Shoutout to BACC staff and students! Just walked through all of the programs and there are great things happening!

Congratulations to the newest HOSA State Officer, Brianna Barle!

Congratulations to our HOSA State Placers! Kimberli Rivera Tovar - 3rd Place: Healthy Living.

Congratulations to our HOSA State Placers! Matthew Arver - 2nd Place: Research Poster.

Check out these mini-hoods produced by the BACC Auto Body program...they look great! Nice job!

Shout out to Ryan Elementary students!! They were able to earn 2000 Lead by Example tickets which led to choosing a Viking Venture!' They chose to tape their principal, Mrs. Bucklin to the wall!!! GDTBABV!

A huge thank you to the Branch County Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council (YAC) for the personal hygiene kits and breakfast items for food insecurities donation for the students!

Early Education Spring Art Show! What a fabulous event!

The Waldron Center Playground!

BISD Secondary Teachers learning about Transition at our monthly PLC!

Good Luck to all the State HOSA participants this week in Traverse City!

Check out some of the awesome things happening at the BACC. Students Brennen Allman and Landon Bearden taught themselves how to program the FANUC robot in their free time!

Congratulations to our SkillsUSA State Placers! Grayson Laney - 2nd Place: Extemporaneous Speech

Congratulations to our SkillsUSA State Placers! Kyle Litwiller - 3rd Place: Industrial Motor Controls

Congratulations to our SkillsUSA State Placers! Wesley Collins - 1st Place: Industrial Motor Controls Good Luck at Nationals!

Congratulations to our SkillsUSA State Placers! Kynnedy Agar - 1st Place: Residential Wiring Good Luck at Nationals!

The Waldron Center Playground is getting closer to completion.

Logan Foster is a home schooled senior enrolled in the Business, Management, Marketing & Technology program at the Branch Area Careers Center. Logan is employed through the On-The-Job Training program at the City of Coldwater as a Marketing Intern. His supervisor is Abbey Hoffman. His job duties include managing social media, creating SM graphics, event promotion and advertisement, and writing press releases. Logan feels his OJT placement has given him more knowledge about business and marketing along with showing him what it is like to work in a real world business. Logan feels the best parts of his OJT training are the people he works with, earning money, and having fun while working hard. Logan is a two-year member of Business Professionals of America (BPA) at the BACC. Last year, Logan competed at the BPA Regional and State Levels in Digital Media Production. This year, he competed again at the BPA Regional and State Leadership Conferences. In the Young Moguls event, Logan created a successful business called “Videos Made Perfect”. His plan after graduation is to pursue a career in entertainment. In his spare time, Logan enjoys gaming, playing volleyball and ping pong, video editing, video creation, playing guitar and making music. Logan is the son of Joan Foster and Drew Foster.

United Way, Power of the Purse, honored 10 influential women this year, celebrating 10 years of Power of the Purse. Amy Galliers, Great Start Collaborative Director, was one of those honored women. Branch ISD staff there to support her were Jan Storrs, Kris Jenkins and Laura Flores. Congratulations Amy!

New Playground coming soon to the Waldron Learning Center!