Tips on becoming a PowerSchool Parent
Welcome to Lewis Central School District’s PowerSchool for
Parents. This information will get you started using PowerSchool.
PowerSchool for Parents is easy to use and will allow you take a more
active role in your child's education.
PowerSchool offers parents real-time access to grades, attendance,
homework assignments as well as class information. You can even e-mail
teachers or ask for automatic updates on your student's progress. The
PowerSchool link is available anywhere in the world, just by logging
into the Internet.
PowerSchool now offers parent single sign-on security. Each parent
can sign in to the PowerSchool Parent Portal with one account and see
any and all students for whom they have legal and parental rights to
see.
This feature will require parents to create a parent account and
associate that account with their children using the former parent
access IDs and passwords. (You cannot log in directly using the old
process.)
Click here to watch video instructions on how to create a single sign-on parent account and gain access to the Parent Portal.
Remember the Access ID and Password is confidential…for your eyes only….and shouldn't be shared with anyone.
Once you're inside the PowerSchool Program, you have access to a
variety of information at the click of a button. If you have Internet
access at home, at work, or even your school library or media center,
you can view information on your student at any time.
PowerSchool is a great communication tool…but remember…any questions you
ever have about your son or daughter can still be answered the
old-fashioned way…just by talking to our teachers or administrators.
Accessing Current Grades and Attendance
This section will explain how you access current grades, attendance, and class information from PowerSchool.
Once you've logged into PowerSchool, you will see a menu bar at the
top of the page. On this screen, you also will find a complete listing
of all your student's courses, teachers, grades and attendance
information.
By clicking on the teacher's name, you can send an email to your
child's teacher. Remember your computer must be set up to send e-mails
from your browser. Contact your own Internet service provider for help
with this feature.
The blue links give you more
information about your student. If you click on any of these links, it
will take you to another screen that displays a list of individual
assignments, projects, or class information. Click on those underlined
items to find out the details for the assignment.
The date at the bottom of the screen shows you the last time the information was updated.
To return to the first screen, simply click on the Grades and Attendance button at the top of the page.
The Grades and Attendance screen also shows when your student was
tardy or absent. Click on the numbers in blue to find out the days and
classes in which your son or daughter was late or absent.
You can also look at the grades your student earned earlier this
school year. Simply click on the icon marked Grades History for a
complete listing of student grades from the current school year
Reviewing Attendance History
Click the Attendance History button to see your child’s attendance
record. On days when school isn't in session, a dash will appear. For a
complete listing of all attendance codes, scroll to the bottom of the
screen (for detailed attendance information).
Automatic E-Mail Updates/E-Mailing Teacher
You can receive automatic email updates and send emails to your
child's teacher(s). After you've logged into PowerSchool, click on the
Email Notification button.
To receive automatic email updates from the school, check off the
information that you'd like to receive about your son or daughter, how
often you'd like to receive it, and whether you want that information
sent to you immediately (please note that we do not use PowerSchool to
track lunch or fee balances of any type, so do not check Balance Alert).
Be sure to include the email address where you'd like the information
sent and press the blue Submit button.
To stop receiving these automatic updates, simply unclick the boxes and press Submit.
You can email teachers from the Grades and Attendance screen or from
the Teachers Comments screen (click the Teacher Comments button). From
time to time, teachers may include remarks about your child. To respond
to any teacher, simply click on his or her name.
Remember your computer must be set up to send emails from your
browser. Contact your own Internet service provider for help with this
feature. Since teachers work with a large number of students, they may
not respond right away, so please be patient. They'll get in touch with
you as soon as they can.
Class Registration
The Lewis Central Schools uses online Class Registration during the
Spring trimester. You can view your current course requests and even
submit course requests for the following year when the window for
registration is officially opened by adminisration.