REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Please start the enrollment process online with BCPS: www.bcps.org/registration_and_enrollment
2. If you do not already have one, please create a parent FOCUS account: https://baltimore.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/auth/.
You would then follow the online enrollment, providing contact information and the option to upload documentation like your student's birth certificate and residency information as a clean pdf.
a. A parent Focus account holds contact information as well as schedules, bus information, test scores, report cards, etc.
3. Also, you should register for a Schoology account using this link.This is BCPS' learning management system where you can view your student's classroom assignments, missing assignments, grades, etc. Schoology uses the same login as Focus.
4. Please bring copies of the following with you (additional examples of acceptable documents are listed on the BCPS Registration website).
• A current lease or mortgage in your name
• 3 documents from different companies, in your name and dated within 60 days:
o Two (2) documents can be statements/invoices from paperless accounts, like BGE, Xfinity, Verizon, bank statement, credit card statement
o At least one (1) document must be a first-class piece of mail, dated within 60 days (no unsolicited, presorted junk mail).
• Photo ID (license, passport, work badge, etc.)
• birth certificate
• Immunization records
• previous school records* - we cannot enroll your student without them.
*Please note that the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) gives you the right to receive student documentation when requested via email/fax or in-person. A withdrawal packet is the responsibility of the previous (sending) school and does not need to be requested by the receiving (new) school. This will delay your student from enrolling if we do not receive the transfer packet during enrollment.
5. Once you start the Registration process online and setup your Focus/Schoology account, have the withdrawal packet and the required residency documents, please contact the Counseling Office at [email protected] or 443-809-6725 to schedule an enrollment appointment.