Adult Literacy Barrow offers community members free classes such as English Literacy, GED®, and Citizenship.

• GED® Classes
• GED® Clases en Español
• English Literacy Classes
• Citizenship Classes

• MAP Growth
• Assessments

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Starting with the 2024-25 school year, you can keep up with your middle or high school student's assignments and work progress through our Learning Management System (LMS), Canvas. Canvas LMS is a platform for teachers to share assignments and due dates digitally with students. Through Canvas LMS, Parent Observers can view course content to help support students at home by pulling up presentations and resources the teacher used in class that day.

Learn More About Canvas

ELA: Navigate to a grade level, then select the standards. From there, click on "Course Wide Resources" and then choose "ELA Grade # Development Progression." This will allow you to view the family engagement resources.

Math: Navigate to a grade level, then select the standards. After that, click on "Course Wide Resources" and select "Parent Letter."

Visit the GaDOE Inspire page

• Be a Barrow Bold Parent
• Family Engagement Activities
• Mentoring
• Notifications (Family Update Website)
• Online Parent Resource Center - to help with homework
• Special Education Parent Mentor Partnership

The Barrow County School System offers, at no charge to the parents, academic instruction to eligible students who are confined at home or in a healthcare facility for periods of time that would prevent normal school attendance. See eligibility criteria.

NEW Digital Citizenship

Free resources for families

Posted February 20, 2020

In an effort to support our families, the Barrow County School System has published content on Digital Citizenship. We value the rich learning experiences that technology brings to our classrooms. We believe that our students must be taught how to use online resources responsibly. With parents and families as our partners, we can help our students to gain skills, understanding, and mind-sets that will enable them to be responsible and safe in digital environments. 

The goal of the Digital Citizenship website section is to help you wade through all of the information. This collection of resources is organized into six main categories. Each category provides an overview and links to additional resources to help keep your child aware and safe in their digital spaces.

• Cyberbullying & Self-Image
• Digital Footprint & Responsibility
• Creative Credit & Copyright
• Online Safety & Privacy
• Information Literacy
• Healthy Balance

In addition, the Connected Parent Series invited Andy Boyle from Kennesaw State University to come speak about "Parenting to Connected Kids." Andy Boyle is a Instructional Technology Specialist and, more importantly, a dad concerned about how to protect his kids. He gave an in-depth and relevant presentation on February 13th at the Wimberly Center on how he approaches parenting with numerous resources and suggestions for how to monitor your children in the digital world. His entire presentation was filmed which is available for you to watch, along with a link to his presentation.

Click Here to Watch Now!

Optional Accident Insurance

Posted July 1, 2025

As an option for our BCSS families, our school district is making a student accident insurance plan available for students at a low cost. The school district does not provide any type of health or accident insurance for injuries incurred by your child at school. We're offering this program because of trends in rising family health and dental insurance costs, increased deductibles, co-payments, or lack of health or dental insurance coverage.

REASONS TO PURCHASE COVERAGE:

1. Deductible and co-pays in your health plan.
   • Many health plans have increased the amount of out-of-pocket expenses.
2. No insurance.
   • This plan will provide benefits for medical expenses incurred because of an accident. If you have other insurance, benefits can be applied to your deductible or co-pays. If you have no other insurance, this will become your primary accident plan.

 
Review Plan Brochure Here

You may purchase coverage online with a credit card at 1stAgency and then follow directions at “Find Your School.”

Questions?

For more information about this coverage or questions, email First Agency through the contact form.

The Barrow County School District has designated the following information as directory information:

• Student’s Name, address and telephone number
• Student’s date and place of birth
• Student’s participation in official school clubs and sports
• Weight and height of student if he/she is a member of an athletic team
• Dates of attendance while enrolled in Barrow County Schools
• Awards received during the time enrolled in Barrow County Schools

Unless you, as a parent/guardian or eligible student, request otherwise, this information may be disclosed to the public. You have the right to refuse to allow all or any part of the above information to be designated as directory information and to be disclosed to the public upon request.

You are also notified that from time to time students may be photographed, videotaped, or interviewed by the news media at school or some school activity or event, unless you, as a parent/guardian object in writing to your student being photographed, videotaped or interviewed to the principal of the school where your student is enrolled. You are also notified that from time to time your student’s photograph, art work, poetry, creative writing stories or other pieces of acclaim or interest connected with a school activity or function, may be displayed on the Barrow County Schools System websites

If you wish to exercise this right, you must notify the principal of the school at which the student is enrolled in writing within 10 days from the date of enrollment.

The Barrow County Board of Education welcomes community input when it is motivated by a sincere desire to improve the quality of our educational programs or to equip the schools to do their tasks more efficiently. The Board has confidence in the professional staff and desires to support their actions. This regulation does not supersede any employee’s or citizen’s right to contact Board members directly. However, whenever a concern is expressed directly to the Board as a whole or to a Board member as an individual, it will be referred to the administration for study and resolution.

Read More About the Resolution Process

Our school system is implementing the Monique Burr Foundation Child Safety Matters and Teen Safety Matters programs. This evidence-based curriculum has been scientifically evaluated and proven to help keep children safe.

Monique Burr Foundation’s mission is to protect children from bullying, digital dangers, abuse, and exploitation with comprehensive, evidence-based, prevention education programs. Through developmentally and age-appropriate lesson plans, students learn about personal boundaries and healthy relationships. These interactive lessons allow children to better recognize appropriate vs. inappropriate behaviors and use their critical thinking skills to help them stay safe.

Learn More About These Safety Programs

Review Student Rights

Title I, Part A is a multi-faceted federal entitlement program designed to “help all children have the opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach proficiency on challenging state and academic standards and assessments.” The purpose of Title I is to “enable schools to provide opportunities for at-risk and disadvantaged children to acquire the knowledge and skills contained in the challenging State content standards and to meet the challenging State performance standards developed for all children.” Title I is intended to serve students in core academic subject areas: Reading/Language Arts/English, Math, and Science and Social Studies. Read more about Title I.