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PowerSchool is the computer system used by Cincinnati Public Schools to keep track of student information. It helps parents be an active part of their children's education and keep track of academic progress on a daily basis.

PowerSchool is new for the 2009-10 school year and is used by principals, school office staff, teachers, counselors, central office staff, parents and students. It is replacing the previous ParentCONNECT system.

The system is accessed through a web site, so you can view it from home, work or the local library. There is even a computer in every CPS school designated specifically for parents to use to check PowerSchool. Parents also may use the computer in the Customer Help Center at the district headquarters.

A new feature to PowerSchool is that students can access the system and see what their parents can see.

The information about your child is private and password protected. You will not be able to see other students' records and other parents cannot see your children's records.

Information Categories

Quite a bit of information will be available on each child:

Grades and Attendance

This quick lookup page shows your child's current classes and current grades from the teachers' gradebooks. Attendance totals also are shown. Specific assignments, scores and comments can be viewed by clicking on a quarterly grade. Assignment comments can then be viewed by clicking on any blue assignment grade.

Grades History

Quarterly grades are shown here.

Attendance History

Your child's attendance for the school year will be shown here.

Email Notification

Parents can choose whether they receive automatic email reports of PowerSchool information and at what frequency. Emails can be sent to one or more email addresses. Following is a list of what type of email alerts are available:

• Summary of current grades and attendance
• Detailed reports showing all assignment scores for each class
• Detailed report of attendance
• School announcements
• Balance Alert (student fees)

School Bulletin

This is a virtual bulletin board for the school to make brief announcements or link to other information on the web.

Balance

This area shows balances of your child's student fees (excluding lunch balances).

Graduation Progress

Check graduation requirements and your student's progress toward meeting those requirements.

Demographic

The student's and parents' address, phone and email information are listed here.

Honor Roll

This shows which quarters your student made the honor roll.

Test Scores

Links are available to your students' test scores on various tests (Ohio Achievement Test, Ohio Graduation Test, SAT, ACT, PSAT and PLAN).

Discipline Log

Discipline problems are explained here, complete with the date of the incident and brief title.

Access Log

The log shows the dates, times and durations of your visits to PowerSchool, as well as your student's visits.

Standards

Teachers can provide students' grades by standards if they choose.

Student Dashboard

This link to the Student Dashboard shows your student's strengths and weaknesses on the state tests and district assessments, including Ohio standards, as well as ways to improve on weaknesses.

School Information

This section includes the school's address, principal's name, quarter dates and a link to the district's Building Futures Dashboard.