Attendance and Grade Reports
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Account Login
The student and parent sign in portal is found here: https://pistem.powerschool.com/public/
Video to help you understand how to login and access the PowerSchool Parent Portal
Contact: dpollnow@pistem.org for your parent access ID and passwords (one for each student).
Parent Experience Overview
PowerSchool is Project Impact STEM Academy's Student Information System (SIS) it manages all student data including attendance , calculation of final grades, and grade reports (report cards and transcripts). PowerSchool is where you will log in to check your students attendance and final grades. As a parent you can set up alerts within PowerSchool to alert you of student absences and grade notifications. The PowerSchool Parent Portal User Manual is a good resource for navigating the portal. Note that Pi STEM uses a modified standards-based grading method, we do not use Pearson Education materials (ignore this section) and we currently do not do registration through PowerSchool (so you can ignore this section).
PowerSchool Student and Parent Portal Users Guide (Full Version)
Student Attendance and Grade Notifications
PowerSchool mobile app gives parents and students instant access to information they need to stay up-to-date on student grades, performance, and attendance and receive real-time push notifications with updates about grades, scores, attendance, assignments, teacher comments, daily bulletins, schedules, and fee transactions.
To opt into these options follow the steps below:
Log into the PowerSchool App
Click the Menu button
Click the Settings button
Click Email Notifications
Check the boxes for the types of notifications you want to receive
Submit the page
Here is a video guide that another school created that is pretty informative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz1zhmxkSUI
Here is a print guide that provides further information about setting up your parent notifications: http://www.ifacadets.net/uploads/Editor/PowerSchool%20Email%20Notification.pdf
Student Grade Reports
To view Student Quarter Progress Reports or Final Report Cards:
Log into your Parent Account.
If you have multiple children at Pi STEM, click on the child whose report card you'd like to view (visible in the blue bar at the top of the page).
On the left side of the screen click on Report Cards.
Choose the report you would like to view. The Report Card will generate and there will be an option to print.
To view on mobile Device:
Log into your Parent Account,
Scroll down and choose "Exit to Main PS Site"
If you have multiple children at Pi STEM, click on the child whose report card you'd like to view (visible in the blue bar at the top of the page).
In the top left hand corner their is a small triangle that will expose the main menu, choose Report Card at the bottom.
Choose the report you would like to view. The Report Card will generate and there will be an option to print.
Note: Report Cards are not available on PowerSchool Mobile app, when accessing PowerSchool on a mobile device, choose "Exit to Main PS Site" on the first screen.
If you have an trouble contract dpollnow@pistem.org
PowerSchool - School Messenger App
Urgent/Emergent Student Attendance and other Alert Notification Preferences
We use a PowerSchool plugin app called School Messenger to push out urgent and emergent text notifications from PowerSchool. You can access this and set your preferences using the below guide:
You will find a SchoolMessenger app link on the top right hand side of your PowerSchool parent portal. Using this link will launch the SchoolMessenger app from PowerSchool while keeping your PowerSchool session active, allowing you to work in both applications simutaniously.
To launch the SchoolMessenger App
1.) Log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal.
2.) On the start page, click SchoolMessenger in the Navigation Menu. The School Messenger app will launch their landing page in another window. The first time you log into the SchoolMessenger page you will be prompted with the following screen.
3.) After you have verified that your email address on the screen is correct, check your email address inbox for the verification email.
4.) Open the verification email and click the link provided to verify.
This page serves two purposes:
Lets you know that from now on you will be taken directly to your inbox in SchoolMessenger app.
Lets you create a login password, if desired. There is no password requirement if you are logging in through PowerSchool. Having a password will allow you to access SchoolMessenger directly, without login in through PowerSchool.
Once you access SchoolMessenger you will find a screen that looks like the one below. This screen will allow you to turn on (green) or turn off various SchoolMessenger functions.
