Benton District 47

PCs for People is offering another event at Benton Grade School. The event will be on May 24th from 2:00-6:00 PM. Registration will close on May 20th. Details on how to pre-reg...

Logan and Lennox Stowers were recently recognized by the Illinois State Organization of Delta Kappa Gamma Literacy Committee for essay's they submitted on the topic: What did you ...

Each year faculty and administration vote and choose one eighth grader’s artwork to be added to the Permanent Art and Photo Gallery located across from the BGS 5-8 office. This ye...

Benton Community Consolidated School District No. 47 is pleased to honor our 8 th grade graduating students on May 14 th at 6:00 in the Event Center. End of the Ye...

2020-2021 BGS Virtual Art Show In a year of changes to accommodate the pandemic, Jr. High art students at BGS 5-8 were able to continue creating some amazing artwork. These y...

Kindergarten Registration dates have been announced. Kindergarten Registration & Screening will be held on May 7, 14, & 20. Please call the K-4 office at (618) 438-7181 for a sc...

The Benton Grade School Ranger Round Up winners for the month of March are: 5th Grade: Keegan Hertenstein, 6th Grade: Tate Keller, 7th Grade: Aiden Walters, and 8th Grade: Tyler ...

The Benton Grade School Ranger Round Up winners for the month of February are: 5th Grade: Cole Clark, 6th Grade: Annalise Williams, 7th Grade: Eli Schlag, and 8th Grade: Gavin De...

This is an update link for more information and a change of address forms for the PEBT benefits. https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=131776 Please click on the link or...

The Benton Grade School Ranger Round Up winners for the month of January are: 5th Grade: Isabella Moss , 6th Grade: Whitlee Sheffer, 7th Grade: Jilianne Cox, and 8th Grade: Alexis...

Benton Basketball and Volleyball Live Stream Links: Home Games: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=benton47 Mt. Vernon: https://www.youtube.com/...

See the attachment below graduation information.

The SIU PreK Program housed at Benton Grade School is holding a PreK Screening for children ages 0-5 on Monday, March 1. See the attached flyer for more details and a number to c...

The Benton Grade School Ranger Round Up winners for the month of December are: 5th Grade: Eli Craig , 6th Grade: James Kennedy, 7th Grade: Mia Rechsteiner, and 8th Grade: Tessa Ne...

Use the following link to access Google Classroom codes for 5-8 Remote Learners. https://www.benton47.org/brows...

School Supplies 2020-2021 Click the following links to view grade level supply lists. K-4 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade Mrs. Andrews...

BGS Second Grader - Jareth Silliman was chosen as a WSIL TV3 Wicked Awesome Kid. Click on this Channel 3 link to view the whole story. - Jareth Silliman https://wsiltv.com/202...

Check out Mrs. Karcher's new social work page and virtual classroom by using the following link. You can also access this page under the "BGS K-8" tab in the main menu of the sch...

Every year, Benton Grade School participates in the Patriot Pen essay contest sponsored by the V.F.W. This year the theme was " What Patriotism is to Me". The 6th , 7th, and 8th ...