Dates to Remember

Wed, Oct 15th, @1:00am
Junior Class Meeting 1:00
Tue, Oct 21st, @4:30pm
Parent Night for Juniors
Tue, Nov 4th
National Election Day
Mon, Nov 24th
Thanksgiving Holidays
Mon, Dec 22nd
Christmas Holidays

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 For each department you will find a listing of faculty, faculty profiles, and courses taught.   Following the listing of faculty in each department, you will find a "Course Guide" of class descriptions for many of the classes offered in that department. Any questions concerning a specific course can be directed to the appropriate faculty member.
 
Technology

Benton High School, along with every other Bossier Parish school, has a networked computer systems. Each teacher has a desktop computer that is used for grade book records as well as electronic mail (e-mail), voice mail, etc. Multimedia technology, including CD-ROM and on-line communications, is available throughout the school. The Internet is available in every classroom at BHS. Each classroom has a telephone with direct access for parent contact. Those numbers are listed here.

At Benton High School, computers are utilized in Keyboarding, Business & Computer Applications, Desktop Publishing/Word Processing, Science, English, and Math departments, as well as all specialty subject areas. BHS has three computer labs with one where teachers may schedule classes for students to investigate, research, or remediate specific content areas. Two labs are for specific class use and the other is a math lab, obtained through an 8(g) competitive grant written by former math teacher Melissa Mainiero. This lab is primarily used for the math program "PLATO", but is also use by other subjects. BHS also obtained a wireless computer math lab through this grant. This lab is housed in Mr. Thompson's classroom and is used daily by the Mathematics department.

Classroom Performance System

Benton High School was instrumental in the expansion of the "Classroom Performance Systems" throughout the country and world. BHS was one of the first high schools in the country to begin using CPS. CPS is now being used in hundreds of elementary, middle, high schools and colleges around the country and world.

The Classroom Performance System (otherwise know as "Clickers") inspires and engages each students. The Classroom Performance System (CPS) is an easy-to-use IR response system that obtains immediate feedback from every student. With CPS, you can ask objective and subjective questions, then every student responds with their individual, wireless response pad! CPS is being used in 45 US states and in eight countries worldwide. Since the introduction of CPS in 2000, over 200,000 response pads have been placed in use. With CPS, you can ask objective and subjective questions, then every student responds with their individual, wireless response pad! In addition to assessing classroom comprehension, CPS also grades quizzes and homework in a matter of seconds.

SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard

The SMART Board interactive whiteboard turns your computer and projector into a powerful tool for teaching. With a computer image projected onto the whiteboard, you can simply press on its large, touch-sensitive surface to access and control any application. Using a pen from the SMART Pen Tray, you can work with ease at the whiteboard to write notes and highlight important information. Benton High School has 2 SMART Boards.

Click here for a demo of the SMART Board.