Bondurant Middle School

8th grade Gifted and Talented students at Bondurant and Elkhorn Middle Schools learned about The Gatton Academy of Math and Science today and the opportunities available during high school. Thank you, FCS GT Teacher Ms. Giles, for coordinating this! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Franklin County Community, It's hard to believe we're already here, but it's time to prepare for the 2025-2026 school year. Online Registration is NOW OPEN! Don't hesitate – register your child today. OLR Hub: https://sites.google.com/franklin.kyschools.us/olr/home Need to reset your parent/guardian password or have questions? No worries! Email Carolyn Jones at Carolyn.Jones@franklin.kyschools.us. While it's bittersweet to see the 2024-2025 school year wind down, we are excited for the next school year! Thank you, FCS! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

This is National Assistant Principals Week! We want to celebrate our incredible Assistant Principals and Dean team! 🎉 These dedicated leaders work tirelessly to support our students, staff, and school community. Their commitment to excellence and their unwavering support help create a positive and nurturing environment where everyone can thrive. They ensure that everything runs smoothly and that every student has the opportunity to succeed. Let's show our appreciation for these amazing individuals who make a difference every day. Share your favorite AP or Dean below and let them know how much they mean to you! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Dear Franklin County Families, April 7th — April 11th is Franklin County Schools’ Spring Break. School is not in session. The flood waters are at a historic high, all of our buildings will be closed April 7th through April 9th. All After School Programs (ASPs) are closed until at least April 9th All activities and events from April 6th- April 9th are canceled Flood Assistance Resources for Families Due to recent flooding, some families may be displaced. For housing or emergency resources, contact your school’s FRYSC Coordinator or the Frankfort City Police at 502-821-9318. #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

FCS Community, please see the message below from our School Safety Coordinator, Captain Abrams. "We are hearing rumors that some social media posts are falsely reporting that some FCS Schools are in lockdown. This is False. All schools are operating normally and there are no lockdowns in the district. " #OneTeamFCS

As April quickly approaches, we find ourselves on the brink of another graduation season, filled with a mix of emotions for our school community. 🎓 The Academy High School - May 21st @ 10 am - KSU's Bradford Auditorium 🎓 William Cofield High School - May 22nd @ 1 pm - KSU's Bradford Auditorium 🎓 Western Hills High School - May 24th @ 10 am - WHHS Football Field 🎓 Franklin County High School - May 24th @ 6 pm - FCHS Football Field Class of 2025, as you move forward, remember that you carry with you the support and encouragement of the entire FCS community. We will continue to cheer you on as you pursue your dreams and goals. #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Our Student Voice Committee (SVC) met after school on Monday! The students are working on some really cool projects that we know will make a large impact on our district for years to come. We cannot wait to share their creations with you once they're all finished! The SVC is led by Director of Federal Programs, Cassandra Adams. Haleigh Huff, Wolverine Science Teacher and Becky Giles, FCS GT teacher, are a huge support for the committee! Our district's Director of Technology, Stella Pollard, also joined to talk about websites, technology, and to check out their work! We are amazed! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Please join us in congratulating Mrs. Anita Tope, our Staff Champion of the Month! She was nominated for her outstanding contributions to WHHS, where she teaches science. Mrs. Tope's dedication to her students and her innovative teaching methods have made a significant impact on the academic success and enthusiasm for science at WHHS. In addition to her exceptional work at WHHS, Mrs. Tope recently led the BMS Science Olympiads to a successful regional competition. Her leadership and commitment to excellence have not only brought recognition to our school but have also inspired students to pursue their interests in science with passion and determination. Mrs. Tope's contributions are truly invaluable. She goes above and beyond to support her students, colleagues, and the entire school community. Her hard work, dedication, and positive attitude make her an exemplary role model for everyone at WHHS. Congratulations, Mrs. Tope! It's an honor to celebrate you! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Celebrating Bondurant Middle School's STLP State Qualifiers! We are thrilled to announce the incredible achievements of our Bondurant Middle School students who have qualified for the 2025 Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) State Championship! These talented individuals have demonstrated exceptional skills and creativity, making us extremely proud. Minecraft Team Our Minecraft group has been invited to compete at the state level, showcasing their innovative and collaborative efforts. Book Cover Category Saanvi Kasala Infographic Category Aishwarya Lingampeta Event Details The 2025 STLP State Championship will be held on April 23, 2025, at the Central Bank Center/Rupp Arena located at 420 W. Vine Street, Lexington, KY. This event will be a fantastic opportunity for our students to demonstrate their talents and creativity. Let's cheer on our Minecraft team, Saanvi, and Aishwarya as they represent Bondurant Middle School with pride and excellence. We wish them the best of luck in their competitions!

