PowerSchool

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PowerSchool

• Purposes, Dos and Donts

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Purpose

• PowerSchool is a tool to help communicate your
  childs progress in each class.
• There are assignments and teacher comments and
  sometimes there are links to the criteria of the
  assignment.
• You can get email reminders on a monthly, weekly
  or daily basis.

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What works with PowerSchool

• Look at PowerSchool with your child.
• Talk to your child and check their assignment
  notebook.
• Read the teacher comments and look at the
  returned assignment with your child.
• Emphasize your childs progress or help them
  implement a plan to fix a problem.
• Remember that there are going to be numerous
  assignments throughout the year
• Email or call the teacher for clarification.

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Dont do this with PowerSchool

• Dont check it every day it will drive you
  crazy!
• Dont overreact at the beginning of the quarter
  when there are few grades and one assignment can
  skew the letter grade.
• Dont forget that some teachers weight their
  grades.
• Dont focus on a letter grade for an assignment,
  for example a 2/3 is a D
• Dont rely on PowerSchool as your main (only)
  communication tool.

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Some things to consider

• Please keep in mind that the goal for everyone is
  the childs success in a class.
• Keep in mind that PowerSchool is a snapshot in
  time and it is constantly evolving.
• In the assignments ( ) often means not graded and
  0 or late means missing.
• This is not a perfect tool, but it can be used
  very successfully.

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Remember

• Talk to your child.
• Grades do not define the child.
• Your child is special for who they are.