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Online Registration for Parents

Click this link for a video about the new Online Registration for Parents

Registering New Students for School

NEW STUDENTS
Parents can now register new students to Bibb County Schools with the new Online Registration application .
Pre-K families, DO NOT fill out this form unless your child has already been selected for the Pre-K program through the lottery process.
Please click here for New Student Online Registration application.

What is the purpose of Online Registration?

An online enrollment system allows parents to enroll new students, when and where it is most convenient for them, and in just a few minutes. Parents will have the ability to enter the student's information and securely upload documents.

Do I need to visit the school if I use Online Registration?
Yes, you will need to physically visit the school to complete verification and other required/optional enrollment forms. Please remember to bring a government issued picture ID when you complete the enrollment process

What documents are required when enrolling a new student?

The following required documents listed below may be uploaded during online registration process.

1. A certified birth certificate

2. Student Social Security card

3. Immunization Record on GA Form 3231

4. Hearing, Vision, Dental Screening on GA Form 3300

5. A government issued picture identification for the parent or guardian

6. Two documents validating proof of residence, which may include:

Lease or Mortgage - Required

Plus one of the following:

Current utility bill (electric, water, or gas)

Most recent income tax return

Property tax statement

Automobile registration or insurance

Mail from any government agency

Last report card and/or transcript (if applicable)

If the Proof of Residence is not in the legal guardian's name, a Residential Affidavit must be obtained from the Bibb County School District prior to enrolling the student. Both the parent and the person they live with will need to complete the Residential Affidavit at 484 Mulberry St, Macon, GA Suite 390. Please bring the Proof of Residence and a valid picture ID with your.

If you have questions, please contact Bibb County School District, REAA Office at 478-765-8600.

For a printout of this information, CLICK HERE. ( en Espanol)

Where should I register my child for school?

Students should be registered at the school they will be attending. If you do not know what school your child is zoned for, please visit our School Finder option.

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(To locate community resources during the coronavirus crisis, click on the Disaster category icon, then click on the Coronavirus subcategory.

Then, select the need you are searching for.)
REACH UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL GEORGIA'S 2-1-1 CONTACT CENTER

Type your zip code and
"need" to 898-211

Call 2-1-1 on your cell
phone or landline

The United Way of Central Georgia 2-1-1 connects people to the assistance they need to address every day challenges of living as well as those that develop during times of community emergencies.

The 2-1-1 Contact Center connects families with community resources that enables them to thrive - resources like food pantries, job search and placement agencies, and financial emergency assistance agencies. This help is provided so that families can recover and become sustainable once again.

Those who reach out to 2-1-1 are connected to trained, bilingual Contact Center agents who provide information on services and referrals to programs aligned with the individual's specific needs.

People and Places We Help

United Way 2-1-1 information and referral specialists assist residents in 14 counties in central Georgia. Those counties are Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Putnam, Twiggs, Washington, Wilkinson.

Services include:

The most basic needs such as food, clothing, utilities and shelter

GED preparation classes

Prescription assistance

Health insurance enrollment

Free tax filing service through My Free Taxes.

Dedicated services for veterans

Our referral specialists have the expertise and training to help you answer questions and devise a solution. Once they understand your needs, the specialist searches a resource database and makes a referral to help you resolve the situation and develop a plan. Our team draws from thousands of government, health and social services programs to identify all possible resources. The United Way 2-1-1 contact center also collects and prepares detailed reports about the needs of people in the community to assess gaps in services and improve systems.
Agency 2-1-1 Database Applications

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Training Projects /
Weight Management and Well-being

Overweight and obesity are highly prevalent among people with mental illnesses and lead to medical conditions that can be prevented or better managed with improved nutrition and physical activity. This project created a research-based curriculum and exercise videos for improving weight management and wellness.

Center staff partnered with Dr. Catana Brown at the Midwestern University - Glendale and her colleagues to develop this new curriculum. It is a modified version of the successful RENEW (Recovering Energy through Nutrition and Exercise for Weight Loss) Program that targets weight management and health needs of people with psychiatric disabilities. RENEW addresses weight loss through education and skill building to improve diet and physical activity. Results of a randomized controlled trial involving 89 individuals found that the intervention group lost an average of 5.4 pounds at the end of the 3 month intensive phase. At 6-month follow-up, they maintained this weight loss while the weight of the control group remained stable during this same time period.

Dr. Brown and colleagues used the forgoing research to develop NEW-R, a free, downloadable curriculum for use in real-world community settings. The curriculum includes a facilitator's manual, a participant's manual, and a series of exercise videos designed collaboratively with occupational therapists and people in recovery. A number of workshops have been held at national conferences to teach peers and providers how to deliver the new curriculum.

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UIC Health & MH RRTC - Training - Weight Management and Wellbeing

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A chance to extend your skills to meet a challenging time

Having the right skills and knowing how to utilize them is vital for both job seekers and those navigating the historic changes around work life during the current public health crisis.

