Blackford County Schools

More scenes from the BPSD Christmas Program. Thank you to Ms. Erika Miller for all her efforts! We appreciate you!
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Happy Christmas from BCS Assistant Superintendent Lesley Moulton, who made it a point to read to all of our elementary students for the holidays! Thank you, Mrs. Moulton!
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Merry Christmas to all from Blackford County Schools!

Scenes from a Santa Shop! Our Pre-K students at BPS recently participated in the Santa Shop with the assistance of Hartford City Police Chief and part-time Santa Cody Crouse.
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Merry Grinchmas from our BPS 2nd graders!
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Here are more scenes from the BIS production of "A Crazy Christmas!" Thank you to Ms. Crouse for all her work on this great holiday program! Merry Christmas!
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Look at the concentration on the faces of our Cubs as they played their instruments during the BPS Christmas Program! They are focused!
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The BPS PTO Santa Shop was a big success! All students were able to get a gift for another student in their class. Thank you to PTO, parents, guardians and Mrs. Keli Penrod for making this event possible!
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A big thank you to our own BCS bus driver "Santa" Ted Cain for making the bus ride ho ho home fun for his students this holiday season! We appreciate you, Ted!

It's been a busy and fun week at Blackford County Schools! There have been concerts, programs, parties, cereal deliveries and even a visit from the Jolly Elf himself! Thank you to everyone who has done anything to make the holidays brighter for our students! We appreciate you! Merry Christmas!

BCS Superintendent Chad Yencer, was joined by daughters (l-r) Jadyn and Jessica to help spread holiday cheer. Mr. Yencer and his daughters have made it an annual tradition to visit every elementary classroom across the district and hand out candy canes to our students! 🎄

For the past several weeks, 11th-grade students in Mrs. Monica Myers' ELA class at BJSHS have been reading the bestselling book "Let Them" by Mel Robbins. The Let Them Theory, a mindset tool teaching you to stop wasting energy trying to control others' opinions or behavior, and instead focus on your own life, goals, and happiness by simply saying "Let Them" to release stress and regain personal power. It's about creating boundaries, accepting what you can't change, and redirecting energy to what you can control (you), fostering peace and better relationships. A lot of great discussions have taken place inside these classroom walls. Let Them be BRUNIS!

Photo: Junior, Maddy Cagle

Blackford County, there are angels amongst us.
If you or your organization helped with the BCS cereal distribution project- thank you!
To our own BCS staffers, Candace Fox and Denise Rogers, thank you for all your work!
Nurse Fox shared some facts about the donations:
2600 boxes of cereal were donated for distribution to the students enrolled; every student will bring home 2 boxes for Christmas break.
3M donated 67 boxes.
Lighthouse Church donated 281 boxes
Hartford City Wesleyan Church donated 100 boxes
Glad Tidings Church donated an estimated 100 boxes
Community Food Bank (in memory of Mel Sicks and in combination with an anonymous donor) donated 1800 boxes
An anonymous donor donated milk for several of the upper grades that have identified a need.
Thank you ALL for your kindness! We ARE BruinProud!

BCS will operate on a 2 hour delay Monday 12/15/25. Be Safe Bruins.

BCS will operate on a 2 hour delay Monday 12/15/25. Be Safe Bruins.

Santa and Mrs. Claus were spreading cheer with their very own BJSHS HOSA helpers during The Waters of Hartford City's Christmas Parade!
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It's time to thaw your genius skills, melt away boredom, and SPARK your imagination with Camp Invention 2026. Superheroes, forensics, animal science, and space exploration will all be a part of the coolest summer yet. Mark your calendars for June 8-12, 2026. Registration information to come later!