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This year, District 2 has transitioned to a new student information system – PowerSchool.

This transition consolidated several systems across the District, combining data management, the grading system, and the parent portal all into one platform. 

This transition is nearly complete, as the District is now set to open its new PowerSchool Parent Portal on Friday, December 16.

The PowerSchool Parent Portal is an online system that will provide parents access to their students’ schedules, attendance, assignments and grades.  

Letters providing more information on the PowerSchool Parent Portal were sent home with elementary students and mailed to middle school students' home addresses earlier this month. In-person tutorials will be offered in January, and online resources to help parents create and use their accounts will be posted at www.bsd2.org/powerschool.

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PowerSchool supports more than 45 million students globally, including those at Fenton High School. Its user-friendly interface makes it a much easier system to navigate for all users, particularly parents, and its numerous customized reports will help the District identify trends and measure their impact in areas such as attendance, discipline, and grading.

Parents interested in enrolling their children in the District’s popular after-school programs should pre-register as soon as possible, as space is limited in these programs, and the most popular clubs are expected to fill up fast.

Links to online pre-registration forms are listed below:

• Blackhawk Middle School: English | Spanish
• Tioga School: English | Spanish
• W.A. Johnson School: English | Spanish

Parents can also pre-register in person from 5-6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 12, at their school. The rest of the week, they can do so in person or by phone from 4-6:30 p.m. at the BSD2 Community Center at Tioga School. (Call 630-766-2602 ext. 4655 or 4255)

The next round of programming will begin Tuesday, January 17.

NOTE: Pre-registration forms must be submitted for each student, and pre-registration forms only indicate a student's interest in participating in one or more of the clubs. Club enrollment will be determined on a first-come, first-served basis, and preference will be given to families who were waitlisted for fall programs. Parents will be notified the week of January 9 if their child is enrolled in a club.

District 2’s after-school programs are presented by the Frida Community Organization and funded by a prestigious 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant from the Illinois State Board of Education.

District 2 is partnering with Jewel-Osco to provide free flu and pediatric COVID vaccinations at a student health clinic on Wednesday, December 14, from 4-7 p.m. at Tioga School. (Enter at Door 1.)

• Click here to register and schedule an appointment.

For more information or for assistance with registering, contact the BSD2 Community Center at 630-766-2602 ext. 4655.

Bensenville School District 2 is creating a new parent engagement group to address the needs of its students and families. 

The new group is for families of pre-kindergarten through third-grade students who qualify for special support services. 

If you are interested in participating in this monthly engagement group, please complete the attached survey, and you will be contacted regarding your participation.

• Click here to complete the BSD2 SPED Parent Engagement Group Survey.

Click here to register.

Robert Hackenson Jr., a youth motivational speaker from Dynamic Influence, will "edutain" parents and students about teen vaping and tobacco use when he visits Blackhawk Middle School in January.

Mr. Hackenson will deliver his highly interactive presentation during a parent education night at 6:30 p.m. January 17 in the Blackhawk auditorium. (Parents of students in all grade levels are invited to attend.) He will also share it with sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students during in-school assemblies on January 17 and 18.

Mr. Hackenson's presentations feature "mind magic and illusions," and will focus on the risks and misperceptions around vaping and tobacco use. They touch upon the commonly known dangers, then dive deeper into much less known medical studies and other eye-opening information to provide students with facts they need to make well-educated decisions.

• Click here for the BSD2 Teen Vaping & Tobacco Use Parent Education Night flyer.

If social media is your thing, we’d love it if you’d visit our Facebook and Twitter pages, click the “like” button, and follow our postings to keep up with the latest BSD2 News.

Just login and search for “Bensenville School District 2.”

You’ll know you’re where you belong when you're on a page with the District's new "Learning & Growing Together" logo shown to the right.

• Click here to visit the BSD2 Facebook page.
• Click here to visit the BSD2 Twitter page.

District 2 has gone "green" in its approach to distributing community flyers.

Rather than sending flyers home with each student via backpack mail, District and community flyers are posted on the BSD2 E-Flyers page for parents to view or print 24/7.

It is estimated that this saves our schools hundreds of hours per year spent sorting and handling the materials, not to mention the number of trees and other resources saved in producing them.

• Click here for the current list of BSD2 E-Flyers.