To help, as part of the partnership between the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Education To Go, we are pleased to announce the availability of 10 free self-paced tutorial courses that highlight a mix of hard and soft skills essential to success in today's rapidly changing job market.

These courses offer career leverage for a range of students as well as professionals seeking career development opportunities as circumstances around employment continue to change. The courses will be available through June 30, 2020.

We encourage you to check out the options below and get started with a course.

UGA Public Service & Outreach free offerings respond to crisis

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Bright By Text: Bright by Text is a free service that provides activities, games, and resources right to your smartphone. Messages are targeted to your child's age and include information on child development, language and early literacy, health and safety, behavioral tips, and more. Message and data rates may apply. To get started, text GPB to 274448 or fill out this form. Subscribers can receive texts in English or Spanish.

Capstone: This publisher's mission is to help children develop a love of reading and learning, no matter their ability level. Capstone is offering free trials for the following tools to all preschool and elementary school students now through Aug. 30. The username is gasummer and the password is school for all three.

PebbleGo: This K-2 database is specifically designed to teach growing learners technology and literacy skills early in their school career. It's also great for preschoolers.

PebbleGo Next: This is the next step in research, providing students in grades 3-5 with more content and tools to meet their curriculum needs.

Capstone Interactive eBooks: Over 5,000 titles will capture the imagination and curiosity of any reader.

Common Lit: This free collection of fiction and nonfiction for students in grades 3-12 can be searched and filtered by Lexile level, grade, theme, genre, literary device, or standard. Readings can be read online or downloaded.

Cox Campus: This website offers free, online courses, videos, guides, and activity ideas to help parents and families support their child's early learning and development.
Department of Early Care and Learning Resources

Chat About Children: This educational series for families features episodes on monitoring development, supporting transition back to child care and school, building your young child's brain, engaging children in play, how early language builds literacy, and more.

School-Age Resource Page: Children need a balance of cognitive learning time, social time, physical development time, creative playtime, and reading or literacy time throughout the day. To help providers, caregivers, and children, DECAL has compiled resources that can be used to help enhance a child's daily schedule with creativity and fun learning.

Toddler Time at Home: This calendar of daily activities features weekly themes that encompass five categories: On The Move, Adventures Online, Sensory Time, Story Time, and Arts and Creativity.

Georgia Pre-K At Home: This website includes educational resources divided into four categories: Storytime, Virtual Field Trips, Let's Go Outside, and Screen-Free Time. Activities are based on the Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards and intentionally involve simple household items easily found at home.

Pre-K Summer Transition Program: For income-eligible families, this four-week program offers high-quality instruction to prepare rising pre-K and kindergarten students for success in school.

EduHam at Home: Students in grades K - 12 can study primary source documents from the Founding Era, learn how Lin-Manuel Miranda used such documents to create the musical Hamilton, and create and perform their own narrative in the form of a song, rap, spoken word, or scene. This free digital program is available through Aug. 2020.

Freckle: This free online learning platform helps students in grades K - 10 practice math, ELA, social studies, and science at their own level.
Georgia Public Broadcasting Education Resources

Online Summer Learning Series: Join GPB for a series of fun and educational online workshops for kids this summer to watch well-known PBS KIDS shows and participate in hands-on learning activities. Workshops will take place at 10 a.m. and last approximately one hour.

Summer of Learning with GPB and PBS KIDS: All-new summer content and resources will keep kids learning and encourage exploration with their favorite PBS KIDS characters. PBS KIDS will air all-new specials and episodes and offer free digital learning activities, virtual screening events, and more.

Georgia Home Classroom: GPB, in partnership with GaDOE, offers instructional TV broadcasts aligned to Georgia's state standards, along with a library of digital learning resources to support at-home summer learning.

Georgia Public Library Service Resources

e-READ KIDS: This collection of e-books and audio books for kids in pre-K through fourth grade features a mix of nearly 20,000 fiction and nonfiction titles.

Online Resources: Whether you're working on a school assignment, doing research, or simply want to gain a new skill, your library has easy-to-use online resources available. Just sign in from your desktop, laptop, or mobile device.

Public Library Directory: Use this search tool to find a public library near you. This summer, all of Georgia's public libraries invite you to "Imagine Your Story" through fun programming for kids that varies per library system.

1,000 Books B4 Kindergarten: Public libraries across the state encourage parents to read 1,000 books with their children before the age of 5 through this fun and easy program.

PINES Kids Catalog: Check out the special link on this catalog with titles that support the "Imagine Your Story" theme this summer. Other categories include ABC's, counting, nutrition, shapes, colors, and much more.