Bondurant Middle School students made an impressive debut at the Regional Science Olympiad Tournament, held at Bluegrass Community and Technical College in Lexington on March 1st. Competing for the first time, they surprised many veteran teams with their outstanding performance. The students secured top positions in multiple events, outperforming participants from eight other middle schools. Anatomy and Physiology 1st Prize: Tanav Gudapati, Meera Patel Code Busters 1st Prize: Tanav Gudapati, Connor McCoin, Vishal Paluri Crime Busters 1st Prize: Tanav Gudapati, Saanvi Kasala Disease Detectives 1st Prize: Aishwarya Lingampeta, Saanvi Kasala Dynamic Planet 1st Prize: Aishwarya Lingampeta Ecology 2nd Prize: Tanav Gudapati, Aishwarya Lingampeta Metric Mastery 1st Prize: Tanav Gudapati, Meera Patel Microbe Mission 1st Prize: Aishwarya Lingampeta, Meera Patel Potions and Poisons 1st Prize: Saanvi Kasala, Meera Patel Scrambler 3rd Prize: Vishal Paluri, Ayaan Shaik These students will now advance to the Kentucky State Science Olympiad Tournament, which will be held at the University of Kentucky on April 5, 2025. Robbie Roberts, the BMS academic coach, added, "This was an event some of the team parents wanted their children to participate in, and Mrs. Tope stepped up and agreed to be their coach for these events and share her knowledge, expertise, and time. Thank you, Mrs. Tope, for helping to expand their academic competition opportunities!" Congratulations to all the students for their remarkable achievements! 🎉 We are so proud of our Braves and Mrs. Tope! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Our Spring screening dates for the 2025-2026 school year are April 25th, May 9th, and May 20th, 2025. Once the screening is complete, families are informed if their child is eligible to receive interventions in an area of concern or if the family is eligible based on household income, pending income verification. You can schedule an appointment using this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiw9G76A5xWHJBZbnnNflU2ekZNuODNWvJXR-hRMreUjyZQA/viewform If you are the parent or guardian of a 3 or 4-year-old child that you believe could be at risk for educational failure, please schedule a screening using this form. Please email Stephanie Emberton or call 502-695-6700 for questions. #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Franklin County School Community, The State Journal published a fantastic article today about our school calendar! We appreciate their efforts in keeping our community informed. There was a small typo in the article, so here’s a friendly reminder: 🔔 March 14th, 2025 is an FCS District Staff Day with no student attendance. 🔔 March 17th, 2025 our schools will be open and in session as a make-up day.

Franklin County Schools will have NTI Day #8 tomorrow, Thursday, February 20, 2025. ASP’s will be open. Stay safe! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

It's National FFA Week! We're incredibly proud of our agriculture clubs and all they achieve. 🌾🚜 Please help us celebrate our FFA programs! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Please help us congratulate BMS 8th grader, Ayaan Shaik, for earning a spot at the upcoming state FPS competition. See the message below from BMS Academic Coach, Robbie Roberts: Ayaan Shaik (8th grade) recently competed in an FPS event called Scenario Performance. In this event, students get to choose one of the FPS topics from this season's list of topics, and then write and perform a 5 minute video. Ayaan chose the topic of Rising Sea Levels, and his video was titled "Meteorology Holocaster". We're proud to announce that we received word that Ayaan has placed in the top 2 students in the entire state of Kentucky, and his exact finish will be announced at the State Finals awards ceremony on March 17th at the Galt House in Louisville. The top 3 students in Scenario Performance from Kentucky will move on to the International FPS Competition which will be held this summer at Indiana University in Bloomington. Congratulations to Ayaan for an outstanding job! Other students who competed in Scenario Performance for Bondurant are: Meera Patel Nakshatra Vemula Arshia Shaik (Collins Lane 5th grader) I want to give a special shout out to coach Tammy Baker, who has done an amazing job growing our FPS program. FPS is an internationally recognized program, and Kentucky is recognized as the world leader in this prestigious competition. Click here to learn more: https://kaac.com/future-problem-solving/ Thank you, Coach Roberts and Coach Baker! Congratulations Ayaan! #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

