Awards and Distinctions

Four National Merit Finalists
1,665 High school students honored during Accent of Academics Week, including 612 students with a 4.0 grade point average or higher. A total of 172 senior students had a cumulative GPA of 4.0 for their entire high school career
1,729 Middle school students earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher
Four students selected for Missouri Scholars 100, placing them among the top 100 students in the state
Blue Springs South High School students Matthew Clark and Anna Kochman earned perfect scores of 36 on their ACT, the first in school history
Madelyn Padget, BSSHS junior, wins KC SuperStar and earns a $10,000 scholarship
Blue Springs High School senior Sam Aubuchon wins the prestigious Blue Star Award from the Starlight Theatre
BSSHS senior Hayden Kolster selected for the USAF Chief of Staff Private Pilot Scholarship to receive his pilot’s license
Samantha Baker, Mia McCoy and Caelen Walker of Blue Springs High School receive National Center for Women & Information Technology Aspirations in Computing awards. Kyra McCabe of BSHS named honorable mention

Blue Springs Robocats place first in the Greater Kansas City Regional Robotics Competition and qualify for World Championships
BSSHS Wind Symphony the first in Missouri to perform at the National Concert Band Festival
BSHS Golden Regiment places third at Bands of America, the highest finish in school history
BSSHS Chamber Choir and BSHS Orchestra perform at MMEA Conference
BSSHS Air Force Junior ROTC Raider team is ranked No. 1 in the country
Jaguar Pride marching band finishes first at the inaugural Bentonville, Arkansas Invitational
BSSHS Softball wins state championship, making both program and school history in its third straight trip to the final four
BSSHS Volleyball team earns a 4.22 team GPA
Blue Springs School District FFA Program recognized as a 3-Star Chapter in the 2018 National Award Program
BSSHS’s Bowls for Souls event raises more than $3,000 to fight hunger

Two BSHS DECA trios place in the top 10 in the world out of more than 20,000 students
$16,490 raised to fight cancer by the BSHS and BSSHS volleyball teams in the annual Dig Pink effort

Staff Accolades

BSSHS’s Col. Stan Cole named the top Air Force Junior ROTC instructor in the nation
BSHS’s Matt Marble named a KC Royals “Coach of Character”
BSSHS’s Jon Frentrop receives the Elbert K. Fretwell Outstanding Educator Award
Kelly Lee (BSHS) and Kristin Haussmann (DWMS) named semifinalists for the Jedel Excellence in Mathematics Education Award
BSHS Football coach Kelly Donohoe named Missouri Class 6 Football Coach of the Year, awarded the Nathan Stiles Inspiration Award, and inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
James Lewis Elementary’s Lori Reynolds named Exemplary New Principal by the Kansas City Suburban Elementary Principal’s Association
Thomas Ultican Elementary’s Eric Neff named Outstanding Assistant Principal by the Kansas City Suburban Elementary Principal’s Association
Tammy Steinwachs of Brittany Hill Middle School named American History Teacher of the Year by the Sons of the American Revolution Harry S. Truman Chapter
WBE Principal Jennie Alderman named the Greater Kansas City School Counseling Association’s Administrator of the Year

BSSD scores a perfect 100 percent on the state’s Annual Performance Report
Rated by NICHE as the best school district in the Kansas City area
William Bryant Elementary named a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School, the fourth district school in three years to earn the honor
BSSD is the first school district to win the KCIC Silver Sustainability Award for LED lighting
Four Project Lead the Way distinguished schools
Healthy KC Workplace Wellness certified company-Gold Level

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