STEP 1: Determining Residency Status

Determine residency status if you're unsure what school district you live in. You can search for your address.

STEP 2: Gather Required Documents for Student Enrollment

This list is intended to help you through the enrollment process. In Step 3 you will be asked to upload the required documents.

• Child's Original/Certified Birth Certificate. If your child was not born in the United States, a valid passport is acceptable.
• Proof of Satisfactory Vision screening (for students enrolling in kindergarten), completed after age 3; submit statement from examining official.  Michigan Law requires a vision screening for kindergarten entrance.  Vision screening done in preschool by a health department technician or at a doctor’s office fulfills this requirement.  Oakland County Health Division offers free vision screening for County residents. Call (248) 424-7070 for an appointment.  Your child's pediatrician may have screened your child at a well visit, so that office is a great place to start.
• Parent/Guardian Identification (valid driver's license or picture identification card with district address).
• Official Immunization Record (use Immunization Checklist or submit copy of official record).
• Certified Copy of Appointment of Guardianship (if applicable).
• Special Services documents - Current IEP, MET or 504 for students receiving services (if applicable).

Verification of Residency

One of the following documents is required to prove residency

• Recent Property Tax Statement
• Current Lease/Rental Agreement (Include landlord contact information.)
• Closing Statement from a recently executed home purchase

and...

Any two of the following documents (with district mailing address) and dated within the last 60 days are required to prove residency. Mail should be from different sources. Cell phone bills, voter's registration, junk mail, or mail from Bloomfield Hills Schools is not accepted.

• Employer Pay Stubs
• Credit Card Statements
• Car or Health Insurance 
• Gas, electric, water or cable bills
• Government Agency

Step 3: Pre-Enrollment Online Registration Process

Complete the new family Pre-Enrollment Online Registration Process. This process will take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. Complete this process using a computer (a smartphone or tablet is not recommended).

Pre-Enrollment Online Registration Process

* Students who were previously enrolled but have not actively attended a Bloomfield Hills School within the last six months are considered "new" students.

What Is In District Open Enrollment?

Bloomfield Hills Schools commonly allows resident students to attend school at the building of their choice, if certain requirements are met.

What Are The Minimum Requirements?

• Space is available at the receiving building.
• Transportation is provided by the student/family.
• Approval from the "school of residence" principal is obtained.
• Approval from the "school of choice" principal is obtained.
• Approval from the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction is obtained.

How Do I Exercise My In District Open Enrollment Option?

• The district is not currently accepting requests at this time for the 2021-2022 school year. Please check back in February 2021 for next steps.

What Happens Next?

• After approving/rejecting the request, the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction notifies the parents/student, building principals, and Student Services of the final decision.
• If necessary, contact the school of choice to confirm the first day of attendance.

Important Notes:

• A transfer request is building specific. A new request must be submitted if your child changes buildings for any reason.
• Transfers, once granted, will remain in effect for at least one school year and continue in effect following that period unless the student, parent/guardian, or the school takes formal action to rescind the transfer.
• Requests to rescind a previously approved transfer must be submitted in writing.

View the Interactive Digital District Boundaries Map

Disclaimer:
IMPORTANT NOTE: This web map application is intended to provide general information as to schools of assignment for addresses within the school district. The completeness or accuracy of the mapping is not guaranteed nor should the user assume the results as a guarantee of student placement at any school. Capacity limitations at campuses within the school district may require that your child attend a school other than your indicated home school.

English Language Learners

Bloomfield Hills Schools welcomes students from all over the world. Our goal is to expedite English language learning and enhance each child's acculturation into United States schools.  We serve English learners in several ways.

Students who are on the journey of becoming proficient in English receive language and academic support from certified English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and paraprofessionals in addition to their general education classroom instruction. English language support continues until students reach English proficiency as determined by annual assessments.

Early elementary English learners benefit from having a classroom teacher specially trained in working with English Learner students.  Students participate in interactive, language-rich general education classroom instruction with support from a certified ESL teacher.  BHS prides itself on its student-centered approach to education.  A focus on giving each child a strong sense of belonging and developing classroom community is an integral part of our culture in Bloomfield Hills Schools.

“Newcomer” English Learners, those who have recently arrived to US Schools and in the beginning stages of learning English, are supported in a variety of ways.  Elementary newcomer English Learners are supported in the language-rich environment of their home schools 

Middle school newcomer English Learners may be invited to attend West Hills Middle School where students are cohorted to support the unique needs of middle school learners.  Middle and High school English Learners may be enrolled in sheltered instruction in English Language Arts and select social studies classes taught by highly qualified staff for English learners.  As the students' English proficiency increases so does the opportunity to join their English speaking peers for additional grade-level academic instruction.

Families are notified when students are eligible for ESL services and are encouraged to be involved in the education of their children.

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