Welcome to Ben Hill County Schools!

We are excited your child will be attending Ben Hill County School System. Our school system has an easy-to-use, secure online registration system that will allow you to complete many of the forms required for registration electronically. The person registering must be a parent or legal guardian. When you complete the online registration, you will have the option of uploading the required documents listed below, or you can deliver the documents to our registrar's office located at your child's school. See the list below for documentation needed to complete the enrollment of your child in our school system.

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Documents Required for Registration: 
 

• Certified Birth Certificate
• Social Security Card
• Current Immunization form 3231 (for 4 year old immunizations)
• EEDN (Eye, Ear, Dental and Nutritional) Form 3300 (rev 2013) 
• Medicaid or EBT Card if applicable
• Proof of Residence
• BHCS KINSHIP CAREGIVER AFFIDAVIT

Examples of proof of residency:

• Current lease, property tax notice, homeowner’s insurance bill, mortgage statement, current vehicle registration form, letter from employer if employer provides housing, utility bill listing the residency as the service address.
• A cell phone or driver’s license is not acceptable proof of residency. If a student’s family is living with someone else, parents should provide a notarized affidavit from the property owner stating where the child’s family is residing, plus a copy of the property owner’s proof of residency (any items listed above).

 

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Student Enrollment - Link to Enroll in BHCS 24-25 School Year

Once you complete this online registration, please contact the Registrar to schedule an appointment to complete this application. 

For Record Request, please email the following people

BHPK (PreK) Cora Hall cora.hall@benhillschools.org 229-409-5598 

BHP (K-2) Traci Morgan traci.morgan@benhillschools.org 229-409-5592

BHE (3-5) Cindy Pope cindy.pope@benhillschools.org 229-409-5586

BHM (6-8) Gennifer Gamble gennifer.gamble@benhillschools.org 229-409-5578

FHSCCA (9-12) Laquisha Paschal laquisha.paschal@benhillschools.org 229-409-5530

Hello Parents:

Parent Engagement is one of the easiest way to get involved and help your child with their education. Getting involved may be joining the Parent Teacher Organization at your child's school, attending meetings and trainings to better understand what your child's academic challenges may be, or becoming involved in activities at your child's school through volunteering or attendance. Parent Engagement is key to our student's success. It takes a village to help our students and we want you to get involved. 

Please review the Family and Parent engagement plans on your child's school webpage under Parent Involvement. This will show you the goals at your child's school along with key activities surrounding those goals for our families to be a part of each year. We will also post key meetings and parent nights on our Facebook page at facebook.com/benhillschools.org and on our website calendar per school.  

If you have any questions, please contact me at jenny.mccranie@benhillschools.org or 229-409-5500. 

Thank you and Go Canes!

Jenny McCranie

 

Georgia Milestones

SLDS Parent Portal

Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) 

What can you do in SLDS?

Parents can now access the state's SLDS program directly from Infinite Campus.

• Monitor your children’s achievement on statewide summative assessments. 
• Identify your children’s strengths and weaknesses in the domains that are tested in each subject area. 
• Access online resources that are directly aligned to your children’s course standards.​

USING THE PARENT PORTAL

Infinite Campus Portal is our tool for parents and students to access instant, online, timely and secure student information including: class schedule, assignments, attendance, discipline, course registrations for the next year, report cards and transcripts.

The Campus Portal is a way to improve communication with parents and students.

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Ready to Log in Infinite Campus? 

• If you have a parent account, click the green Infinite Campus icon above to log in.
• If you need your username and password, email parentportal@benhillschools.org.

INFINITE CAMPUS MOBILE APP

Infinite Campus has a mobile application available for both Android and IOS mobile operating systems. In your app store, search "Infinite Campus" and select the "Campus Parent" application to install. Open the app and type "Ben Hill" for district and "Georgia" for state in the mobile app. Then click the blue button to search and click on Ben Hill when the results appear. 

Already have an account? Login here:

Schoology Parent Login

Want more insight into your child's education? Sign up for a Schoology Parent Account!  

Parent access codes are listed in the Infinite Campus Parent Portal under MORE-Schoology. Codes can be used for multiple parent accounts. Follow the directions below to create a parent account in Schoology. Parents may use the website or the Schoology phone app.

Directions to Setup Schoology Parent Login (English) 

Directions to Setup Schoology Parent Login (Spanish)

Understanding Your Schoology Parent Account

 

English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

The Ben Hill County English to Speakers of Other Languages Program (ESOL) is designed to help students attain their full academic and social potential within the culture of an American school. The ESOL program provides instruction to develop students' proficiency in English in the four areas of language: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In addition, the ESOL program seeks to create supportive learning environments in your child's classroom(s) and school which value and builds on students' academic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds.

The Georgia Department of Education provides the following guidelines for identifying students who may be identified as an English Language Learner (ELL):

Students whose native/home/first language is other than English
Students who have difficulty listening, speaking, reading, writing or understanding the English language to the extent that their language skills are a barrier to their success in a regular classroom
ESOL Program Goals:

The ESOL teachers work in collaboration with classroom and other special programs teachers to support the acquisition of language and content skills.
The ESOL program promotes each student's appreciation of their ability to perform a wide variety of intellectual and physical activities.
The ESOL program encourages the student's positive recognition of a variety of cultures, recognizing similarities and differences.

Additional Resources:

https://www.levelall.com/

https://idr-consortium.net/2023Resources.html

https://www.theachievery.com/en

https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=es&op=translate

 

• Ben Hill County School System implemented The Homeless Education Program to ensure access to free, appropriate public education for children and youth experiencing homelessness. The Homeless Education Program operates in accordance with the McKinney-Vento Education Act. BHCS assigns a Homeless Liaison to oversee the Homeless Education Program. The Homeless Liaison assists the local schools to assure identified homeless children and youth receives the following services.

  · Timely Enrollment

  · Transportation

  · Education-Related Support Services

  · Community Resource Information

   

  The primary goal of the Homeless Liaison is to eliminate barriers to school enrollment and promote academic success for all students. In addition to providing support to local schools, the Homeless Liaison serves as the link between families and community resources. The Homeless Liaison is responsible for providing on-going training to families, schools and community resources in an effort to promote awareness of education and most of all, sustainability for the needs of families/students experiencing homelessness.

  If you and your child:

  · Live in a shelter or motel;

  · Share housing with relatives or others because you lost your housing or cannot afford housing;

  · Live in a campground, car, abandoned building, or other inadequate shelter;

  · Do not have a permanent address and /or permanent housing: or

  · Live on the street;

   

  Your child has the right to:

  · Immediately enroll in and attend school without having health and school records available;

  · Enroll in the school serving the address where you are living temporarily, or in the school attended when permanently housed, whichever is feasible and in your   child’s best interest;

  · Receive transportation to and from school when feasible;

  · Participate in school/related activities and receive service, including free school meals; and

  · Utilize the dispute resolution process if you have a grievance.

   

  For more information, please contact Kim Minshew, Homeless Liaison, at 229-409-5805 or kimberly.minshew@benhillschools.org.

FREE RESOURCES FOR PARENTS:

Cox Campus: https://coxcampus.org/

Inspire by DOE: https://inspire.gadoe.org/home

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