BSHS Youth Services Center

On Thursday, February 15, 2024 FCPS Family and Community Engagement is kicking off our College Awareness Program for middle and high school students and their families. The seven-week program will include the two learning tracks: Family Stories for middle school students and families and an ACT Prep course for high school students. February 15th is the mandatory program orientation and college resource fair for students and families.

All sessions are from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at Consolidated Baptist Church Andrew Center (in the rear of the building) at 1625 Russell Cave Road, Lexington, KY 40511. Meals and supplies will be provided for each session. Also, a few staff interpreters will be available on site for students and families upon request.

For more information, please visit the link:

https://www.fcps.net/leaders-support/departments-offices/family-community-engagement/college-awareness-program

Attention Bourbon, Lexington-Fayette, Harrison and Nicholas Counties residents!

Our LIHEAP Crisis program is accepting applications from January 9 to March 31, 2024, or until funds are depleted.

If your household’s income is up to and including 150% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, you could qualify for assistance with home heating emergencies, including Electric, Natural Gas, Propane, Coal, Wood, or Fuel Oil.

Our appointment scheduler is open now and can be accessed here: commaction.itfrontdesk.com or by calling 859-300-6960.

Assistance received during previous LIHEAP components does not affect household’s eligibility.

🎒 Join us for our next Family University (FAM U) session on 📅 January 9 from ⌚ 5:30-7 p.m. at 📍 The Andrew Center (1625 Russell Cave Rd).

Caregiver Sessions:
🔹 State Assessment: What do I need to know?
🔸 Families, Schools, and Communities for Student Success

Youth Academy Sessions:
🔹 What is Social Emotional Learning?
🔸 Embracing All of Me: Advocating for All of Your Identities

📚 Learn more and claim your spot at famu.fcps.net

Come out and support your DEFENDERS for Alumni Night against Scott County!
February 6, 2024

Grateful for our partnership with Rack Room Shoes in Hamburg! We have a cart full of new shoes for students in need. If you’re a Rack Room Shopper, please continue to donate to the “Shoes that Fit” Campaign. It really helps us out!

BrotherKeeper and SisterKeeper had their last meeting of the semester this week. We had two wonderful guest speakers who are local entrepreneurs and fitness gurus!

Damon Powell, owner of High Quality Training spoke to our BrotherKeeper’s about physical health and how it affects them mentally. Thank you for volunteering your time and leading and impactful session with our boys!

Ebony Cooper, owner of Fit & Fierce Studio spoke and lead our SisterKeeper’s in activities focusing on positive affirmations, letting go of things out of our control and self
love. Thank you for volunteering your time, imparting wisdom and sharing your heart with the girls!

Thank you BrotherKeeper and SisterKeeper mentors! This couldn’t happen without you!

We are having a great time and the students are benefiting greatly from monthly meetings, mentoring and volunteer activities.

Until next year… ✌🏽!

Donations are rolling in and I am crying tears of joy and appreciation! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Our families really need this and we appreciate the support!

If you would like purchase donations for our Defender Pantry please check out our Amazon Wish List:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/16U1VI75KF446/ref=hz_ls_biz_ex

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Good Afternoon!

Every year I make Winter Break Supplemental Food Bags for our BSHS Defender students and families. This year we have well over 100 families requesting food assistance.

I am reaching out for donations for new reusable shopping bags(see example below). They are easy to fill up, easy for the families to carry and make deliveries a breeze!

If you would like to donate, myself and our families would greatly appreciate it!

If your company has a box lying around, I WILL COME PICK THEM UP! If you want to mail them to me please send them to 201 Eastin Road, Attn: Whitney Young or BSHS YSC.

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My YSC heart is full today. BSHS BrotherKeeper and SisterKeeper had their first Mentoring Sessions today. Both groups discussed what helps define them as individuals and what they would like to work to improve. It’s was a great day in Defender Land. Thank you to all of our mentors for taking time out of the busy schedules to work with some brilliant students!

Hello Defender Families - here's more information regarding the district's 'Fam U' event on November 4 at Frederick Douglas 8am:

Fam U provides informational sessions for families and caregivers, enrichment activities for students of all ages, and district/community resources to help families stay engaged in their child’s education. We want to create a village that supports our students’ academic and social/emotional success in our schools and community.

Registration is open - see the attached picture for the registration link!

https://www.lexingtonky.gov/summer-youth-job-training-program

This year we’ve added a new mentoring group “BrotherKeeper”. We are really excited to see this program continue to grow. Today a few of our BrotherKeepers were invited to read to a few classes at Mary Todd Elementary. These young men did a fabulous job reading and interacting with the elementary students. They represented BSHS well and a couple are now interested in learning more about being an educator!

Last week we had our SisterKeeper and BrotherKeeper Informational for new interested students. We had a great turn out and we’re looking forward to meeting regularly. Don’t forget to turn in your parent permission forms by September 22nd to be enrolled in either group.

Yes we now have BROTHERKEEPER! Our young men are excited!

The Lexington Public Library will host college preparation events during the week of September 5-9, 2023. The target groups are middle school, high school, college students and adult learners. Checkout the Flyers with details in different languages.

Attention SENIORS!! Senior Picture days will be Aug. 30th-31st from 8:00AM - 2:00PM each day. Your appointment time will be sent to you by Aug. 23rd. Please check your student emails and parent emails for more information.

Join us this Saturday from 11:00 AM-3:00 PM at Masterson Station Park (3501 Leestown Road) for a SUPER afternoon of fun to kick off the new Head Start program year!

This event is family-friendly and open to the entire community!

BSHS SisterKeeper is a BSHS YSC sponsored group!

Today the Bryan Station High School SisterKeeper Mentoring Program was presented with one of the 2023 Golden Apple Awards!

With over 150 students enrolled in our program, it goes without saying that none of this would be possible without all of our BSHS staff mentors near and far. Thank you all for helping us continue to run this group! To our community partners that presented to our students during our “Phenomenal Woman Series” thank you for taking time to encourage and empower our students.

Today was a reminder of why we do what we do and we’re looking forward to the 23-24 school year.

Back To School Rallies Info!

Station Families! Save the date and attend the location closest to you! Total
Grace is near us!