Bakersfield R-IV School District

Bakersfield Blast
• $513K Grant Awarded! New science & tech tools are coming, including an Anatomage Table and a VR (Virtual Reality) Career Lab!
• Ball field Renovation – No tax dollars used! New pavilion, playground, walking track, indoor basketball & batting cages.
• Early Bond Payoff – We’re shaving years off the high school bond from 20 years to 13 years to thank our taxpayers for the sacrifice they made to provide this building for us!
• Career & Tech Expansion – $400K grant pending for Building Trades & Welding programs. Partnering with nearby high schools to offer even more and reduce operational costs for these programs!
• Elementary Success – APR score 96% – #1 in our conference!
• High School Gains – APR 68.2%, improving in career programs, dual credit, and advanced courses.
• District Average – 81.7% – always striving for excellence!
So much happening at Bakersfield Schools – it’s a GREAT day to be a LION!

Girls basketball on Monday December 8th at the Jerry Taylor Gymnasium vs Willow Springs starting at 6:00 with JV followed by V. GO LIONS!!

It's that time of year again! PTO will be hosting their annual Santa Shop for the kids to buy presents for friends and family. See flyer for details.

Boys and Girls Basketball tonight at the Jerry Taylor Gymnasium. Starting at 5 with girls V taking on Thayer. Then JV and V boys vs Gainesville.
GO LIONS!!!

FFA students are working hard to organize the fruit sales. Be on the lookout for items to be delivered this week! Thank you to everyone that purchased to support our FFA!

Girls High School Basketball tonight at Mansfield starting at 6 with V first and then 2 JV quarters.
GO LIONS!!!!

FFA Fundraising fruit and meat items will arrive December 4th. There are home basketball games that night but students must still make arrangements to pick up their items that day/evening after 12:40 p.m. from the FEMA building. Please avoid trying to pick up items from 3:30 - 3:50 p.m. as this will cause traffic issues for our busses and car rider lines. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation!

Elementary's December 2025 Newsletter

Boys High School Basketball tonight at the Jerry Taylor Gymnasium starting at 5:30 with JV followed by V. Taking on Cedar Ridge from Newark,AR. GO LIONS!!!

Congratulations to Jack Williams, 6th grade, and John Ikonomou, 5th grade! They won Student of the Month for November.

We are still collecting!!

High School Boys basketball season starts tonight at Summersville. JV is playing first with 2 quarters and then varsity to follow.
GO LIONS!!!!!!!!!!

Jason's bus is running about 10 minutes late this morning.

FFA Fundraising fruit and meat items will arrive December 4th. There are home basketball games that night but students must still make arrangements to pick up their items that day/evening after 12:40 p.m. from the FEMA building. Please avoid trying to pick up items from 3:30 - 3:50 p.m. as this will cause traffic issues for our busses and car rider lines. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation!

Parents, are you ready for a day to yourselves? Need to do some Christmas shopping? Let us watch your kids for the day!

FFA and National Honor Society both participated in trash clean up last week along the highways in Bakersfield and totaled 24 bags after Day 2!

No SOMO Tech Monday, November 17

Thursday November 13th Blue/White Scrimmage game at the Jerry Taylor Gymnasium tonight at 5:30. Girls first followed by Little Lion Cheerleaders then Boys. No admission but can goods are appreciated for Club America. Concession stand will be open along with auction items. Hope to see you tonight.
GO LIONS!!!!!