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🐾✨ Staying safe, smart, and balanced online just got a whole lot easier for everyone in our school community. 📱💻
Did you know the Georgia Department of Education and City Schools of Decatur have provided a free online tool to help families protect their children online? Parent Protech is available to all parents in our school district. It offers guidance, video tutorials, and practical tips to help you navigate the digital world your child is growing up in. From managing screen time to understanding social media and online safety, Parent ProTech equips you with the knowledge and tools to support your child’s digital well-being.
How to sign up for Parent Protech
2. Complete the information to create your account. Select "Add Child" to customize your view of Parent Protech resources.
3. Select Create account.
4. Select the For the Home tab to view tools, videos, and other resources.
Check out what is inside:
📲 Easy breakdowns of the latest apps, games, and trends
🛡️ Top safety tips that encourage our BHMS Bulldogs BARK(Best Effort, Accountability, Respect, and Kindness) online
🎬 Quick family video guides to set solid screen-time boundaries
✨ Resources designed to ensure every single student is seen, successful, and supported at BHMS
CSD invites all parents to the second session of "Tea with Tech," which will cover updated screen time data and introduce CSD's new Chief Information Officer, Hoke Wilcox, who will host a Q&A.
This new quarterly series is designed to help families learn about and better understand the technology their children use every day. Enjoy a cup of tea, bring your questions, and learn how we can work together to keep our students safe and supported in the digital age.
Friday, November 13, 2026, 9 a.m., Beacon Hill Middle School
Students in Ms. Beyer's WIN were tasked with designing and building earthquake-resilient structures while adhering to strict geometry and measurement constraints. To succeed in this project, our young engineers had to strike a balance between financial budgeting and structural safety:
🧱 Budgeting Materials: Teams budgeted and purchased their own construction materials.
📉 Structural Safety Testing: Structures were put to the test on shake tables to measure survival time in seconds.
🧠 Math in Action: Students calculated an official efficiency score by dividing survival time in seconds by total material costs.
We love seeing our Bulldogs apply critical thinking, engineering design, and real-world math skills during WIN time
From November 16-20, BHMS will promote and bring awareness to the many post-secondary opportunities our students will have after high school. These opportunities include vocational training programs, technical schools, community colleges, and four-year colleges or universities. Activities will be given to advisement teachers for students to explore post-secondary options.
🌟 Reach Scholarship Ceremony
Honoring our incredible BHMS Reach Scholars from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM!
👕 College T-Shirt & Colors Day
Rock your favorite college shirt, sweatshirt, or school colors on Friday, November 20! Rep your favorite school all day!
🎨 Door Decorating Showdown
Teachers are repping their colleges on their doors! Vote for the top 3 best doors to help your advisement class win a prize.
🔍 Flip & Find Media Display
Head to the biography section, flip up photos, and uncover where famous figures went to school!
🔤 Word Wall
Check out the Word Wall in the hall to learn key terms about college, financial aid, and life after high school.
📱 Scan the Pennants
Scan the QR codes next to college pennants around the school to check out college websites!
🗺️ BHMS Staff Map
Find out where your favorite teachers went to college or technical school on our school map!
🎯 Advisement Exploration
Fun activities during advisement all week to help you find your future pathway!
Join us for Decatur High School Musical Theatre’s production of Little Women, the Broadway Musical, a heartwarming stage adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic! Celebrate the enduring story of the March sisters, family, friendship, and following your dreams. Performances run December 2–6. Get your tickets at DecaturPerforms.org!
The main goal of this fundraiser is to support the PTA in gifting each and every one of BHMS amazing teachers and staff - all of whom support our Beacon Hill students - a $100 holiday gift card. Donate HERE and check "teacher gifts" off of your Holiday To-Do List!!
We are preparing for a wonderful second semester celebrating our amazing BHMS staff! Please check out the opportunities below to get involved and volunteer:
Second Semester Staff Activities: Help support our staff activities and events throughout the second semester. Sign Up Here
December 3 Staff Event Volunteer Spots: We still have a few spots remaining to help with our 'Coffee, Cocoa and Holiday Cheer' staff event on Dec. 3 immediately after school at BHMS. Sign Up for Dec 3 Here
Save the Date – Staff Appreciation Week: Mark your calendars for March 15–19! A separate sign-up will be distributed after the holidays.
💌❄️One of our EASIEST fundraisers is back!!
Be sure to order all your Holiday Cards through Minted with the Code: FUNDRAISEBEACONHILL.
20% off for you - 10% back to us - BHMS holiday cheer is spread! Win-Win-Win!!
Want more Book Fair? No problem! Keep the party going online. All book purchases over $35 ship free, and every purchase earns funds for our school!
Volunteer for PBIS
Parents please consider volunteering for a lunch shift to help PBIS! Click HERE
Help reward our amazing students!
When our kids embody the BARK attributes, they earn points from teachers and staff—and every Friday at lunch, they get to spend those points on a well-deserved treat at the BARK Store.
We need your help stocking the shelves! Drop off any of the following items to keep the reward store booming:
Mini Drinks: Small sports drinks, juice boxes/Capri Suns
Bite-Sized Sweet Treats: Fun-size candy bars, non-chocolate candy
Salty Snacks: Individual bags of chips, pretzels, or popcorn
DONATE today and directly celebrate our students' good behavior!
Our kids are under pressure on many fronts and sometimes experience despairing thoughts regarding their options. On Monday, November 9 at 6 pm in the DHS Library, the DHS PTSA is hosting a powerful conversation about teen suicide prevention. Manny’s Band is an organization dedicated to closing the gap between awareness and resources in youth suicide prevention by equipping families, friends, and communities with real skills and practice. This talk is intended for parents, guardians, coaches, and teachers. Please register HERE so we can provide you with updates.
Shine a light on BHMS by becoming a Family Sponsor!
Your donation directly supports our teachers, staff, and students during the 2026–2027 school year.
As a thank you, your family name will be proudly displayed in the school lobby to show your support for our community.
Together, we can make a difference—Be A Beacon today!
Click to sponsor: Be A Beacon PTA Family Sponsor Link
