Getting Started at Bridgewater
The helpful links below guide you through the registration steps and a typical day of a distance learning student at Bridgewater.
Registration Steps at Bridgewater
Pre-registration Counseling
Bridgewater offers you a free one-on-one pre-registration consultation with an educational specialist. For more information on distance learning options available to you and your student, simply click here to have us call you.
Registration
Registration is the initial step of preparing your student for enrollment at Bridgewater. Online registration only takes a few minutes! Simply click on register and follow the easy, step-by-step instructions. At the end of registration, an initial payment will be required. The remaining balance is due upon enrollment.
Accurate Placement
Bridgewater provides guidance counseling and placement tests to ensure your student's proper grade placement. This procedure properly sets a coursework plan in place for your student. To ensure the highest quality education, placement tests are available for full-time students in the following subjects:
- History & Geography
- Language Arts
- Math
- Science
Guidance counselors work with you to evaluate your student's placement test results and transcripts in order to establish a personally customized program to fit your student's academic needs.
Enrollment
After completing registration and placement, your student is enrolled in Bridgewater as either a full-time or a part-time student, and curriculum access is granted.
A School Year at Bridgewater
Day to Day (Online Curriculum)
Bridgewater's course offerings include engaging, media-rich curriculum. To enhance student learning, our online curriculum comes complete with interactive exercises, movies, animations, and audio clips. Plus, with its instant grading feature, Bridgewater's online curriculum offers immediate feedback regarding the student's progress.
Bridgewater's teachers grade paragraph answers, essays, and projects associated with students' lessons. Any grading or comments made by the teachers are transferred back to students simultaneously.
Communication between teachers and students is accomplished on two levels within the curriculum system. Notes can be left in the general message box, or comments can be made directly on the problems themselves. Additionally, students can communicate with their teachers via email, chat, or telephone. These teachers are available on weekdays to provide academic support from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (CT).



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