Family Academy Resources

School, work and home life has shifted during the current public health situation and families now spend more time at home. Explore these family resources to support the emotional and social health of the family.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources

GCS Social and Emotional Learning Department

Healthy Home & Well-being Resources for the Family

Cone Health Behavioral Health

Mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression, can be life-altering for you or your loved ones. The Cone Health Behavioral Health Hospital offers comprehensive and convenient behavioral health care to patients from young children to older adults. Treatment options are available for individuals with mental illness, substance abuse issues and a range of other psychiatric health conditions.

Family Services of the Piedmont

A United Way agency that assists individuals and families in crisis to restore hope, achieve stability and thrive through quality support services, advocacy and education. Call 336-273-7273 for the 24-hour crisis hotline.

Guilford County Family Justice Center

The Guilford County Family Justice Center (FJC) is a “one stop shop” for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and elder abuse with a location in Greensboro and High Point. The Guilford County locations have professionals from 15 different disciplines who work together to provide consolidated and coordinated safety, legal, social, and health services to individuals and families in need.

Women's Resource Center of Greensboro

The Womens Resource Center helps women to navigate life's hurdles, access community services, and develop new skills to move lives forward.

YWCA Women's Resource Center of High Point

For women and families in challenging situations, the center provides a wide range of services to meet their needs, and achieve personal and professional goals through information, education, referral and support.

BrainFuse

FREE Online Resources

Keeping in line with its mission to “bridge the gaps for student success by engaging parents and involving them in their children’s education,” Guilford Parent Academy offers a wide array of print, in-person and digitally focused resources for parents and educators.

Brainfuse makes homework help more enjoyable, efficient and rewarding for parents and children. These digital programs also ensure that parents stay up-to-date on the latest methods and trends in education—as a lot has changed since parents were in school themselves!

Guilford Parent Academy gives you access to our free online resources, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Help your children practice reading, work on math skills, read eBooks, begin conversations about emotional topics and more!

There's even resources for parents! Parents can access GED prep, U.S. citizenship test prep, Microsoft Office support and career resources, including popular job search links. Parents can also get live, online interview practice from trained job coaches, and receive resume and cover letter assistance from trained resume experts.

It's free and easy to access. All classes, learning experiences, online content and videos are free as well, thanks to our community partners.

Log in with a student account:

User Name: student ID@stu.gcsnc.com

Password: student's birthdate (mmddyyyy)

Brainfuse Help Now Tutoring
HelpNow is an all-in-one suite of tutoring services designed for a wide range of academic needs, whether it’s tackling a tough homework problem, mastering a particular topic, or writing a paper. HelpNow services include expert academic tutoring and self-study tools. Students access live, on-demand academic help and state-aligned skills building lessons from expert tutors. With HelpNow, tutors and students communicate in real time in our online classroom by typing, drawing and marking-up lessons and web content. Plus, students can use a secure file sharing feature in the writing lab to submit writing assignments to writing tutors any time of the day. The Brainfuse full-service test center offers practice tests for all levels in math, reading and writing as well as college preparatory tests including the SAT.

Brainfuse Adult Learning

Since we know many parents are lifelong learners, either going back to school to finish high school, complete undergraduate and graduate degrees or those of us who just love to learn, parents can receive live one-on-one expert academic tutoring as well through the Brainfuse Adult Learning Center. Brush up on skills, learn something new and test your knowledge! Parents can access GED prep, U.S. citizenship test prep, Microsoft Office support and career resources including popular job search links. Parents can also get live, online interview practice from trained job coaches, and receive resume and cover letter assistance from trained resume experts.

Family Learning & Engagement

	Reading aloud to children improves their reading, writing and communication skills. Enjoy reading with celebrities to help make reading fun. Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, families, and caregivers. You may encounter your favorite TV celebrity.
	The Smithsonian Ocean Portal focuses on everything ocean. Explore ocean life, ecosystems, and the human connection through vibrant visuals and articles.
	Interactive games, videos, fill-in quizzes and more await you at National Geographic Kids. There is fun for the entire family in geography.
	The NASA Image and Video Library offers families online activities, e-books, podcasts and other content focusing on STEM education. Tour the universe through topics such as humans in space, moon to mars, earth, space tech, flight, solar system and beyond.
	Khan Academy provides free K-12 activities designed to increase learning in subjects including math grammar, science, history just to name a few. Sign up for a free account.
	Do you have a love for computer science? Code.org expands access to computer science to K-12 students and families. Try out fun computer science tutorials and even build your own projects.
	Scholastic gives K - 9 families an online learning platform with access to various resources such as daily lessons, worksheets, printables, and more. Families take a new learning journey each week with exercises to encourage critical thinking and discovery.
	UNCTV offers PBS Kids for Parents to help families find ways to interact through learning. Parents with children from birth to age 5 explore activities, games, and applications to keep the entire family learning at home. Categories include crafts, experiments, recipes and more. Take a tour of family fun through topics including emotions and self-awareness, social skills, character, literacy, math, science, and the arts.

Multicultural Families

Military Families

We can help you get your children settled in the school that best fits their needs. We offer choices that personalize learning, a safe and supportive environment, and a sense of belonging and connection across our school family and community.

To get started, check out the resources below:

Local military resources:

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