Once you’ve logged in, you’ll come to your main launch screen.

Here’s a brief description of the choices on the main screen:

1 – Messages – Messages from the district, from your child’s school and individual messages about grade performance, etc. are displayed here.  Scroll down the page to see the school and individual notices.

2 – Household Information – The main household phone number and address are here, and can be updated if there are changes.

3 – Family Members – This page lists all students enrolled in FCSS schools associated with you and other parent/guardians.  Some contact information may be changed here, but any changes (either to add or remove) a guardian will need to be completed at the school and documentation must be provided.

5 – Account Management – allows you to change your Parent Portal password (you will need to know the old password in order to do this).

6 – Contact Preferences – allows you to select which of the contact number(s) or email addresses you wish to be contacted on for different events (High Priority/Emergencies, Attendance Notifications, Behavior Notifications, etc.)

7 – Access Log – a listing of when you have logged into Parent Portal.

However, you’re probably in Portal to look at your child’s grades – go up to the top and click on the arrow next to “Select Student” – a listing of all of your children in the FCSS schools will come up, whether they are in elementary, middle or high school.  Select the student whose grades you wish to view by clicking on their name.  Their screen will come up. 

 

 

 Click on “Schedule” to see your child’s schedule – you can click on the gradebook icon to be taken immediately to the grades for this class, or you can click on the envelope to email the teacher.

Click on “Attendance” to see how many absences, tardies, or other attendance events your child has, and determine if they are excused or unexcused.  There is also a summary where you can specifically by class how many absences/tardies your child has.

 

 

Here’s a rundown of the other menu links:

Behavior – if your child is involved in a disciplinary event, that information will be recorded here.

Health – information about vaccinations or other health related issues will be recorded here.

Assessment – your child’s grades on standardized achievement tests will be recorded here.

Transportation – Information about bus pickup/dropoff times and locations are here.

Fees – if you owe fees, they will be listed here.

Reports – print your child’s schedule, a list of missing assignments, or an unofficial grade transcript here.

Demographics – the student’s non-household emergency contacts are listed here. (click on a student, then demographics)