Virtual Summer Reading: As local public libraries continue to provide online resources, including wi-fi connections, to students and their families, plans have been adapted for the Summer Reading Program. Online access to Beanstack will be provided to all 408 public libraries in Georgia. Beanstack lets you track reading, participate in challenges, and engage with fun literacy activities. Many libraries are planning fun virtual programs.

Georgia Statewide Afterschool Network (GSAN) Summer Activity Guide: GSAN has developed a suite of fun and engaging activities and challenges that are designed specifically to support youth, families, and communities during an atypical summer.

Háblame Bebé: The Háblame Bebé app, available for both IOS and android, supports Spanish-speaking parents in delivering abundant language nutrition to their infants and young children.

iCivics: Games are a great tool for summer learning that won't feel like school work. Check out more than 20 free online games that are designed to help students put their civics and history knowledge into play. iCivics games can be played on a computer or tablet, so your student can learn on the go this summer.

NASA STEM at Home: NASA is helping inspire the next generation of STEM professionals with these free hands-on projects categorized to help kids Build It! Solve It! Launch It! Play It! Color It! and Read It! at home.

National Summer Learning Association: Check out resources and guidance from the field on remote learning and news regarding food access. Programs and families can find more information to keep kids learning, safe, and healthy.

Open Middle: Organized by grade level and specific skill for grades K - 12, Open Middle features a series of equations with missing numbers that students solve using critical thinking, number sense, and math concept knowledge.

Prodigy: Check out engaging, curriculum-aligned math platform designed to motivate students in grades 1 - 8 to learn and practice math. No cost, ever.

READCamp with Malcolm Mitchell: Join this free virtual reading training camp for summer reading with Super Bowl Champion and author Malcolm Mitchell from Memorial Day to Labor Day. K - 12 students participate in training, drills, and practice in order to maintain literacy skills over the summer, earning award certificates as they go. Kids and/or parents can sign up, or teachers can sign up their entire class.

Renaissance myON Digital Library: Georgia's students can enjoy free, anytime/anywhere access to more than 6,400 digital books and news articles through Aug. 21. Read online using any Internet-enabled device, or read offline with free mobile apps. Getting started is easy.

School Name: Get Georgia Reading (Type the first few letters and select "Get Georgia Reading" from the drop-down menu.)

Username: yourcounty (example: cobbcounty)

Password: read

Rivet: With over 2,000 free leveled books for kids in K - 2, quality reading practice has never been easier. The app features an engaging, kid-friendly interface and reading support on every page.

Scholastic Learn at Home: Keep the learning going with these special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers. Just find your grade level and let the learning begin.

Sightwords.com: The Georgia Preschool Association sponsors resources to help teach your child to read, including games, lessons and flashcards.

Storyline Online: This award-winning children's literacy website streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children's books alongside creatively produced illustrations.

The Kids Should See This: An educational alternative to YouTube, this collection of kid-friendly (not made-for-kids) videos, is curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and home.

Boost learning from birth - 5. Boost learning from birth - 5. Available for iOS and android phones, this app is filled with fun and simple learning activities for mealtime, bathtime, bedtime, or anytime.

Wide Open School: This free collection of online learning experiences features resources for children in pre-K through grade 12, offering suggested daily schedules with online and offline activities. The site features content developed by National Geographic, Sesame Workshop, noggin, Boys & Girls Club, and National Head Start Association, among others.

Words2Reading: Grow your young reader from birth - 8 through easy-to-follow videos, links, downloadable documents, e-books, and audio clips.

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Bright By Text: Bright by Text is a free service that provides activities, games, and resources right to your smartphone. Messages are targeted to your child's age and include information on child development, language and early literacy, health and safety, behavioral tips, and more. Message and data rates may apply.

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Download these PDFs that are full of examples of simple, fun activities that you can do with your child at home and in your community that can help them begin building skills for K - 3. No special resources are required to get started.

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Social Distancing is NOT Emotional Distancing

The CDC recommends staying at least 6 feet away from other people, staying at home as much as possible, and not gathering in groups. While we practice these tips for social distancing, it is important to remember our mental health and continue to create healthy bonds with others. Below you'll find different ways to help with your emotions and mental health to prevent emotional distancing.

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Health Tips and Activities Provided by HealthMPowers

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HealthMPowers is providing virtual learning resources for teachers and families to improve healthy eating, hand washing and physical activity behaviors to improve health and fitness.

Have A Resource To Share? Click Here!

Early Care Resources

Family Handwashing Activity - Important tips from the CDC for parents to teach effective handwashing.

Wash Your Hands - Quick and easy video demonstration from the CDC for parents and children.

Handwashing- Science experiment emphasizing the steps to and the importance of proper handwashing.

Warning for Hand Sanitizers with Methanol- Important document outlines the warning provided by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that hand sanitizers with methanol should not be used due to toxic effects.

