Friday, February 27, 2009

Coming Soon - Seeing checkmarks, late notices and missing on the parent side

Parents,

Teachers have had the ability all year to make little marks in the gradebook that they can see - a checkmark to let them know a student handed in an assignment (usually those not graded within a week), a small "L" icon that represents the assignment is late, and a small "M" icon that represents the assignment is "missing." Most of the time the teacher will contact you in another form since you are not able to see these items from the parent side, something that Pearson did not consider at the time they provided these tools. However, since many school districts requested this ability, Pearson will make an upgrade available within the next month to make these items visible to you.

I will post more information when I have a definite date. We are working to make this program work even better to keep you informed of your child's progress.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Have you seen what's available on the Diocesan Website?

Parents,

PowerSchool gives you information regarding your children's academic progress and attendance. Have you also had a chance to visit the diocesan website? On the schools section we have up-to-date information on What's new in our schools, school events, updated curriculum information, just as a start. Visit it often and bookmark the page - in the next several weeks there will be forms that you can download.

http://www.diometuchen.org/schools


What would you like to see there? Send me an email or comment on this post and let me know.

Dr. Adele Ellis
aellis@diometuchen.org