schedule

July 9, 2025

Be ready for #backtoBOLD! Click for Open House information.

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School Supply Lists

July 9, 2025

See school supply lists for the upcoming year.

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Thanks to the generosity of several churches, businesses, organizations, and community ...

Back to school 5k run

Join us for the Back-to-School 5K Race - Saturday, August 9! The Back-to-School 5K b...

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Complete our School Benefit Application to see if your student qualifies!

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