Bay Springs High School

510 Hwy 18
Bay Springs, MS 39422

Phone: (601) 764-4151

West Jasper Consolidated Schools District

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Mailing Address
P. O. Box 389
Bay Springs, MS 39422

Status:Operational
Type:Regular
Grades:9th - 12th
School Location: A Rural Area

Brief Description
Bay Springs High School serves 9th through 12th Grade Students From The City Of Bay Springs, Which Is Part Of Jasper County. Some Or All Students From This School Participate In Free Or Reduced Lunch Programs.

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Reviewed by a Parent/Guardian on November 28, 2009
(Rating: 5 / 5) Report As Inappropriate
I attended BSHS in the 90s, and obviously my rating steams from a very different time period. Since my time at BSHS, I have traveled across the globe experiencing many different cultures; achieved my childhood dream of becoming a Scientist, exploring and developing new technology that could potentially solve tomorrow’s health or energy crisis. Often, after my motivation lectures to high school students, people ask “what were the key factors that attributed to your career success.” I am quick to answer that my family’s constant encouragement, community involvement, and the high quality education that I received from BSHS. Nowadays, I see so many young students leaving high school not quite prepared for the challenges that they will face in life as they work towards accomplishing their childhood dreams. Thus, it saddens me to see that BSHS has fallen so far from the status of what I once experienced as a high school student. What has happened? Many would like to blame the teachers for this unfortunate turn of events, but is it really their fault? Remember, teachers only influence students for minutes out of a day for 180 or so days, but the family and community has a greater impact on students since that influence exist everyday during the year (i.e., 365 days yearly). So, we ask, what can we do to solve this problem? Unfortunately, there is no direct solution to this problem. I think back to when I was young student, and I now ask myself the same question as others have done, “what were the factors that keep me striving to be successful?” The answer that I arrive at has already been stated above, but it is much more than the mere obvious. What do I mean by that? I am simply saying that during my time, the community and the schools worked together to provide structured meaningful activities both during and after school hours. I can remember as a high school student attending a program offered by Jasper County Bank (now Magnolia State Bank) geared towards teaching young students about money management, playing on the neighborhood baseball team during the summers, which taught me about teamwork, and many others. Today it seems that schools and communities have become extremely divided and quick to point the figure to place the blame for a failing system. In my opinion, once we bridge the gap that has developed between the schools and communities, we will start to see more of our students functioning well in tomorrow’s world. Now, I am not letting the families off the hook as to their part in this unfortunate turn of events. However, once we have bridge that gap, I think you will see that family values will also start to be repaired, which will only aid in the effort to change the direction of our youth to a more successful one. I will end here because I could go on for days about the current status of our high school. I will just say that if the education that I received back in the 90s could take me such a long way, then surely students receiving a BSHS education in today times of much advancement should be able to accomplish their childhood dreams and more.

Reviewed by a Parent/Guardian on November 29, 2009
(Rating: 5 / 5) Report As Inappropriate
I attended BSHS in the 90s, and obviously my rating steams from a very different time period. Since my time at BSHS, I have traveled across the globe experiencing many different cultures; achieved my childhood dream of becoming a Scientist, exploring and developing new technology that could potentially solve tomorrow’s health or energy crisis. Often, after my motivation lectures to high school students, people ask “what were the key factors that attributed to your career success.” I am quick to answer that my family’s constant encouragement, community involvement, and the high quality education that I received from BSHS. Nowadays, I see so many young students leaving high school without the proper preparation for the challenges that they will face in life as they work towards accomplishing their childhood dreams. Thus, it saddens me to see that BSHS has fallen so far from the status of what I once experienced as a high school student. What has happened? Many would like to blame the teachers for this unfortunate turn of events, but is it really their fault? Remember, teachers only influence students for minutes out of a day for 180 or so days, but the family and community has a greater impact on students since that influence exist everyday during the year (i.e., 365 days yearly). So, we ask, what can we do to solve this problem? Unfortunately, there is no direct solution to this problem. I think back to when I was young student, and I now ask myself the same question as others have done, “what were the factors that keep me striving to be successful?” The answer that I arrived at has already been stated above, but it is much more than the mere obvious. What do I mean by that? I am simply saying that during my time, the community and the schools worked together to provide structured, meaningful activities both during and after school hours. I can remember as a high school student attending a program offered by Jasper County Bank (now Magnolia State Bank) geared towards teaching young students about money management, playing on the neighborhood baseball team during the )summers, which taught me about teamwork, and many others. Today it seems that schools and communities have become extremely divided and quick to point the figure to place the blame for a failing system. In my opinion, once we bridge the gap that has developed between the schools and communities, we will start to see more of our students functioning well in tomorrow’s world. Now, I am not letting the families off the hook as to their part in this unfortunate turn of events. However, once we have bridged that gap, I think you will see that family values will also start to be repaired, which will only aid in the effort to change the direction of our youth to a more successful one. I will end here because I could go on for days about the current status of our high schools. I will just say that if the education that I received back in the 90s could take me such a long way, then surely students receiving a BSHS education in today times of much advancement should be able to accomplish their childhood dreams and more.

