New Online Grade Book

powerschoolAfter trying out ThinkWave, the fifth grade team has decided to switch to PowerSchool for our online grade book. This is the same system that the kids will be using all through middle and high school, so you will be getting a head-start on learning how to navigate it.

In middle school, teachers use PowerSchool to show assignment grades, test and quiz scores. These scores are then tabulated into an overall grade. We will be using PowerSchool to show whether or not assignments were turned in and completed, and also test/quiz scores, but there will not be an overall grade since we must group together all the different subjects on the same grade book.

To get to the grade book, go to the PowerSchool Student/Parent login page (pictured above). There is also a link on the Blogroll on the right hand side of this web site. Login using your child’s Active Directory username and password (a sheet for you is being sent home – many kids have them memorized). After you login, you will be on this page:

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E1 is our current grading period and if their were an overall grade, this is where it would be. Instead there is just a line, but that is what you need to click on to get to the assignments page. Once you click on that, you will go to this page:

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This page will list all your child’s assignments and will show whether they turned it in or it is missing. We encourage you to use this site to keep informed on your child’s progress. This site is also new to us, so please let us know if you encounter difficulties accessing it. Also, from the “Grades and Atttendance” page shown above, you or your child can also access EnVision 2.0. Go to the MATH page for more information.

3 thoughts on “New Online Grade Book

      • Ok, thanks for clarifying. My fourth grader thought they were still doing Think Wave.
        Yay for everyone being on Power School. Thanks for simplifying things for those of us that have multiple kids at multiple schools.

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