Please help us congratulate our Bondurant Braves for a very successful weekend at the Region 10 Governor's Cup Championships this past weekend. Here's the message Coach Robbie Roberts shared with us: Bondurant captured the overall Region 10 Gov's Cup Championship this past Saturday as the host school for the competition. Region 10 includes 20 different middle schools in Franklin, Anderson, Woodford, Boyle, Mercer, Garrard, Jessamine, and Washington counties. The overall regional championship was the 7th out of the last 8 years for the Braves. In quick recall, BMS opened the day with a 37-5 win over North Washington. In the second round, the Braves defeated Boyle Co. by a score of 36-16, setting up a semifinals match with league rivals Woodford County. After falling behind by 7 points in the second half, BMS chipped away and pulled out a 32-29 victory that came down to the last 2 minutes of a high level match. The championship match was a rematch with Woodford, and in another thriller Bondurant pulled out a 31-27 victory to advance to the Gov's Cup State Finals. Members of the regional champion BMS quick recall team are: Aishwarya Lingampeta Tanav Gudapati Charlie Ross Meera Patel Harlow Stapleton Ayaan Shaik Vishal Paluri Campbell Goins Lilly Zeurcher Saanvi Kasala Nathan Bayes Alaric Martin Amity Bennett In the other team event, the BMS Future Problem Solving team finished 3rd to earn points towards the overall championship. In one of the toughest FPS regions in the state, BMS barely missed moving on to state competition. We're very proud of the FPS team coached by Tammy Baker, who will have multiple students moving on to state in individual competition. She's also done an outstanding job of coaching the Jr. Division FPS team to a 12th place finish in the state already this season. The future of FPS is very bright (no pun intended)! Members of the BMS FPS team are: Ayaan Shaik Meera Patel Nakshatra Vemula Alaric Martin In individual testing, the following students finished in the top 6 in the region to move on to State Gov's Cup: Math 1st place---Tanav Gudapati (top 10 score in the state) 3rd place---Aishwarya Lingampeta 5th place---Vishal Paluri Science 1st place (tie)---Aishwarya Lingampeta & Tanav Gudapati (top 10 scores in the state) 3rd place---Meera Patel (top 10 score in the state) Social Studies 2nd place--Campbell Goins Language Arts 3rd place---Vishal Paluri 4th place---Charlie Ross 5th place---Lilly Zeurcher Arts & Humanities 1st place---Charlie Ross 4th place---Harlow Stapleton Written Composition 2nd place---Harlow Stapleton 5th place---Saanvi Kasala When all point totals were tallied, Bondurant took home the overall Region 10 Championship with 54 total points, with Woodford Co. coming in 2nd with 34 points. I want to commend all of the students on the team for doing an outstanding job, with many battling illnesses over the course of the last week. Regional competition is a long, mentally draining day, but the Braves showed toughness and resolve to take home their 7th Regional Championship trophy in the last 8 years. I also want to take a moment to thank all of our volunteer officials throughout the day. One of my proudest moments as a coach is when I see all of the love and support from parents, teachers, and former BMS players who give their time and efforts to continue the tradition of excellence that is the Bondurant academic team. Those volunteers include: Susan Riddell---contest manager, who ran the competition all week and spent countless hours making the event run smoothly Tammy Baker---hosting multiple hours of Google Meets for FPS and composition graders Mark Overstreet---Chief Official John Bennett---Head Scorer Adam Johnson---moderator for quick recall matches Malleshwar Suresh, Ethan Applegate, Aziz Smaoui, Nathan Carpenter, Nico Harmon---quick recall buzzer operators and spotters Ethan & Lukas Benassi, Ritvika Kalavagunta---concession stand Carli Ingram---written composition grader Stella Pollard, Mitchell Letulle, Erin Ford & the entire FCS IT department---setting up guest wifi for all of the students to test over the week and answering my numerous tech questions to help make the competition run so smoothly Scott Rushing & Jordan Semones---volunteering time to come and help me work with the kids in math and social studies to prep for Gov's Cup and Mathcounts ...and last but certainly not least, a huge thank you to all of the parents who made the hospitality room and concession stand run so smoothly, made delicious food for the coaches and officials, volunteered as proctors, donated time and money and supplies, and for being willing to do anything I asked to make the competition possible for all of these amazing students. If I try to list everyone I will surely leave people out, so please know that I truly appreciate every single one of you for everything you do for the BMS academic team! Thank you, Coach Roberts, and congratulations Braves!