Reviewed by a Parent/Guardian on November 29, 2009
(Rating: 5 / 5) Report As Inappropriate
I attended BSHS in the 90s, and obviously my rating steams from a very different time period. Since my time at BSHS, I have traveled across the globe experiencing many different cultures; achieved my childhood dream of becoming a Scientist, exploring and developing new technology that could potentially solve tomorrow’s health or energy crisis. Often, after my motivation lectures to high school students, people ask “what were the key factors that attributed to your career success.” I am quick to answer that my family’s constant encouragement, community involvement, and the high quality education that I received from BSHS. Nowadays, I see so many young students leaving high school without the proper preparation for the challenges that they will face in life as they work towards accomplishing their childhood dreams. Thus, it saddens me to see that BSHS has fallen so far from the status of what I once experienced as a high school student. What has happened? Many would like to blame the teachers for this unfortunate turn of events, but is it really their fault? Remember, teachers only influence students for minutes out of a day for 180 or so days, but the family and community has a greater impact on students since that influence exist everyday during the year (i.e., 365 days yearly). So, we ask, what can we do to solve this problem? Unfortunately, there is no direct solution to this problem. I think back to when I was young student, and I now ask myself the same question as others have done, “what were the factors that keep me striving to be successful?” The answer that I arrived at has already been stated above, but it is much more than the mere obvious. What do I mean by that? I am simply saying that during my time, the community and the schools worked together to provide structured, meaningful activities both during and after school hours. I can remember as a high school student attending a program offered by Jasper County Bank (now Magnolia State Bank) geared towards teaching young students about money management, playing on the neighborhood baseball team during the )summers, which taught me about teamwork, and many others. Today it seems that schools and communities have become extremely divided and quick to point the figure to place the blame for a failing system. In my opinion, once we bridge the gap that has developed between the schools and communities, we will start to see more of our students functioning well in tomorrow’s world. Now, I am not letting the families off the hook as to their part in this unfortunate turn of events. However, once we have bridged that gap, I think you will see that family values will also start to be repaired, which will only aid in the effort to change the direction of our youth to a more successful one. I will end here because I could go on for days about the current status of our high schools. I will just say that if the education that I received back in the 90s could take me such a long way, then surely students receiving a BSHS education in today times of much advancement should be able to accomplish their childhood dreams and more.

Reviewed by a Parent/Guardian on November 29, 2009
(Rating: 5 / 5) Report As Inappropriate
I attended BSHS in the 90s, and obviously my rating steams from a very different time period. Since my time at BSHS, I have traveled across the globe experiencing many different cultures; achieved my childhood dream of becoming a Scientist, exploring and developing new technology that could potentially solve tomorrow’s health or energy crisis. Often, after my motivation lectures to high school students, people ask “what were the key factors that attributed to your career success.” I am quick to answer that my family’s constant encouragement, community involvement, and the high quality education that I received from BSHS. Nowadays, I see so many young students leaving high school without the proper preparation for the challenges that they will face in life as they work towards accomplishing their childhood dreams. Thus, it saddens me to see that BSHS has fallen so far from the status of what I once experienced as a high school student. What has happened? Many would like to blame the teachers for this unfortunate turn of events, but is it really their fault? Remember, teachers only influence students for minutes out of a day for 180 or so days, but the family and community has a greater impact on students since that influence exist everyday during the year (i.e., 365 days yearly). So, we ask, what can we do to solve this problem? Unfortunately, there is no direct solution to this problem. I think back to when I was young student, and I now ask myself the same question as others have done, “what were the factors that keep me striving to be successful?” The answer that I arrived at has already been stated above, but it is much more than the mere obvious. What do I mean by that? I am simply saying that during my time, the community and the schools worked together to provide structured, meaningful activities both during and after school hours. I can remember as a high school student attending a program offered by Jasper County Bank (now Magnolia State Bank) geared towards teaching young students about money management, playing on the neighborhood baseball team during the )summers, which taught me about teamwork, and many others. Today it seems that schools and communities have become extremely divided and quick to point the figure to place the blame for a failing system. In my opinion, once we bridge the gap that has developed between the schools and communities, we will start to see more of our students functioning well in tomorrow’s world. Now, I am not letting the families off the hook as to their part in this unfortunate turn of events. However, once we have bridged that gap, I think you will see that family values will also start to be repaired, which will only aid in the effort to change the direction of our youth to a more successful one. I will end here because I could go on for days about the current status of our high schools. I will just say that if the education that I received back in the 90s could take me such a long way, then surely students receiving a BSHS education in today times of much advancement should be able to accomplish their childhood dreams and more.