River Eves Elementary School Home Access Parent Workshop 10/30/17 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

River Eves Elementary School Home Access Parent Workshop 10/30/17 7:15AM & 9:30AM Parent Liaison: Carin Jordan & ESOL Parent Liaison Vilma Bass NEIL PINNOCK, PRINCIPAL MATTHEW DONAHOE, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

What is Home Access?  Home Access Center (HAC) is the authorized web portal and only authorized provider of online access to student information in Fulton County Schools  Parents and guardians can view student schedule, grades, and attendance information.

Login Credentials  Access via Fulton County Website http://school.fultonschools.org  Obtain User ID/Password from River Eves front desk (ID required)  Password is case sensitive  Same Login is used for all students in family

HAC “Hacks”: Pin to Taskbar  “Pin” Home Access to your taskbar and check frequently!

Viewing My Students Change Student Here My Students

HAC Home Page  Will open to “Home” page displaying student schedule.

HAC “Hacks”: Attendance Q: What do I do if I see my student marked as absent for a day or see that an absence is marked “unexcused” when it should be excused? A: Contact your child’s teacher.

Demographic Tab  Access via the “Registration” Icon  Use this page to review key student data and emergency contact information  Only the email address of primary guardian is editable. For other changes:  Send written note to school  Update and return the “Contact” form that comes home in Quarterly report card folder

Grades  Access via the “Grades” Icon  Grades are locked and not visible during a short time during quarterly report card printing periods  Parents may enable email “alerts” and receive notification if grades fall below threshhold

Grades Interim Progress Reports: • View student progress report grades • IPRs from earlier periods may also be available

Grades Standardized test scores may be viewed via the “Test Scores” tab

HAC “Hacks”: Abbreviations Some common codes in HAC: NHI= Not Handed In EX = excused ABS = Absent (doesn’t affect grade ) If it’s left blank it also means not handed in or teacher hasn’t entered the grade yet. (Some teachers leave it as a zero and some do not.)

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Click on grade to see details and notes about assignments.

HAC “Hacks”: Alerts  View the “Alerts” option for notification options. May vary by school. Student 1 – Middle School Student 2 – Elementary School Student 3 – Elementary School