Enroll / Withdraw

Enrolling Your Student

• NEW ... if you are transferring to our school from out-of-district or out-of-state, you may now enroll your student through the GCS BackPack website!  Please follow the directions included in this link:  BackPack Parent Online Enrollment Directions . (Students transferring to our school from another Greenville County School may not use the online enrollment option at this time.  See below for details.)

• The process below pertains to enrollment during the school year.  If you need to pre-enroll a student during the summer, please refer to our website homepage for summer-specific enrollment dates and information. 
  
  
• Please begin by verifying that your student is zoned for Northwood Middle School by visiting the Find Your School site. 
  
  
• Stop by the Northwood Front Office Monday - Friday from 7:30am - 4:00pm to pick-up an enrollment packet.
  
  
• The student's parent or guardian must personally bring the completed enrollment forms and the following items to Northwood Middle School:
  - Parent/guardian's government issued photo ID. 
  - Copies of two (2) current proofs of residency - must be dated within 30 days & contain property address (mortgage, lease, water, power, natural gas, paystub, etc).
  - Student's original, long form birth certificate.
  - Student's immunization record, conditional certificate of immunization, or religious exemption certificate.
  - Withdrawal/transfer packet from student's previous school, along with most recent report card/transcript, attendance record, and discipline record.
  - If applicable, student's IEP or 504 plan for special accommodations. 
  - If applicable, court orders pertaining to custody, guardianship, no contact, etc.
  
  
• Our Registrar (Mitzi Bessent at 864-355-7013 or mbessent@greenville.k12.sc.us) is available to receive enrollment documents from 9:00 am - 2:30 pm on school days, unless you have scheduled an appointment outside of those times with her. 
  
  
• School tours are available only by appointment and should be scheduled through our Registrar (Mitzi Bessent at 864-355-7013 or mbessent@greenville.k12.sc.us).

Withdrawing Your Student

• The parent/guardian must contact the Registrar (Mitzi Bessent at 864-355-7013 or mbessent@greenville.k12.sc.us) at least 3 school days prior to the student's last day.
  
  
• The parent/guardian will need to provide:  (1) new home address, and (2) name & address of the school the student will be transferring to.
  
  
• On the student's last day at Northwood, the parent/guardian must come to the Northwood Front Office with a government issued photo ID to pickup the withdrawal packet.
  
  
• Should the student have any outstanding fees, textbooks, technology, etc, the items must be returned or paid for prior to the withdrawal packet being released.