Happy National IT Professionals Day!
Huge thanks to West Tipton, Jacob Ingram, and Sean Rankin for keeping Bourbon County Schools connected, secure, and running smoothly every single day. From resolving surprise tech glitches to maintaining the behind-the-scenes infrastructure that powers our classrooms and offices, your hard work and expertise do not go unnoticed.
We truly appreciate everything you do to support our students, teachers, and staff!
Huge thanks to West Tipton, Jacob Ingram, and Sean Rankin for keeping Bourbon County Schools connected, secure, and running smoothly every single day. From resolving surprise tech glitches to maintaining the behind-the-scenes infrastructure that powers our classrooms and offices, your hard work and expertise do not go unnoticed.
We truly appreciate everything you do to support our students, teachers, and staff!
Congratulations to the Bourbon County Boys Soccer Team!
Ticket PUNCHED! Massive congratulations to the players and coaches on securing your spot in the 2A State Final 4!
Ticket PUNCHED! Massive congratulations to the players and coaches on securing your spot in the 2A State Final 4!
Next week is AG Education Week!
Tomorrow is High Attendance Day across Kentucky! Help your school win prizes for having the Highest Attendance!
WHAT A WEEK TO BE A COLONEL!
Bourbon County Schools kicked off the new school year in the best way possible — with our students and athletes shining bright across the board!
🏆 ATHLETICS
⚽ Boys & Girls Soccer — Region 6 2A CHAMPIONS!
🏐 Volleyball — Region 6 2A CHAMPIONS!
🏈 Football fought hard against one of the best teams in the state — proud of the effort and heart on that field!
🌾 FFA AT THE STATE FAIR
Our FFA members represented Bourbon County in a HUGE way this week:
🐄 Cattle
Macey Shelton — 1st, Maintainer Senior Calf
JJ Jackson — 3rd, Percentage Simmental class; Finalist, Division 3 Showmanship
Sadie Jackson — Showmanship Champion, Percentage Simmental Heifer Champion, Champion Purebred Simmental Bull
Luke Johnson — Grand Champion Piedmontese Bull & Grand Champion Piedmontese Female
Clara Fritsch — 1st, Early Senior Yearling Simmental
🐐 Goats
Lilly Terrell — Grand Champion Div. 8 Fitted Wether Dam Doe, Final Drive; 2nd in Breeding Sheep Showmanship
Walker Short — 5th Showmanship, 3rd Wether Class, 5th Doe Class
Case Crupper- 3rd Overall Division 2 Market Goat, Reserve Champion KY Proud Division 2 Market Goat, Reserve Champion Division 3 Market Goat
Cotton Crupper and Peyton Crupper were both 2nd in their novice market goat classes and Cotton was 2nd place in Novice Showmanship class
🐑 Sheep
Anslee Terrell — Grand Champion Dorset Advantage Ram, Grand Champion Suffolk Market Lamb, Grand Champion Suffolk Breeding Ewe, Grand Champion Open Pulled Dorset Ram, Reserve Champion Dorset Advantage Ram, 2nd in Showmanship, with TWO animals in the Final Drive!
Natalie Wade for 20th in showmanship and 4th in market.
Tristin Cloyd was 5th in showmanship and 5th in market.
🌸 Dairy & Floral
JJ Jackson — Top 12, Dairy Holding
Floral Team — 15th out of 75 teams statewide!
JW Wyles - 1st Place 12U Non-Smoked Ham
From the classroom to the court, the field to the show ring — Bourbon County students are proving every single day what it means to work hard and represent our community with pride.
Can’t make the trip to Woodford County to root on your Bourbon County Colonels as they take on the Yellowjackets tonight? We’ve got you covered!
Catch all the live action from anywhere on the Colonel Media Network.
Kickoff: 7:30 PM
Stream Link: https://youtube.com/@colonelmedianetwork?si=o0Z4q33UqWIQjKkV
Catch all the live action from anywhere on the Colonel Media Network.
Kickoff: 7:30 PM
Stream Link: https://youtube.com/@colonelmedianetwork?si=o0Z4q33UqWIQjKkV
The Bourbon County Lady Colonels take on the Mason County Royals tonight in an exciting matchup at Stonerside Field!
📅 Tonight
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍 Stonerside Field
📅 Tonight
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍 Stonerside Field
We are incredibly grateful to the Paris Police Department for their generous donation of a police cruiser to the Bourbon County Schools Police Department! This vehicle will play a vital role in helping our school resource officers keep our campuses, staff, and students safe every single day.
Community partnerships like this show what makes Paris and Bourbon County such a special place to live, learn, and grow.
A special thank you to the leaders who made this donation possible:
Chief Mark Burden & Assistant Chief Dewayne Ison (Paris Police Department)
City Manager Matt Belcher & Assistant City Manager Mike Withrow
City Commissioners: Stan Galbraith, Tim Gray, Wallace Brooks, and Sharon Fields
We also want to send a huge shoutout to Jason Brown at Bluegrass Greetings for providing the sharp new custom lettering on the cruiser. It looks fantastic out on the road!
Thank you all for your unwavering support of our schools, our officers, and our kids! 💙🚗 Safe schools take a whole community.
Community partnerships like this show what makes Paris and Bourbon County such a special place to live, learn, and grow.
