The Password and Username were
included in the Power School information that was sent to your
home. If you have lost this information, use the request form at
the bottom of this page to obtain the information. Please note
that it must be picked up in person from the school registrar
between the hours of 3:00 pm and 4:00 p.m. You must
request the information in advance, or it will not be available
to you. Positive identification will be required.
No. If one user
is actively logged into PowerSchool and another user tries to
log in with the same account information, the current user will
be disconnected.
PowerSchool is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the following
exceptions: Each night PowerSchool shuts down briefly to perform
a backup at 2 AM. This takes only a few minutes. During
scheduled maintenance routines that will be announced through
PowerSchool's Bulletin feature.
www.saintmaryshighschool.org
and click on the flashing PowerSchool icon found at the top left
of the menu bar. This will get you to the site. If you want to
enter the address yourself,
type http://powerschool.saintmaryshighschool.org
in the URL line of your browser. This will get you to the site.
Once you are at the login page, you can add this site to your
favorites or bookmark it. This way you can easily access the
login screen in the future. Please
note there is no
www an the web site address. Likewise the web site cannot be
found by a browser search such as Google or AOL search.
No. The St.
Mary's High School web site is open to the general public. The
PowerSchool web site is exclusively for the Administration,
Faculty, Parents, and Students of SMHS. Each parent and student
account has a unique and secure user name and password. Only the
individual parent and/or student can access his personal
information on this site.
Essentially,
your only option is to upgrade your browser, or else try to
access PowerSchool from another computer with an updated
browser. Both Internet Explorer v.5.5 or later, and Netscape
v.6.x or later are supported. Later AOL versions are also OK to
use. Apple does not ensure compatibility with alternative
browsers such as Mozilla or Opera, however, these should be fine
to use.
PowerSchool
requires an active Internet connection, current browser, valid
user ID and password, and that you set your browser to ALLOW
COOKIES. If cookies are not allowed, you will not be able to log
in. This is easily set in most browsers. Please follow the
provided tutorial for instructions on setting your security
settings.
If your
e-mail account is not linked to your web browser, such as Yahoo,
America On-Line, Fire Fox or Internet Explorer, you should copy
and paste the teacher's e-mail address into your regular e-mail
account and send your message from there.
When you
come to the Power School Grades and Attendance Page, click on
the letter grade you are concerned with. This will display a
complete list of assignments, tests and grades for your student
that can be printed out if you desire.
When you
come to the Power School Grades and Attendance Page, click on
the number displayed under the Attendance columns. This will
display a detailed list of absences for your student that can be
printed out if you desire.
Our
teachers take parent communication very seriously. They also
take their teaching and other faculty roles seriously. Sometimes
a teacher cannot respond to you the same day due to these and
other obligations and commitments. A teacher will respond as
soon as they are able.
You should
be able to e-mail teachers by clicking on their names on the
PowerSchool web pages. Clicking on these links should open your
e-mail program and allow you to send the mail. However,
different mail servers and ISPs configure their mail services in
different ways that may make these name links inoperable
(especially business, corporations, and government agencies).
These settings could disable the links in PowerSchool.
If your
e-mail is being returned, or you suspect that the teacher is not
getting your mail, go to your e-mail program and send the e-mail
in the "traditional " way instead of using the links in
PowerSchool. All e-mail accounts at SMHS begin with the person's
first initial and last name @saintmaryshighschool.org.
(E.g.
ateacher@saintmaryshighschool.org). This should solve the
problem. If not, contact the teacher by phone so that we can
look into possible causes on our end.
The way in
which teachers enter scores and due dates of an assignment
varies and is somewhat based on individual preference. As shown
in PowerSchool, due dates could mean any of the following:
The date
the assignment was given
The date
the assignment was recorded in the grade book
A future
date when the assignment will be due and/or recorded.
There is a
chance that the class may not have met yet or simply a matter of
timing between your access and the teacher's update. The other
option is that the teacher has opened the grade book and entered
an assignment, but has yet to record any scores for that
assignment.
Log in to
PowerSchool and double check to be sure you have submitted the
correct email address. If you have two email addresses to which
your updates are to be sent, they must be separated with a
comma.
Check to be
sure how often you selected to receive the items. Choices
include daily, weekly, monthly, twice monthly, or never."
"Never" applies to receiving a one-time update.
The Grades and
Attendance page that you see when you first enter PowerSchool
only shows grades and attendance for courses in which the
student is currently enrolled. Since the 1st Semester ended on
December 20, 2006, students are no longer enrolled in those
courses. The grades and attendance for these courses will no
longer appear on this page. You can see Final Grades for these
classes by clicking the Grades History button on the first page
that you see. Remember, only 1st Semester
(S1) and 2nd Semester (S2) grades appear on student transcripts.
Quarter grades do not appear on transcripts.
The reason you
can see the entire years assignments and grades for certain
classes like Band, Theater Arts, PE, etc. is that they are year
long classes so their enrollment dates span from August to May.
Working with
the counselors in the Guidance Department and the Academic
Department Chairpersons, we will be using this function to make
student course requests for the coming school year. At this
time, this process will take place on campus under the
supervision of the counselors and scheduling personnel. We will
keep you informed of the course requests that are made at
appropriate times throughout the process.