Nibbles for Health Nutrition - 12 USDA newsletters for parents with nutrition information, recipes and activities. (In English and Spanish)

The Two-Bite Club - Educational storybook and activities, from the USDA, to introduce and encourage children to try new foods by eating just two bites. (In English and Spanish)

Discover My Plate: Look and Cook Recipe Cards - Pictoral recipe cards, from the USDA, for children and families to prepare together.

Captain Planet Learning at Home Resources - Explore a variety of early childhood to high school resources on nutrition, cooking, gardening, earth sciences and more.

A Visit to a Farmers Market - Watch this video as Miss Penny and the KidVision Pre-K Kids tour a Farmers Market to learn more about fruits and vegetables.

A is for Apple! - This fun and descriptive apple taste testing lesson, from Small Bites Adventure Club, is a wonderful way to incorporate the sense of taste into eating everyday foods.

Elementary School Resources

Handwashing- Science experiment emphasizing the steps and the importance of proper handwashing.

Acrostic Handwashing - Digital lesson emphasizing the importance of handwashing incorporating language arts standards. Grades 3-5.

Handwashing Fact vs. Fiction - Digital lesson that guides students through proper handwashing techniques. Grades 3-5.

Handwashing Reflection - This writing prompt is a timely resource for digital learning. Grades 3-5.

Handwashing Reflection - This writing prompt is a timely resource for digital learning. Grades K-2.

Warning for Hand Sanitizers with Methanol- Important document outlines the warning provided by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that hand sanitizers with methanol should not be used due to toxic effects.

Secondary School Resources

Fitness Portfolio - Now's a great time to start your journey to better fitness. Use this resource to create and implement your own personalized fitness plan.

HealthMPowers Family Commercial Challenge - Fun activity to get family members physically active during TV commercial breaks.

Move! Lesson - Digital lesson that ties to Move! video emphasizing the importance of physical activity.

HOPSports - 3-5 minute web-based health and physical activity games and videos. Sign up required.

Hip Hop Public Health - Music downloads to hip-hop beats with health messaging and games. Sign up required.

American Heart Association -135 physical activity breaks to do at school or at home.

Darabee - 1300+ workouts with filters to determine the right workout for your needs. (High School Only)

Handwashing Lesson - Digital lesson emphasizing the steps to and the importance of proper handwashing.

Warning for Hand Sanitizers with Methanol- Important document outlines the warning provided by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that hand sanitizers with methanol should not be used due to toxic effects.

May 18th Healthy Habits - Instant activities that promote healthy eating and physical activity while building content knowledge in health education.

May 11th Healthy Habits - Instant activities that promote healthy eating and physical activity while building content knowledge in health education.

May 4th Healthy Habits - Instant activities that promote healthy eating and physical activity while building content knowledge in health education.

April 27th Healthy Habits - Instant activities that promote healthy eating and physical activity while building content knowledge in health education.

April 20th Healthy Habits - Instant activities that promote healthy eating and physical activity while building content knowledge in health education.

April 13th Healthy Habits - Instant activities that promote healthy eating and physical activity while building content knowledge in health education.

March 30 Healthy Habits - Discussion prompts and other activities from the Healthy Habits planner.

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Today we spent sometime going through our archive looking for special needs apps we have shared here in the past and ended up with the chart below. These are apps we would recommend for teachers and parents of kids with learning disabilities. We have arranged the apps into four main categories: apps for dyslexic learners, apps for autistic learners, apps for the visually impaired and apps for learners with writing difficulties. For those of you using Android a similar list will soon be posted. Stay tuned.

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A Handy Chart Featuring Over 30 iPad Apps for Students with Special Needs

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Take a virtual field trip to see all sorts of animals without leaving home. You can visit zoos, aquariums, farms, and even go on a virtual safari all in the same day!

We've rounded up an amazing list of zoos, aquariums, farms and nature preserves that have webcams, live streams, and youtube videos you can watch to learn more about animals. We've also included links to online lesson plans and activities for those families wanting to create a richer learning experience from their virtual field trips.

What is a Virtual Field Trip?

Field trips are awesome learning experiences because they get you out of the classroom and take you into an immersive environment. On a virtual field trip, you open a window to explore outside your home or classroom. You can simply observe, or you can add to the experience with some educational information or activities to go along with it.

The list we've compiled below is pretty extensive, so be sure to bookmark this page so you can come back to it.

Zoo Virtual Field Trips

Modern zoos are an amazing blend of entertainment and education, coupled with research and conservation. When you visit a zoo, you not only get to see and learn about animals you are unlikely to encounter, but you are also supporting efforts to protect wildlife and the planet.

Wildlife Curriculum

Try one of these resources to add to your virtual field trip experience.

On Zoo View TV, you can drop in on the Milwaukee County Zoo's residents such as Polar Bear, Jaguar, Lions, Hyenas, Tigers, and Penguins... and even fish.

