| What
is PowerSchool? |
PowerSchool
is a student information management system used
by schools and school districts across the United
States. The South Carolina Department of Education
has provided this program to all schools in
the state. Power school is used for student
demographics, storing grades and attendance,
scheduling, and more. |
| What
is PowerTeacher? |
|
PowerTeacher
is the component of PowerSchool that teachers
use to record grades and attendance. |
| What
is PowerSchool Parent/Student Portal? |
|
The Parent/Student
Portal is the component of PowerSchool that
parents and students use to get access to real-time
grades, assignments and attendance records from
their teachers and schools. |
| Who
may access the PowerSchool Parent/Student Portal? |
|
Any
parent/guardian of an active Aiken County School
District student may access the Parent Portal.
Currently, separate usernames and passwords
will be issued for each student. This may change
to only one parent/guardian username and password
in a future upgrade to the program. |
| Will
each parent have a separate username and password
to the Parent/Student Portal? |
|
No.
The PowerSchool program allows only one parent/guardian
account to be created per child. Therefore,
parents/guardians must use the same username
and password that was assigned by the district
for their particular child. |
| Will
I have one logon for all my children in the schools? |
|
No.
Each students record of information is separate,
therefore you will have a different parent login
for each child. |
| When
can I get a Parent username and password? |
|
Beginning
second semester, school parents/guardians can
receive a confidential username and password.
Communication from your child's school will
arrive sometime after the beginning of second
semester. |
| How
do I obtain a confidential Parent username and
password? |
|
A
parent/guardian will need to go to the school
on a designated day/time organized by the school,
request a PowerSchool Parent Portal account,
and provide a Picture ID to the office personnel
at your child's school. |
| Do
PowerSchool usernames and passwords have to be
typed in with all caps or all lowercase? |
|
No.
PowerSchool parent/guardian usernames will be
random numbers and PowerSchool passwords will
be random letters of the alphabet. The passwords
are not case-sensitive. The system will automatically
randomly generate these unique usernames and
passwords. |
| What
do I do if I forget my PowerSchool password?
|
|
If
you forget your password or username you will
need to see the office personnel at the school
your child attends to retrieve it or have it
reset. |
| May
I change my PowerSchool password? |
|
No.
If your user account information gets compromised
you will need to see the office personnel at
your child's school to have it reset. |
| Can
other people see my child's attendance and grade
information? |
| No.
As long as you protect your password, others
will not see your child’s information.
Each parent is issued a unique identification
login username and password for each child. |
| During
what times of the day or evening may I see my
child's grades online? |
|
PowerSchool's
Parent Portal will be available at anytime,
day or night on any computer that is connected
to the internet. The only exception to this
is during nightly or weekend system maintenance
that will occur for system upgrades and maintenance.
During these maintenance windows, if you are
logged in, you will be logged out during this
maintenance period. |
| Having
trouble logging in! ...What can I try? |
- Make
sure you are using a compatible web browser.
Compatible web browsers include: Internet
Explorer 8, Firefox, Safari and Chrome
- Use
correct combination of username and password
- Computer
settings may be different from one computer
to another...try logging in using a different
computer
- "Login
page expired (or cached) Please re-login"
message
|
| What
information can I request to be emailed to me? |
|
The following
reports you can request to be emailed to you!
- Summary of current grades and attendance
- Detailed reports showing all assignment scores
for every class
- Detailed report of attendance
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