PowerSchool User Guide

Getting Started
 

Create a Parent/Guardian Account:
  1. Visit this Link.
  2. Click Create an Account.
  3. Enter the following information:
    1. Name - Your first and last name.
    2. Email - Student notifications and correspondence related to your parent/guardian account will be sent to this email address.
    3. Desired User Name - Your user name is your unique PowerSchool identity.
    4. Password - Your password must be at least 6 characters long.
    5. Student Access Information - Access codes were provided to you via a letter from your child’s principal.
  4. Click Enter.
  5. PowerSchool Login screen will display with the message: Congratulations! Your new Parent/Guardian Account has been created. Enter your Username and Password to start using your new account.

Log into the PowerSchool Public Portal:
  1. Enter your Username and Password.
  2. Click Submit.

Access Codes And Access Passwords
 

You should have received a letter from your child's school containing their student Access Password and Access ID.  If you misplaced this letter, please contact your child's school.  A new letter with the Access ID and Access Password will be sent home.  The district will not distribute Access ID's or Access Passwords via email or over the phone.  Codes are case sensitive, please enter them exactly the way they are shown on your letter.

Password Information:

If you forgot your username or password, please use the "Forgot Username or Password?" link, which is on the main PowerSchool Public Portal login screen.

Grades and Attendance:

Detailed attendance records for the last week and current week are shown.  Click the total number of absences to view a detailed description of each absence.  See the "Legend" at the bottom of the screen.

Clicking the blue grade letter in the current term will bring up the Class Score Detail page for the selected course.  This page displays the due date of the assignment, the name of the assignment, the category and the score received for each assignment.

Grade History:

Final grades for the previous grading term are shown.

Attendance History:

View the current term attendance record for your child.  The legend at the bottom of the page displays the attendance codes and their meaning.

Email Notifications:

If you wish to receive information about your child’s grades, attendances, and assignment scores, use this page to set up your e-mail preferences.  You can specify which information you would like to receive, how often you would like to receive the information, and how often you would like to receive e-mail.

How to Set Up Email Notifications:

  1. On the main menu, click Email Notification. The Email Notifications page appears.
  2. What information would you like to receive? :
    1. Specify which information you would like to receive by selecting the appropriate checkboxes. (Email notifications are available for parent logins only).
Demographic Change:

Review and update your child’s demographic information and parent/guardian information.  Remember to click Submit.  The school’s main office will review your changes and update your child’s records.  Upon verification by the school the bus company will be contacted.

(Note: Students do not have access to make changes on this page).

Emergency Contact Change:

Review and update your child’s emergency contact information. Remember to click Submit.  The school’s main office will review your changes and update your child’s records.

(Note: Students do not have access to make changes on this page).

School Bulletin:

Use this page to view school announcements.  It contains information for each school.  Also, there are links to the school’s main webpage and calendar.

Account Preferences:

To change your email address, username, or password:

  1. Navigate to Account Preferences.
  2. Profile.
  3. Make Revisions
  4. Click Save.
  5. Add additional children to your account:
    1. If you need to add additional children after establishing the account, navigate to Account Preferences.
    2. Click the Students tab.
    3. Click Add.
Logout of PowerSchool Public Portal:


If you are not actively working in PowerSchool, your session may timeout.  If so, you need to log in again.  When finished working in PowerSchool, it is important to log out of the application.  You can log out of PowerSchool from any page in the application.

Click Logout in the navigation bar. The Log In page appears.


Disclaimer
 

PowerSchool Online is provided as a convenience.  Grades and other information provided by this system are not official records.  Neither this institution nor Pearson School Systems accepts any responsibility for information provided by this system and/or for any damages resulting from information provided by this system.  For official grades and student records, contact the school directly.