As you might expect, the Alaska Zoo has a polar bear, and you can virtually visit it through its webcam. In addition, the zoo has started doing free live sessions via the Zoom app. Spots are limited and the schedule and links are being posted on the Alaska Zoo Facebook page.

The zoo is also home to a scimitar-horned oryx, which is a species of antelope you can no longer find in the wild.

Ireland's Dublin Zoo offers webcams of penguins and elephants, as well as their African Savanna where you might see giraffes, ostriches, zebras, or rhinos.

The Marwell Zoo has a live video stream of their flamingos. They also have a photo streams (photos update every 30 seconds or so) of penguins, giraffes and lemurs.

The Paignton Zoo has webcams set up looking at meerkats and sulawesi crested macaque. Their Flamingo webcam is currently unavailable. They also have a series of YouTube Videos about animals and working with them.

Starting Monday, March 23rd, the Paignton Zoo will be adding downloadable resources to their " Wild at Home " program for parents and teachers.

More Zoos for Virtual Field Trips

If you know a zoo with great virtual field trip content like live cams, videos, or activities that isn't on this list, let us know to add it!

Aquarium Virtual Field Trips

Aquariums focus mainly on ocean life, though many have animals that live out of the water, but live in or near the water.

One Big Ocean Online Curriculum

"One Big Ocean" is an online curriculum from Ocean.org. They have three different programs customized for the level of school. These can be used by themselves, or paired with a real or virtual visit to any aquarium.

Online Ocean School

You can also learn about the various creatures and habitats of the Gulf of St. Lawrence at " Ocean School ", with three weeks of lessons online and more being added.

The Georgia Aquarium is ranked as the best aquarium for families in the United States. We've been there, and it is AMAZING! And they have some great, high quality live feeds from their exhibits, too!

You can watch the Ocean Voyager cam where you can see sharks, rays, fish, sea turtles and even huge whale sharks! There's also the Indo-Pacific Barrier Reef, Southern Sea Otters, Jelly Cam, California Sea Lions, African Penguins, Piranhas, and Beluga Whales.

And while they haven't been going live, they have been posting videos to the Georgia Aquarium Facebook page.

You might have seen the video going around of the Shedd Aquarium's penguins taking their very own personal tour of the aquarium's exhibits. If you haven't, you should check it out.

In addition to the one live stream we found on their site so far, the Shedd Aquarium also has a great series of videos just for kids called "Sea Curious". They also have some really cool 360 degree videos of sharks!

The Aquarium of the Pacific is located in Long Beach, California. They have several webcams that allow you to visit virtually. You can see penguins both above and below the water, a shark lagoon, sea jellies, a tropical reef, blue cavern, and colorful anthias and wrasse exhibit.

The Clearwater Marine Aquarium located on the Gulf Coast in Clearwater, Florida is home to Winter and Hope, the rescued dolphins whose stories were the basis for the movies "Dolphin Tale" and "Dolphin Tale 2".

You can virtually visit Winter and Hope, along with Nicholas and PJ. The aquarium also has views of its otters, pelicans, and sea turtles.

The Clearwater Aquarium even has downloadable lessons in language, math, and science to go along with a real or even virtual visit to the aquarium. There is also an online Kid Zone with games, activities, and experiments.

As the name suggests, the California Academy of Sciences is not just an aquarium. The San Francisco facility is also a natural history museum with a rainforest exhibit and planetarium.

There are a few webcams that allow you to visit right from home. You can look in on penguins, stingrays, a coral reef, and even take control of a camera at the top of a lighthouse on the nearby Farallon Islands.

The site also has lesson plans and materials for kids from preschool through high school.

Live webcams of the secret reef, penguin, and sea otter exhibits. And on their facebook page, they are live streaming Aquarium at Home sessions.

Canada's Vancouver Aquarium is home to more than 50,000 animals and features 30 exhibits to explore. When you can't visit in person, you can still drop in on the sea otters, jellyfish, and penguins via the webcams on their homepage.

Facebook Lives weekdays at 10am @AtlanticWhiteShark. Resources on the website.

Farm Virtual Field Trips

While farms are different than zoos, they can be just as educational and rewarding in connecting us to nature, whether we visit in person or virtually.

The Hen Cam comes from a backyard outside Boston, Massachussetts. The feed switches automatically between 3 cameras showing the hens outside and inside. You might also see goats and a bunny named Phoebe.

You can see a live stream of the cows, and maybe even some baby calves, at Peter's Farm in Holland. The stream is only during operating hours, but there is also some YouTube footage for when it isn't live.

This sheep barn camera is at the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen , New York. They also have a recorded virtual tour of the farm showing you some of their other animals.

Not sure where it is coming from, but this camera is pointed at some goats and streams 24 hours a day.

Farm Food 360 has virtual tours of all different kinds of farms. There are milk & cheese, dairy cow, sheep, pig, mink, grain, egg, and oat farms, feed mills, and an apple orchard.

