SKYWARD STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

We are excited to announce that we have begun to implement the new product called Family Access by Skyward that will allow parents to log onto the internet and see their student’s progress. This new service will allow parents to view their student’s attendance, grades, schedule, food service balance, progress, assignments, emergency information, and it will even allow them to help select their student’s courses. Family Access will also allow the parents to see any grades you have posted, any future assignments you have posted and will allow each student’s parents/guardians the option to email each class’s appropriate teacher with any questions or concerns.

There will be many benefits to the Family Access program when it becomes available to parents. If staff members want to contact the parents about their student(s), they can email them with anything from commendations to progress reports. In addition, they will have the option to see exactly what the parents see in regards to a specific class. They will be able to see exactly how many times the parents have accessed Family Access – this is a great tool to use if parents ask you how they can help their child.

The information below is going to be consistent from school-to-school:

Beginning October 1, 2009, it would be a reasonable expectation to have the electronic grade book updated at least once per week. The exact day of the week would be a site decision to give the schools the flexibility to determine where that reporting meets their program needs. For example, a school on a seven day cycle may choose to have the grade book updated once a cycle so that the instructors see each student an equal number of times within that school defined week.

While teachers generally update their grade books at least weekly, it is understood that some assignments simply take longer to grade and may not be immediately updated in the grade books. Staff will make every attempt to update their grade books weekly.

Staff members will report:

• Attendance
• Calendar
• Current year schedule
• Email notification
• Discipline
• Message center

Parents will eventually see:

• Grades
• Daily Assignments
• Report Cards
• Attendance
• Class Schedules
• Emergency Contact/Student Address Information
• Bus Schedules
• Health Records
• Food Service
• Fee Management
• Discipline
• Graduation Requirements
• Activities
• Message Center
• Customized Reports
• Test Scores

What can parents do:

• Notify school of absences
• Email school personnel
• Print reports
• Submit student course requests
• Update their email address
• Retrieve their “forgotten” login and passwords
• Credit card payments via RevTrack or Magic – Wrighters
• Sign up for email notifications