What next?

1. PowerSchool & Schoology Activation 

Expect to receive your 'PowerSchool' Activation letter from the IT team. PowerSchool is a parent portal where you can log in and see information specific to your family including your child's report cards, grades, weekly schedule, attendance; and where you also provide personal information to school in a section called PowerSchool Forms (explained below). 

You will also receive instructions on this letter to activate your 'Schoology' account. Schoology is the School Intranet where you can see the school wide activities calendar, the weekly school newsletters, as well as group messages sent to all families by different parts of the school - your division, your grade, sports teams,  performing arts, medical centre, counsellors, transport, catering, etc

Logins, and any notifications from above platforms are linked to your email address. One or both parents can choose to set up these accounts. or any questions or issues with the activation of these accounts, you can contact the Cobham Technology support team on CobhamTechSupport@acs-schools.com

2. PowerSchool Forms

In the same email above, you will also be requested to complete your PowerSchool Forms (detailed how-to instructions will be included). This important section in PowerSchool holds all the key family information you provide to the school. e.g. contact details, emergency numbers, allergy information for your child, medical, trips & media consents, etc. It is CRITICAL that all sections of these forms are completed before their first day of school, and always kept up-to-date with any changes thereafter. In case of Boarding students, these should be completed before the student arrives in the Boarding House.

3. ParentPay Activation

You will receive a ParentPay activation letter from the Finance team. ParentPay is our parent portal for all school payments - for lunches, residential trips, yearbooks, etc. Once you are on ParentPay, you will be able to link it to your bank account for any future payments or automatic top-ups.

For any questions or problems with set up of ParentPay, you can reach can out to Michelle Green on mgreen4@acs-schools.com. 

4. Division & Class teacher contact 

Closer to your start date, families will also receive a Welcome letter from their Divisions if they haven't already. Lower School Families will also hear from their child's class teacher. 

Note: 

Please note that there are several PowerSchool & Schoology introduction sessions over zoom during the school year - these are drop-in & optional, and will help you understand better how to navigate these parent platforms. We will also go over these on day 1 as the students and parents attend an 'orientation session'.

Before the orientation, kindly just ensure that you have activated your access to these platforms; and filled in your PowerSchool Forms!