Chatsworth Farm is an over 2,000 acre family-run farm in Canada where they grow grain and legume crops, alfalfa, and raise beef cattle, sheep, turkeys, ducks, and chickens for eggs and meat. They have a few video tours on their webpage and they've also been live streaming recently on the Chatsworth Farm Facebook page.

This camera pans back and forth showing the outdoor pens of the Horse Shoe farm in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The horses are not always outside, though.

Virtual Farm Field Trips on YouTube

We found a whole bunch of Farm tours and Q&As on YouTube. Here are links to those. Some are individual, but others are whole playlists with multiple videos.

Safari Virtual Field Trips

SUNRISE SAFARI (Monday to Sunday)

SUNSET SAFARI (Monday to Sunday)

Explore.org has countless live streams from all over the world that you can choose from, including several locations already mentioned in this post. But our favorites are the ones you can view outside of a zoo, aquarium, or farm setting.

Some of these also have great audio, so you can make it full screen, turn up the volume, and have a window to the world. Great for background or meditation.

The Wolf Conservation Center in New York is dedicated to protecting and preserving wolves in North America. They have several live feeds of various species of wolves. And if you want to learn a little about wolves, you can do that, too.

Despite being the national symbol of the United States, we don't get to see Bald Eagles all that much. But with the camera set up at Duke Farms in New Jersey, we can look right into a Bald Eagle's nest! They even have a scavenger hunt you can print out for the kids to watch the nest and see if they spot any of those things.

In addition to their bird-watching tips and guides, All About Birds has a lot of live cams from all over North America for virtual bird-watching from the comfort of your home.

Know about a Zoo, Aquarium, Farm, or Wildlife location providing virtual access? Please let us know so it can be added to the list!

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Virtual Field Trips: Zoos, Aquariums, Farms and Safaris

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Take a virtual field trip to see all sorts of animals without leaving home. You can visit zoos, aquariums, farms, and even go on a virtual safari all in the same day! We've rounded up an amazing list of zoos, aquariums, farms and nature preserves that have webcams, live streams, and youtube videos you can watch to learn more about animals.

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Common Sense Media Resources About Race and Racism

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We've gathered together all our articles and lists of media recommendations to help parents, educators, and others spark important conversations. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.

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School is out! Enrichment is in...

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BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology

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Starbase Robins | DoD Educational Program in Warner Robins

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STEMpowered Girls Academy | Starbase Robins

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Starbase Robins | DoD Educational Program in Warner Robins

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The Academy begins June 21-25, 2021 from 9am - 3pm

To register just complete the registration form and mail it to STARBASE Robins at the Museum of Aviation

P.O. Box 2469

Warner Robins, GA 31099

If you would like an application emailed to you: send an email to info@starbaserobins.org

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Robotics & Cybersecurity Academy 2021 | Starbase Robins

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The Academy begins June 21-25, 2021 from 9am - 3pm To register just complete the registration form and mail it to STARBASE Robins at the Museum of Aviation P.O. Box 2469 Warner Robins, GA 31099 If you would like an application emailed to you: send an email to info@starbaserobins.org

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Middle Georgia Center for Academic Excellence

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SAT Summer Camp

Students will be working under the guidance of an instructor who scored a perfect on the SAT.

Learn SAT strategies and beef up some of your knowledge in math, vocabulary, and reading comprehension as it appears on SAT. In addition to SAT strategies, students will also receive remediation.

1. Students will also be able to connect with a live tutor in under 30 seconds for over 300 subjects - 24 hours a day.

2. Engaged participation = Guaranteed Results

Two Sessions:

June 7 - June 18: Monday - Friday (2 hours per day)

June 21 - July 2: Monday - Friday (2 hours per day)

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SAT Summer Camp - Middle GA Center for Academic Excellence

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SAT Summer Camp Students will be working under the guidance of an instructor who scored a perfect on the SAT. Learn SAT strategies and beef up some of your knowledge in math, vocabulary, and reading comprehension as it appears on SAT. In addition to SAT strategies, students will also receive remediation.

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Middle GA Center for Academic Excellence

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Raspberry Pi Computing

(Student would actually build, code, and debug an actual computer)

All necessary materials (minus laptop) will be mailed to students.

Laptop available (if needed)

Limited to 10 students per session

Two Sessions:

June 7 - June 18: Monday - Friday (2 hours per day)

June 21 - July 2: Monday - Friday (2 hours per day)

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Raspberry Pi Computing (Student would actually build, code, and debug an actual computer) All necessary materials (minus laptop) will be mailed to students. Laptop available (if needed) Limited to 10 students per session Two Sessions: June 7 - June 18: Monday - Friday (2 hours per day) June 21 - July 2: Monday - Friday...

