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Thirty-one Burnet High School art students recently competed in the Region XIII VASE (Visual Arts Scholastic Event). The artwork is judged against all schools in Region XIII, no matter the size or enrollment. Burnet High School had 28 students whose artwork won at the District level.
Three BHS students won Regionals which qualifies their artwork for State competition. The State qualifiers were in the top 7% of the 1,600 art pieces competing. Congratulations to all of these talented artists and best of luck to the three State qualifiers Rustyn Drake, Martin Palacios, and Rayne Trombley.

Please be aware that we are in that time of year again and have seen an increase in STREP THROAT activity throughout the school district.

STREP THROAT SYMPTOMS ARE:
-Sudden-onset of sore throat
-Painful swallowing
-Fever

January is School Board Recognition Month and this year's them is "All-Star Team". The BCISD Board of Trustees and their families were treated to a wonderful Mexican Food Buffet before the January 16th Board meeting and the trustees were also presented with a BCISD/Bulldog polo and a personalized Sports Illustrated Magazine Cover.

Burnet CISD is one of 433 school districts in the United States and Canada and one of 22 school districts in Texas being honored by the College Board with placement on the 7th Annual AP® District Honor Roll for increasing access to Advanced Placement (AP) course work while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams.

Typically, Burnet CISD approves and publishes the school calendar for the following year in February. Because the District is seeking flexibility from the State concerning rules that apply to the first day of school, the 2017-2018 school calendar won’t be approved and published until March. Click to read more.

Winning $50,000 for being named the 2015 HEB Excellence in Education Small School District- Outstanding! Giving it all back to classroom teachers- Priceless!

The Burnet County Historical Commission and Burnet CISD dedicated an official Texas Historical Marker for the Red Brick Building on November 12, 2016.

Burnet Middle School was recently notified that it had been selected as a SpringBoard English Language Arts National Demonstration School for the 2016-2018 school years. As a National Demonstration School, Burnet Middle School will serve as a model site for schools throughout the country implementing SpringBoard.

The Burnet CISD School Board Trustee Election will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2017. Two places will be on the ballot this year: Place 3 – currently held by Craig Barefoot and Place 7 – currently held by Charles Williams after being appointed by the Board to fill Jim Luther, Jr.’s unexpired term. These are three-year terms. Click on the headline above to read more...