Using Search and Filters 

The website has two "search" capabilities to help you find information. You have a free text search displayed on each page of the website and you have a special "filtering" feature on the calendar. The free text search allows you to type in words, such as “sermons” or “an event name”, and finds any reference to that word or words in the database. This can be very helpful for looking for information quickly without paging through the various pull down menus and links embedded in the website. For example, if you're looking for any information about a teacher, try typing the teacher’s last name in the search field. As the site grows, you'll see contact information, biographies, class and homework assignments and much more associated with the teacher. As you get used to "searching" try using special terms like and, or and not to refine your searches.  

The calendar also has a search feature to reduce the amount of information displayed to you. The filters are based on "activities" we have at TBE. For example, if you have a child in the K-5 grades and you want to search and display only the K-5 events, just click the pull-down menu on the right side of the activities box and choose the filter Grades K-5. The calendar will display only the events and activities for Grade K-5.  Please note: there may be events that require you to look at multiple activities. Please try more than one filter. It's a difficult task to anticipate everyone's needs and we'll get better with our categorization overtime.  

Using these "search" features should help you find the information you want quickly and easily.