The Capital Flyer Archery Tournament was held this weekend at FCHS. High School Team Achievements: 🏹WHHS came in 1st place. 🏹FCHS came in 3rd place. Middle School Team Achievements: 🏹Bondurant (BMS) 2nd Place 🏹Elkhorn (EMS) 3rd Place Elementary Team Achievements: 🏹Westridge (WRE) 1st Place 🏹 Peaks Mill (PME) 2nd Place 🏹Collins Lane (CLE) 3rd Place 🏹Elkhorn Elementary (EES) 5th Place 🏹Hearn (HES) 6th Place Individual Achievements: 🏹Angelica Benavides (FCHS) shot her personal best of 292 and secured 1st place overall. 🏹Eliza Pierce (EMS) shot her personal best of 290 and achieved 2nd place overall. 🏹Jayden Purvis (FCHS) shot his best at 287. 🏹Eli Carrier (WHHS) also shot 287. Both boys tied for 2nd place overall in the boys' division. 🏹Triston Whitehead (PME) shot 271, his personal best, securing him first in the elementary division. 🏹Caroline Simpson (CLE) shot 257, her personal best, securing 2nd place overall in the elementary division. 🏹Kelci Kirkpatrick (BPE) shot 252, her personal best, securing 4th place overall in the elementary division. 🏹Ngun Iang (WRE) shot 249, also her personal best, securing 6th place overall in the elementary division. 📸 Picture Credits: Kellynn Thompson + Our School archery pages! #FCSyes | #OneTeamFCS Congratulations to all of our archers!

2/15/2025 Happy National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day! Today, we celebrate and honor the incredible School Resource Officers (SROs) who work tirelessly to keep our schools safe and foster positive relationships within our communities. Their dedication, bravery, and commitment to our students and staff make a significant difference every day. Let's take a moment to thank our SROs for their hard work and unwavering support. Your efforts do not go unnoticed, and we are truly grateful for everything you do. #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

2.14.2025 Superintendent Mark Kopp had the opportunity to meet with Congressman James Comer today. The meeting, hosted by the Kentucky Association of School Administrators (KASA) in Frankfort, brought together many of our area's superintendents. They engaged in discussions about current legislative actions and funding for public schools, advocating for the needs of our educational institutions. We extend our gratitude to Congressman Comer for his continued support of public education. #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS

🎙️ New Podcast Episode Alert! 🎙️ Ever wondered how young leaders balance school, entrepreneurship, and community service? Meet Elle Bevington and Stephen Lemon, our star student board members from Franklin County High School and Western Hills High School! ✨ Elle Bevington: Senior, class president, and entrepreneur running her own gift shop, Neat Down South. From an empty corner of her parents’ dealership to a bustling shop full of school spirit wear and last-minute treasures! 🍴 Stephen Lemon: Junior, dual-enrollment student, and culinary enthusiast sharing his adventures on YouTube as Chef Lemonhead. Tune in to hear about his favorite steak sandwich and how his channel fuels his passion for cooking! Join us for a lively chat where they reveal their secrets to juggling it all and making a real impact in their schools. From student leadership and entrepreneurial endeavors to personal growth, this episode promises a hearty serving of inspiration straight from the lives of two of Franklin County's brightest young minds. 🎧 Listen now and get inspired by how they're bridging the gap between students and the Board of Education, ensuring every student voice is heard! Listen on Buzz Sprout or on your favorite podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2230503/episodes/16598738-empowering-student-voices-with-elle-bevington-and-stephen-lemon #FCSYes | #OneTeamFCS