Bay-Arenac Community High School
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| The mission of Bay-Arenac Community High School is to provide a positive community for up to 150 students each semester in learning the skills necessary for attaining personally meaningful lives, which are economically productive and socially responsible. |
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OUR MISSION
ABOUT US
Bay-Arenac Community High School (BACHS) began operations as an ISD alternative
education program in 1985. It served approximately 35 at-risk students with three teachers,
expanding students and staff each year thereafter. In 1995, Bay-Arenac Community High
School became one of Michigan’s pioneers as a Public School Academy. Since then, BACHS
has focused on meeting the needs of Bay and Arenac Counties’ at-risk teen-age population,
enrolled in grades 9 through 12, including offering infant and toddler care to the children of teen
parents and a work experience program. Today, Community High School employs 6 Highly
Qualified teachers, a counselor, a work experience coordinator, a technology coordinator, a
superintendent and a child care staff of 4. Special Education services are provided on site
through the Bay Arenac ISD staff. With a maximum enrollment of 150, Bay Arenac Community
High School is truly a small learning community.
Each year 40-65% of the students attending BACHS are eligible for free and reduced lunch.
About 25% of the students are teenage parents. Approximately 25% of our students are
struggling with substance abuse. Student surveys indicate 25% of those attending simply fell
through the cracks at their traditional high schools because their personal or academic needs
were not being met. Therefore, they quietly dropped out of school, many of them missing a year
or more of high school before enrolling at BACHS. Approximately 12% each year meet the
McKinney-Vento Act definition of “homeless.” 25% percent of BACHS students are involved with
the court system in some way; many are facing the possibility of jail or prison sentences for
their actions. For 2008-2009, the 18th Circuit Court has asked BACHS to be the educational
location for the Day Treatment (juvenile offenders) Program in lieu of placing these young men
in an institutional facility. Approximately 20% of students enrolling at BACHS are certified for
Special Education with current Individual Education Plans (IEP’s).
Bay-Arenac Community High School has been the recipient of past grant awards including a
Charter School Implementation Grant, a Goals 2000 Grant, and an MDE Technology Grant.
BACHS delivers a school-based work experience/education program for out-of-school youth
who wish to reconnect with school This program is funded by Michigan Works! and the
Workforce Investment Act. BACHS has also received specific program funding for its at-risk
youth initiatives from prominent local sources including the Bay Area Community Foundation.
More and more, students and families are choosing Bay-Arenac Community High school for at-
risk students in their 9th grade year, because of a fear that they will not graduate on time in
larger schools. Students are being referred directly to BACHS from their middle school
counseling offices.
education program in 1985. It served approximately 35 at-risk students with three teachers,
expanding students and staff each year thereafter. In 1995, Bay-Arenac Community High
School became one of Michigan’s pioneers as a Public School Academy. Since then, BACHS
has focused on meeting the needs of Bay and Arenac Counties’ at-risk teen-age population,
enrolled in grades 9 through 12, including offering infant and toddler care to the children of teen
parents and a work experience program. Today, Community High School employs 6 Highly
Qualified teachers, a counselor, a work experience coordinator, a technology coordinator, a
superintendent and a child care staff of 4. Special Education services are provided on site
through the Bay Arenac ISD staff. With a maximum enrollment of 150, Bay Arenac Community
High School is truly a small learning community.
Each year 40-65% of the students attending BACHS are eligible for free and reduced lunch.
About 25% of the students are teenage parents. Approximately 25% of our students are
struggling with substance abuse. Student surveys indicate 25% of those attending simply fell
through the cracks at their traditional high schools because their personal or academic needs
were not being met. Therefore, they quietly dropped out of school, many of them missing a year
or more of high school before enrolling at BACHS. Approximately 12% each year meet the
McKinney-Vento Act definition of “homeless.” 25% percent of BACHS students are involved with
the court system in some way; many are facing the possibility of jail or prison sentences for
their actions. For 2008-2009, the 18th Circuit Court has asked BACHS to be the educational
location for the Day Treatment (juvenile offenders) Program in lieu of placing these young men
in an institutional facility. Approximately 20% of students enrolling at BACHS are certified for
Special Education with current Individual Education Plans (IEP’s).
Bay-Arenac Community High School has been the recipient of past grant awards including a
Charter School Implementation Grant, a Goals 2000 Grant, and an MDE Technology Grant.
BACHS delivers a school-based work experience/education program for out-of-school youth
who wish to reconnect with school This program is funded by Michigan Works! and the
Workforce Investment Act. BACHS has also received specific program funding for its at-risk
youth initiatives from prominent local sources including the Bay Area Community Foundation.
More and more, students and families are choosing Bay-Arenac Community High school for at-
risk students in their 9th grade year, because of a fear that they will not graduate on time in
larger schools. Students are being referred directly to BACHS from their middle school
counseling offices.