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Middle GA Center for Academic Excellence

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Drone Robotics: - Middle GA Center for Academic Excellence

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Drone Robotics: Each participant receives a drone Students will learn block coding.

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The Boys and Girls Club of Central Georgia

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The Boys and Girls Club of Central Georgia

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The boys & girls clubs of central Georgia

Summer camp Application available now

2021 Club Application

Become a club member today! Download the application for your county and submit it to your local club.

Stay Informed

Rise to the Challenge

COVID-19 Response Fund

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The boys & girls clubs of central Georgia Summer camp Application available now 2021 Club Application Become a club member today! Download the application for your county and submit it to your local club. Stay Informed

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Summer is just around the corner, and plans are already in full swing for a season of fun. Some organizations are offering in-person camps, but there are plenty of virtual plans in the works as well. Here are a few FREE synchronous and asynchronous adventure opportunities for our Georgia students of all ages and interests. Happy camping, y'all!

Synchronous Camps

CDC Museum Public Health Academy (grades 11-12) hosts two academically rigorous and exciting summer opportunities, free for rising high school juniors and seniors from all over the world. Applications are now being accepted for summer 2021, with four total sessions in June and July.

The CDC Museum Disease Detective Camp is a five-day program for youth interested in exploring challenges and careers in public health. Activities are modeled after current newsworthy topics and may include anything from mock outbreak emergencies to hands-on laboratory sessions. Camp will take place in person if the CDC Museum is open to the public.

The CDC Museum Public Health Academy Online Summer Course is a virtual course that focuses on the field of public health and the science of epidemiology. Participants will explore how public health organizations and professionals approach data collection and analysis to improve public health.

SMASH Academy (grade 9) with Morehouse College is a free, three-year STEM program for young men starting in the 9th grade. Students participate in monthly programming during the academic year and each summer are immersed in a four- to five-week summer exploration that involves instruction and mentorship from STEM professors and industry professionals. Applications are now being accepted for summer 2021, which runs virtually from July 5 through August 4.

Girls Who Code (grades 10-12) offers free, two-week virtual summer immersion programs in introductory computer science for current 9th through 11th grade girls and non-binary students throughout the United States. Each day, participants log into their virtual classroom to attend large group classes and practice their skills in smaller breakout groups. Learning combines hands-on, real-world projects with instruction and mentoring from various guest speakers and tech corporations. Applications are now being accepted for summer 2021, with sessions running four to five hours each day across three date ranges.

See Change at Planet (ages 13-16) is a virtual learning experience that introduces underrepresented teens with an interest in STEM to careers in earth and space science. Students will meet once a week in July for Q&A with professionals in the field, then break off with their peers and complete collaborative learning labs. This experience will culminate with a hackathon aimed at empowering youth to seek solutions for creating impact.

Apple Camp (ages 8-12) is a free series of summer workshops that instruct and engage kids in topics like coding, robotics, and movie-making. Before 2020, these camps had limited enrollment and took place at Apple stores across the country. Last year's Apple Camp at Home materials are still available for download and use at any time, and parents or campers can now sign up to be notified about plans for the upcoming 2021 camps.

Asynchronous Camps

Peg + Cat Camp (grades PK-2) engages pre-school and early elementary learners in fun and exciting science and math activities that build problem-solving skills and social-emotional learning strategies, including collaboration, self-regulation, help-seeking, and persistence. The free curriculum is designed to last five half days; however, educators and parents can use these thematic lesson plans, games, videos, and printables in all different combinations to best serve their children.

Super Why Camp (grades PK-2) uses captivating literacy activities and games to help pre-school and early elementary learners practice social and problem-solving skills in the context of their favorite fairy tale storybooks. This free three-week program includes all the materials that educators and parents need to conduct their own home or neighborhood literacy adventure camp!

Camp Wonderopolis (grade K-12) is an online collection of free self-paced, virtual summer camp experiences that focus on a literacy-based, makerspace approach to STEAM learning. Participants can register as a camper or a counselor for any of the camps and dive into the STEAM themes of science, music, construction and engineering, health and fitness, and more! Each participant can access their Wonderopolis content via their personal dashboard and can interact with fellow campers from all 50 states and more than 130 countries via the Wonder Wall.

Camp YouTube (grades K-12) is a great way to help your children and teens navigate through the many engaging educational videos that are available free on YouTube. There are four different themed playlists to choose from, including STEM, Arts, Sports, and Adventure. Each theme is further divided by age appropriateness into a teens and an under-13 list. Campers can run through the playlists according to their own interests or by completing the Camp YouTube bingo cards. There are also three additional playlists that touch on creating summertime recipes and crafts, taking virtual reality field trips, and raising our voices against discrimination.

And even if you aren't looking for the kind of structured summer learning that a camp environment provides, remember that you can always dive into the thousands of free videos, games, and activities available to you via PBS LearningMedia. No account needed to access tons of fun at your own pace. Have a wonderful summer!

