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Family Access

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Skyward Family AccessIncreases Communication with parents and guardians

• Parents are assigned a username and password generated via the school or district office through Skyward Student Management.

• Link from school website or a URL

• Student information is available in “real-time”, right from Skyward’s student database.

What about Security?

• Skyward has several security solutions in place so your district is secure from the latest threats.

• Family Access is secure and protected by SSL.

What Can Parents See?Student information Activities

Attendance Calendar

Current Year Schedules Email Notifications

Food Service Graduation Requirements

Discipline Home Room

GradeBook Message Center

Fee Management Report Cards

Health Records Skylert

Academic History Test Scores

Activities Pseudo Family Changes

Portfolio Online Assignments

Calendar

What Can Parents See?

Student Information

What Can Parents See?

Student Information

What Can Parents See?

Student Information

What Can Parents See?

• Keep emergency contacts, home addresses and work phone numbers up-to-date by giving parents a visual “reminder.”

• Changes can be sent to the school office via email directly from Family Access.

• Cut down on phone calls to the office by using Pseudo Family Changes.

Benefits of Family Access/Student Information

Grading/Current Grade Marks

What Can Parents See?

Grading/Missing Assignments

What Can Parents See?

Comments, GPA, & Class Rank

What Can Parents See?

“Amanda is an excellent

artist! She is a pleasure to

have in class.”

“Amanda should concentrate on her studies.”

Benefits of Family Access/Grading Information

• Up-to-date grades.

• Missing assignments – parents do not have to wait for ‘paper’ notification or a call from school to address.

• Monitor class rank and GPA for college opportunities.

Message Center

What Can Parents See?

• Administration can send messages to select groups of students and guardians and include attachments.

• Teachers can send messages and attachments to select students or classes and include attachments. Teachers can choose to allow students and guardians to respond to select messages.

• Administration or teacher messages can be sent via email.

• Improve communication between school and home while decreasing costs.

Benefits of the Message Center

Attendance/Calendar

What Can Parents See?

Attendance/By Day

What Can Parents See?

Attendance/Absence Notification

What Can Parents See?

Benefits of Family Access/Attendance Information

• Parents are able to keep “tabs” on their children.

• Easy absence notification helps keep calls to the office to a minimum.

• Excessive absences or tardiness are not a surprise to parents.

• Allows parents/guardians to be notified via email of absence records by day.

Current Schedule

What Can Parents See?

Current Year Schedule

What Can Parents See?

Next Year Schedule

What Can Parents See?

Benefits of Family Access/Schedule Information

• Parents know what classes their child is taking.

• Look-up teacher for a particular class.

• Review next year’s schedule with their child.

• District can allow parents to email teachers directly with questions.

Discipline

Student Offenses:

What Can Parents See?

• Date• Description• Location• Discipline tracker• Actions taken

Benefits of Family Access/Discipline Information

• Parents know immediately when a child has had a disciplinary incident.

• Students cannot hide the issues, no more ‘mailbox interception’ of official school correspondence.

Graduation Requirements

What Can Parents See?

Test Scores

What Can Parents See?

Food Service Account Information

What Can Parents See?

Food Service Payments

What Can Parents See?

Food Service Purchases

What Can Parents See?

Benefits of Family Access/Food Service Information

• Track account balance and activity.

• Track purchases.

• Make payments online.

Fee Management

What Can Parents See?

• Fee Activity• Payments

Benefits of Family Access/Fee Management

• Parents can monitor balance due.

• Diminishes late notices.

• Check on payments made without picking up the phone.

• Make online payments.

Academic History

What Can Parents See?

E-mail Notifications

What Can Parents Subscribe To?

What Can Parents See?

• Health Conditions• Tests• Medications• Dental Exams• Injuries• Vaccinations• Disabilities• Physicals• Childhood Illnesses• Office Visits

Health Records

Benefits of Family Access/Health Information

• Ensure children are in compliance for vaccinations.

• Check that medication has been administered according to parental/doctor instruction.

• Look-up past physical exams.

• Verify health conditions are accurate.

What Else is Available in Family Access?

• Report cards can be posted.

• Reports, as designated by the school, can be posted for parental view.

• Assist students in making course requests for the next school year.

• Online Arena Scheduling Option.

• View information regarding Online Assignments that have been posted for their Students.

Software Developed & Supported in the USA

Skyward is proud of the fact that all the software it provides for the K-12 marketplace is developed and supported in the USA.