About our school
Bay County Public School Academy is a Michigan public school academy chartered through Bay Mills Community College and managed by Mosaica Education Inc. Bay County Public School Academy’s educational goal is to prepare students to be creative, intuitive, and analytical thinkers with a solid understanding of the history of ideas.
The Academy began operations in 2001-2002 and currently offers Preschool through sixth grade programs. We also have a special education program to serve the needs of students with special needs. Our staff also includes a full time music, art, and physical education teacher. We have recently started our band program for students in fifth and sixth grades. Our staff also includes two full time intervention teachers, one in math and one in reading, who provide additional instruction to students who may need extra help in those areas. We also employ one full time intervention paraprofessional who is highly trained in helping students who struggle in math and reading.
Bay County Academy features:
- Twelve (12) classroom teachers, one special education teacher,
a food service director, three special teachers (Art, Music,
and PE), two intervention teachers, and one highly trained paraprofessional. For more information
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The Classroom.
- An extended school
day
(seven and a half hours per day) and an extended school
year (185 school days.)
Longer
time on task will
result in improved achievement of our students.
- Art, Music and Physical
Education are offered
to all students.
- Uniforms for students.
- Everyday
Math, an aligned scien e curriculum, Open Court Reading, and Paragon our exclusive , hands on, integrated humanities program.
- Special Education resource room services in the building. Our local intermediate school district, Bay Arenac ISD, provides physical, occupational, and speech therapy, a school psychologist, and a school social worker.
- A full time counselor on-site.
- A brand new, state of the art wireless computer lab. All classrooms linked to the Internet via a T-1 line. Each classroom has computers for student use, and has computerized one-on-one tutoring.
- A safe and secure environment with security cameras in each room and in our school parking lots.
- Numerous opportunities for parents to become actively involved in the school community. For more information visit our PTO page.
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Curriculum
Bay County Academy offers a complete and rigorous curriculum featuring Everyday Math, Open Court Reading, an aligned science curriculum, Paragon, A+ integrated tutoring system, Music, Art, Physical Education, and Special Education. Speech therapy and psychological testing services are available through our local Intermediate School District. Most instructional strategies stress minds-on and hands-on activities with problem solving and independent thinking.
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Paragon
The Paragon curriculum is the cornerstone of Bay County Academy. The unique Paragon curriculum is predicated on the idea that we must impart to all children the content knowledge and academic skills that will provide them with the necessary intellectual capital to succeed in mainstream culture. Rather than teach history in bits and pieces in arbitrary sequence, Paragon’s fully integrated, chronological approach demonstrates to students how one idea builds on and evolves into another. The curriculum illustrates how sweeping cycles of conflict and resolution repeat themselves and leads students to understand how and why various world cultures have risen to power and prominence, only to be supplanted by new precedents set by others.
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School Day
SAMPLE DAILY STUDENT SCHEDULE
7:50 a.m. Students are picked up by their teacher and escorted to class.
8:00 a.m. Morning announcements then instruction begins
8:00-10:00 a.m. Open Court Reading and writing instruction
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Everyday Mathematics instruction
11:00-11:40 a.m. Lunch and recess
11:40-12:40 p.m. Science instruction
12:40-1:30 p.m. Specials (art, music, physical education)
1:30-3:00 p.m. Paragon
3:00-3:30 p.m. End of day wrap up
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School
Calendar
Bay City County Public School Academy will operate on a school calendar of 185 student days and 15 additional professional development days for teachers and related staff. The school year will begin after Labor Day, take the standard school holidays, and will close mid-June. The school day for students will be 7.5 hours per day. The regular school day will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m. Parents will be given advance notice of any changes to the calendar. For a detailed calendar list see our calendar page.
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Office Hours
School office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. We may be reached by phone at 684-6484. The school fax number is 684-6202. Mrs. Parrish, the school principal, may be contacted by email at jparrish@BayCountyPSA.org.
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Student Assessments
Bay County Academy students are assessed daily by their classroom teacher. Assessment is a vital part of learning and instruction. Students are also assessed regularly to help monitor their progress toward grade level goals. Assessments used include DIBLES, MLPP, STAR Reading, STAR Math, AIMSweb math, and various other assessments which provide teachers with the necessary data to make instructional decisions.
Bay County Academy students participate in all state mandated assessments such as the MEAP. The Iowa Test of Basic Skills is given once a year to all academy students. Student assessment and achievement plays an important part in evaluating academy teachers and administration.
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Special
Services
Bay County Public School Academy offers a complete special education program and must comply with all state and federal laws related to special education. Special education students will have an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) written for them annually. This plan must be implemented in a least restrictive environment. A special education parent handbook will be provided to all parents whose child participates in the program. Please contact the school social worker, the special education teacher or CAO for further information.
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Title 1 Services
Bay County Public School Academy offers Federal Title 1 services, which are designed to assist student who are struggling in reading, math, science and/or social studies. These federal funds are based on the percentage of free and reduced lunch count data. Title 1 funds are used to hire intervention teachers, instructional paraprofessionals, curriculum supplies, and professional development. The Academy has a Title I parent committee which allows parents to have input into how the Title I program is implemented and designed.
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TechNOLOGY PLAN
The purpose of the Mosaica Education Technology Plan is to provide a coherent long-range direction for the organization as it envisions how technology can enhance the teaching and learning process. The plan formalizes and documents how Mosaica Education and Mosaica managed schools will provide access to modern technology for instructional use and to support student achievement. The planning process included surveys, interviews, examination of school planning documents from across the country, staff development with specific technologies and their application in the school environment, and collected usage and trend data from the network environment. Based upon this comprehensive data, findings and recommendations are prepared.
Bay County PSA’s Technology Plan takes the basic structure of the Mosaica Education Plan and customizes it to meet the needs of staff, students, and parents at Bay County PSA.
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Testimonials
“BCPSA has been a positive learning and social experience for our children. We appreciate the hard-working dedicated staff & teachers.”
“I love this school. Teachers are awesome. I’m so glad my kids are able to fo here.”
— Dawn Weller parent of 2 students at the Academy Grades 3 & 5.
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