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Summer is just around the corner, and plans are already in full swing for a season of fun. Some organizations are offering in-person camps, but there are plenty of virtual plans in the works as well. Here are a few FREE synchronous and asynchronous adventure opportunities for our Georgia students of all ages and interests.

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To submit records information, please use Fax number 478-779-2022.

Parchment Transcript and Records Service

The Bibb County School District has partnered with Parchment for all transcript requests and education verifications. This service allows for secure electronic transcript delivery nationwide and document tracking through email notifications for all registered users.

Per Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), student records are only available to those who have authorization from the student or parent, guardian or responsible person if the student is less than 18 years of age. If the student is 18 years of age or older, school records will not be released to a parent, guardian, or responsible person without the student's written consent.
Currently Enrolled Students
All currently enrolled students must contact their school's front office for further information about obtaining their records.
Alumni
Please click on the appropriate link below to connect to your school's Parchment page:

If your school is not listed above, click on Parchment. Once there, follow the directions below to locate your school:

On the Parchment page, enter your school name in the space provided and choose the green magnifying glass to search for your school;

If your school is not available to select, click on the Support tab on the lower left-hand corner of the page and follow the prompts for support.
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Diploma Replacement

Graduates of the Bibb County School District have the option to order replacement diplomas through the current vendor (Jostens) by following the procedures below: To place an order, please call Jostens/ J & S Campus Supply.

Scott Jernigan
Phone: 1-229-435-1809
Email: jernigan.office@jostens.com

**Orders may be placed Tuesday-Friday, during normal business hours (9:00 AM - 5:30 PM EST).

You will need to order an official transcript through Parchment and request it be sent to jernigan.office@jostens.com.
Make sure you have the following information available when you place your call:
1. Your name at time of graduation
2. The name of the high school you graduated from
3. The type of diploma/document you earned (High School Diploma, Certificate of Performance, Transition Diploma)
4. Your date of graduation
5. Your Shipping address

**The signatures of the current Principal, Board Chair and Superintendent will be used on replacement diplomas.

Please be prepared to pay for your order when you call Jostens. The cost of the replacement diploma is $57.00 which includes a $12.00 shipping fee. If you would like a cover, there is an additional cost of $20.00. Only debit, credit, or money orders are accepted. Production time is 4-6 weeks.

Diplomas will be delivered by UPS directly to the requesting person at the shipping address upon completion.

Note: The Bibb County School District is not responsible for the placement of orders, payment of invoices or tracking of replacement diplomas.

Still have questions?
Contact the Records Management Department: Gina Morgan 478-779-2584 or Kathy Hall-Gordon 478-779-2021.

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To submit records information, please use Fax number 478-779-2022. Parchment Transcript and Records Service The Bibb County School District has partnered with Parchment for all transcript requests and education verifications. This service allows for secure electronic transcript delivery nationwide and document tracking through email notifications for all registered users.

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Peach State Health Plan exists to improve the health of its beneficiaries through focused, compassionate & coordinated care. Get insured or become a provider today.

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Powering families with digital literacy training

Welcome to the Cox Digital Academy! Families, educators, community leaders and students can access information regarding computer literacy tips, educational videos, tutorials and games.

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Yes! We are having camp this summer. Take a minute to read through the info here, so that you and your camper feel prepared to pick the right camp session for her. No matter what session you all choose, she will find belonging this summer at GSHG summer camps with her Girl Scout sisters. We can't wait to sing loudly with you, cheer you on at the talent show and learn new skills, together. See you soon, wildflower!

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Yes! We are having camp this summer. Take a minute to read through the info here, so that you and your camper feel prepared to pick the right camp session for her. No matter what session you all choose, she will find belonging this summer at GSHG summer camps with her Girl Scout sisters.

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Georgia's 4-H summer camping program, administered through the county offices of UGA Cooperative Extension, offers a 4-H summer camping experience unparalleled in the nation. In a typical summer, over 8,000 children ages 9 and up, accompanied by over 1,000 adult and teen leaders, travel annually to Georgia's unique 4-H centers for a week of ...

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Is it safe for children to attend summer camp during COVID? What do health officials say?

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Is it safe for children to attend summer camp during COVID? What do health officials say?

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Central Georgia Technical College Adult Education and Credit Program

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Central Georgia Technical College Adult Education and Credit Program

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Adult Education | Central Georgia Technical College

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Our vision is to provide educational programs and services that are accessible, flexible, and responsive to the individual needs of students.

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The Bibb County School District is launching the VIP Academy for students in grades 4-12 who are looking for a virtual learning option. VIP Academy offers the following features for students through an online environment:

to view answers to frequently asked questions.

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The Bibb County School District is launching the VIP Academy for students in grades 4-12 who are looking for a virtual learning option. VIP Academy offers the following features for students through an online environment: