ALMA START FOR RETURNING STUDENTS

The video above will walk you through the process to review, update date and sign off on important documents for returning families. 

Contact Updates/Annual First Day of School Papers Verification

For current students of the Laurel School District, we have distributed several first day of school forms in an electronic format via a program called Alma Start. The forms online include:

1. Student & Parent/Guardian Verification of the District Calendar/Handbook

2. Student & Parent/Guardian Verification of the Bridge Handbook (Chromebooks)

3. Student & Parent/Guardian Verification of tge Acceptible Use of the Internet Policy

4. Home Language Survey

5. Safe Schools Affidavit

6. Digital Image Release 

***PLEASE NOTE: If you are an existing family already established at Laurel, the only actions you must complete is to verify and update information and review and sign off the important documents posted in alma start. Existing families are not required to contact central registration to schedule a meeting.***

Filling out these forms is now easier than ever! In fact, most of the data is already filled in for you!

To get started, go to the appropriate website below based on your child’s school. If you have more than one child, you can log in to any one of their schools in order to complete all of the forms without having to log out and back in. Once logged in, select your child's name on the left-hand side to begin filling out their forms.

Middle/High School: https://laurelhs.getalma.com/home

Elementary School: https://laureles.getalma.com/home

If you need assistance you can read documentation getting started with alma start for current users HERE. 

Click this link for instructions on how to complete a process for existing students in alma start

If prompted, please do not register for a new account. You must use your existing parent/guardian account. This username is typically in the format of FirstName.LastName, e.g. “John.Smith”.  If you are not able to register/login you can request an account or password reset by sending an email to help@laurel.k12.pa.us - Please use Alma as the subject and list your name, the name of the student(s) along with the email on file. 

Upon login, you should see a screen similar to the one below. Each of your students’ names are listed on the left-hand side of the screen. As mentioned above, upon clicking on the name of your first student in the list, you will see the list of processes (collections of forms) that must be completed for that student. Simply click on the process in the list to get started. Please note that forms must be submitted for each student, but don’t worry, most of the information is filled in for you based on last year’s information or are optional.