Welcome to Westhills

My name is Karen Travis. I am the Librarian and Technology Coordinator. My phone number is 432-3508. My email address is [email protected].

1.      Give me your email address if you would like to get   Westhills’ information by email.

2.      Check out our website for information, tips, calendar of events, upcoming activities, etc. @www.westhillselementaryschool.com

3.      You can sign up to receive text messages from the school. Sign up at NOTIFY ME on the school’s web page.

4.       INOW Directions for Grades and Attendance

You will need to contact me to get your child’s user name and password.

To login to the Home Portal, parents must first login to the Bessemer City Schools Resource Portal at https://portal.bessk12.org.

The user name is “student” and the password is also “student”. Enter the username (student) and click login, then enter the password (student) and click login.

This will take you to the School Resource Portal where you will see the INOW icon for the Home Portal.

Click on the INOW icon and enter your assigned Home Portal student login and password. After logging into INOW, you will be prompted to change your password following the guidelines on the login screen.

5.       Directions for getting to Renaissance Place Home Connect.

You can check your child’s record and see how they are doing in Accelerated Reader.

You will need to request your child’s user name and password for Accelerated Reader.

Your child should be able to give you this information. If not, send me an email. Tell me your child’s name and teacher’s name.

You can view Renaissance Home Connect from any computer with an Internet connection using these browsers:

Internet Explorer 7.x- 9.X

Firefox 4.x or later

Sarari 3.x- 5.x

To log in to Renaissance Home Connect:

Website: https://hosted 130.renlearn.com/73543/HomeConnect

Then fill in your child’s user name and password.

If you’d like to receive emails showing your child’s quiz or test results, click the Email Setup link in Renaissance Home Connect and follow the directions. To be sure these emails reach your inbox, add [email protected] to your address book.