A special thank you to the leaders who made this donation possible:
Chief Mark Burden & Assistant Chief Dewayne Ison (Paris Police Department)
City Manager Matt Belcher & Assistant City Manager Mike Withrow
City Commissioners: Stan Galbraith, Tim Gray, Wallace Brooks, and Sharon Fields
We also want to send a huge shoutout to Jason Brown at Bluegrass Greetings for providing the sharp new custom lettering on the cruiser. It looks fantastic out on the road!
Thank you all for your unwavering support of our schools, our officers, and our kids! 💙🚗 Safe schools take a whole community.
Congratulations to the winners of the final three $50 Walmart Gift Cards. We appreciate you completing the Online Registration and Meal Benefits in Parent Portal! If you haven't completed the online registration for your Bourbon County student, please login to Campus Parent today!
🎒 Virtual Learning Academy Open House 💻
Join us for the VLA Open House to get ready for the upcoming school year!
📅 Date: August 12, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 Location: BCMS Multipurpose Room
What to expect:
📱 Device Pick Up
👥 Meet Teachers
🗓️ Class Scheduling
📋 School Forms
ℹ️ Program Info
❓ Q&A
⚠️ Important: Attendance is mandatory to receive VLA student login information.
Join us for the VLA Open House to get ready for the upcoming school year!
📅 Date: August 12, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30–7:30 PM
📍 Location: BCMS Multipurpose Room
What to expect:
📱 Device Pick Up
👥 Meet Teachers
🗓️ Class Scheduling
📋 School Forms
ℹ️ Program Info
❓ Q&A
⚠️ Important: Attendance is mandatory to receive VLA student login information.
Keep up the great work, Bourbon County Families! Remeber- All students who have online registration and meal benefits complete inside Parent Portal by noon today will be entered to win one of three $50 Walmart Gift Cards! A huge thank you to our sponsors!
Here's your chance to win a $50 Walmart Gift Card!! All Students who have a completed Online Registration and Meal Benefits Application will be entered to win one of six $50 Walmart Gift Cards thanks to our generous sponsors!! To be entered in the first drawing, have both applications completed by Noon tomorrow (8/7)!
📢 IMPORTANT BOARD MEETING UPDATE 📢
Please take note of a schedule change for our upcoming August Board Meeting!
🗓️ Original Date: Thursday, August 20
➡️ NEW Date: Wednesday, August 19th (Special Called Meeting)
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM Eastern / 5:00 PM Central
https://portal.ksba.org/public/Agency.aspx?PublicAgencyID=17&AgencyTypeID=1
Please take note of a schedule change for our upcoming August Board Meeting!
🗓️ Original Date: Thursday, August 20
➡️ NEW Date: Wednesday, August 19th (Special Called Meeting)
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM Eastern / 5:00 PM Central
https://portal.ksba.org/public/Agency.aspx?PublicAgencyID=17&AgencyTypeID=1
Annual Update Progress! CRES is still in the lead! ALL families MUST complete the annual update before school starts! If you need assistance, please email parent.portal@bourbon.kyschools.us
Bourbon County Cross Country Practice Begins!
Bourbon County Cross Country practices will begin Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at Cane Ridge Elementary School from 6:30–7:30 PM.
Please bring:
• Running gear
• A water bottle
• An up-to-date sports physical
We are excited to kick off another season and can't wait to see everyone on Tuesday. We have a great group of athletes and are looking forward to an outstanding year together!
Coach Drew Perraut
Bourbon County Cross Country practices will begin Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at Cane Ridge Elementary School from 6:30–7:30 PM.
Please bring:
• Running gear
• A water bottle
• An up-to-date sports physical
We are excited to kick off another season and can't wait to see everyone on Tuesday. We have a great group of athletes and are looking forward to an outstanding year together!
Coach Drew Perraut
Bourbon County Schools invites all community members to attend tonight's Local Planning Committee (LPC) meeting from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM in the North Middletown Elementary School gymnasium.
This meeting is a dedicated opportunity for residents to share feedback and offer valuable input regarding the District Facilities Plan. We encourage everyone to join us and share their thoughts as we plan for the future of our school facilities.
Important Reminder: Tonight’s meeting is structured specifically for gathering community comments and input and is not a direct question-and-answer session with board members or district leadership.
Meeting Details:
* When: Tonight | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
* Where: North Middletown Elementary Gymnasium
* Focus: Community input on the District Facilities Plan
This meeting is a dedicated opportunity for residents to share feedback and offer valuable input regarding the District Facilities Plan. We encourage everyone to join us and share their thoughts as we plan for the future of our school facilities.
Important Reminder: Tonight’s meeting is structured specifically for gathering community comments and input and is not a direct question-and-answer session with board members or district leadership.
Meeting Details:
* When: Tonight | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
* Where: North Middletown Elementary Gymnasium
* Focus: Community input on the District Facilities Plan
Online Registration is well underway! Thank you to those who have completed their Annual Update in Parent Portal. CRES currently leads the way with 44.06% of their students updated! Our goal is to get to 100% completion by Friday, August 7th!
Due to incoming severe weather, all school activities, practices, and events at Bourbon County Schools are canceled after 2:00 PM today.
Bourbon County Schools will host the 3rd Local Planning Committee public forum on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. The meeting will take place in the Gymnasium at North Middletown Elementary School. The forum will last from 5:00-6:30PM. This will be the third of 3 public forums held in the community. The purpose of the meeting will be to hear public opinion related to Bourbon County Schools facilities. These comments will be shared with the Local Planning Committee to be included in the newest District Facility Plan. We look forward to hearing from you!
Stop by if you need assistance completing the annual update or enrolling a new student!
