Begin: 8:00 a.m.
Dismissal: 3:08 p.m.

Mascot: Bruins
Colors: Red, White, and Black
Students: 750
Founded: 1970
Principal: Mr. Jason Ridge
Assistant Principal: Mrs. Karen Mealy
Associate Principal: Mrs. Kelli Ruble

About Blackford Junior-Senior High School

Believe in the Bruins! Since opening our doors in 1970, hundreds of students and faculty have walked through these halls contributing to a legacy of excellence. We are proud to carry on the traditions and uphold the standards that shaped the community we are today. Bruins truly are something to believe in.

Empowering students to maximize their potential.

CONNECT 

At BCS, we believe in the power of relationships. As the saying goes, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Our staff members teach more than content and curriculum, they teach students – unique individuals with their own histories, personalities, strengths, challenges, and futures. We aspire to lead with care, compassion, acceptance, and humility. We respect our students and stakeholders, and we are committed to interacting in ways that foster respectful and trusting relationships among all who are a part of the BCS family. Because of our connections with and care for each other, we will work hard, struggle, have fun, celebrate, and inevitably succeed together. 

INFLUENCE

Our faculty and staff members aren’t just employees, they are leaders of young people charged with positively influencing the lives of their students and one another. Likewise, we expect our students to serve as positive influences in the lives of their peers, their schools and community, and in the lives of the adults, they work with each day. We prioritize collaboration, cooperation, and commitment over control, coercion, or compliance. We value teamwork, effective communication, supporting each other, and a general culture of care. We realize students and staff have unique gifts and talents, and we believe ALL can contribute to their worlds in meaningful and positive ways.  

ACHIEVE

Through meaningful relationships, creative leadership, and real-world opportunities for growth and achievement, we aspire to challenge, encourage, and motivate our students to pursue their individual and collective potential. Whether it’s in the classroom, on the athletic field, or in performance-related activities, we believe in the importance of accountability. We commit to holding students and ourselves to high standards when it comes to work ethic, behavior, discipline, perseverance, and growth and achievement. We understand that worthwhile accomplishments rarely come easily, and we believe that BCS students (as well as faculty and staff members) can and should achieve at levels equal to or above that of other schools or corporations. By focusing on the daily habits and behaviors that result in high levels of achievement and by embracing the concepts of “do today well”, growth mindset, and giving one’s personal best, we believe that BCS students will be prepared to maximize their present and future success.     

Effective Policies and Procedures

We recognize that for our corporation to operate safely, effectively, and efficiently, members of the BCS community must abide by thoughtfully crafted, systemic, and common-sense policies and procedures. With the “pursuit of what’s best” for our students, staff members, and stakeholders in mind and to ensure compliance to applicable laws and mandates, members of the BCS community must observe certain policies, protocols, and procedures as established by the state of Indiana, the IDOE, the BCS board of trustees, the BCS superintendent, and building level administration.