Web Publishing: Lewiston Public Schools

08/04/2008 - The PowerSchool Parent and Student Portal will open on 08/21/2008 for LHS students and parents. Student schedules will be handed out to students on 08/19/2008 and 08/20/2008 when the student gets their picture taken.

08/01/2008 - The PowerSchool Parent and Student Portal is open at LMS.

LHS + LMS had 25,287 parent portal logins in the 1 quarter it was open.

If you have lost your username and password to log into PowerSchool please contact LHS at 795-4190 or LMS at 795-4180 and request another letter with your PowerSchool Login Information be sent to your address on file. No login information will be sent by email or given over the phone.

Lewiston Public Schools anticipates the opening in the 2008-2009 school year of the PowerSchool Parent and Student Portal for all 5th and 6th grades parents of students at McMahon, Montello, Martel, Farwell, Pettingill, and Longley.

For contact information click on the School Info Tab on the left hand side of this page.

Welcome to PowerSchool! PowerSchool helps your school access and maintain student, staff,

and schedule information. PowerSchool is a database application that runs on a server, which is

the center of your student information system. PowerSchool uses the Internet to facilitate

student information management and communication among school administrators, teachers,

Below are instructions on "How to use The PowerSchool Parent and Student Portal"

To get started, you must log in to PowerSchool Parent Portal.

Before you can log in to PowerSchool Parent Portal, you will need your school's PowerSchool

Parent Portal URL, your username, and your password. If you do not have this information or

have questions, contact your school’s PowerSchool administrator

.Note: Do not use someone else’s password or give your password to anyone else.

1. Open your web browser to your school's PowerSchool Parent Portal URL. The URL for all

Lewiston Public Schools is http://powerschool.lewiston.k12.me.us The Log In page appears.

Note: The characters appear as asterisks (*) to ensure greater security when you log in.

4. Click Enter. The PowerSchool Parent Portal start page appears. For more information,

When you log in to PowerSchool Parent and Student Portal, the start page appears. This page serves as the

central point from which you begin your PowerSchool Parent and Student Portal session. The PowerSchool Parent and Student Portal start page consists of the following main areas:• Navigation bar• Main menu• Printer Icon

The navigation bar appears at the top of the PowerSchool Parent and Student Portal start page, and is

common to every page in the application. The navigation bar includes the following information:

[Image:3212008_21421_0.png] Click to return to the start page.

[School/District] The name of the student’s school and school district.

[Image:3212008_21504_1.png]Logout Click to log out of PowerSchool Parent Portal. For more

[Main Menu] Contains links to PowerSchool Parent and Student Portal functions. For

The main menu consists of several icons within the navigation bar and includes links to the

Grades and Attendance Click to view student grades and attendance for the current

Grades History Click to view student grades for the previous term. For more

Attendance History Click to view attendance history for the current term. For

Email Notification Click to set the e-mail notifications you can receive on a

regular basis. For more information, see Email Notifications.

Teacher Comments Click to view any teacher comments. For more information,

School Bulletin Click to view the current school bulletin. For more

Custom Pages Click to view custom pages created to give you additional information.

My Calendars Click to subscribe to specific homework and event calendars.

Several pages in PowerSchool Parent Portal display a print icon at the bottom of the page. Click

this icon and a printer-friendly version of the page displays in a secondary browser window.

Read this section to help you understand the basics of working with the main menu.

Note: You do not need to complete the activities in any particular order, but you should be

Use this page to view the grades and attendance for the student in the current term. The legend

at the bottom of the page displays the attendance and citizenship codes and their meanings.

1. On the main menu, click Grades and Attendance. The Grades and Attendance page

2. To view attendance data for dropped classes, click Show dropped classes also.

3. To send e-mail to a teacher, click the name of the teacher.

Note: To use this function, your web browser must be properly configured to

automatically open an e-mail application, and the e-mail application must be properly

4. To view grade details, click a grade in the term column. The Class Score Detail page

5. To view assignment details, click an assignment under the Assignment column. The

Assignment Description page appears. Use the browser Back button to return to the

6. To view the absences or tardies for the selected class during this term, click a number in

the Absences or Tardies column. The Dates of Attendance page displays all absences

7. To view the absences or tardies for all classes during this term, click a number in the

Attendance Totals row. The Dates of Absence or Dates of Tardies page displays all

absences or tardies. Use the browser Back button to return to the Grades and

8. In the Attendance by Day section, click a number in the Absences or Tardies column.

Depending on your selection, the Dates of Attendance page displays the total absences

Use this page to view quarter and semester grades for the student for the current term.

1. On the main menu, click Grades History. The Grade History page appears.

2. Click a grade in the % column. The Class Score Detail page appears.

Use this page to view the attendance record for the student in the current term. The legend at

the bottom of the page displays the attendance codes and their meanings.

On the main menu, click Attendance History. The Attendance History page displays the

If you wish to receive information about your student's grades, attendance, and assignment

scores, use this page to set up your e-mail preferences. You can specify which information you

would like to receive, how often you would like to receive the information, and how often you

1. On the main menu, click Email Notification. The Email Notifications page appears.

2. Use the following table to enter information in the fields:Field Description

Summary of current grades and attendance• Detailed reports showing all assignment scores

for each class• Detailed report of attendance• School announcements

How often? Use the pop-up menu to specify how often you would like to

Send now? Select this checkbox to immediately send the e-mail

Email Address(es) Enter the e-mail addresses to which you want the system to

Use this page to view any comments that teachers entered regarding items such as the

1. On the main menu, click Teacher Comments. The Teacher Comments page appears.

2. To open an e-mail message to send to a teacher, click the teacher's name.Note: To use the e-mail function, your web browser must be properly configured to

automatically open an e-mail application, and the e-mail application must be properly

1. On the main menu, click School Bulletin. The School Bulletin page displays any

2. To view another day’s bulletin, click a date link at the bottom of the page.

Custom Pages that have been created to give you additional information.

1. On the main menu, click Custom Pages. The Custom Pages page appears.

2. Click on the custom page to view the additional PowerSchool Pages. There are currently 3 pages; Historical Grades, Cumulative Info, and the 08-09 Course Requests.

3. Click on Historical Grades to view all course grades and credits earned.

4. Click on Cumulative Information to view YTD attendance information, GPA, class rank, total credits, and credits by subject.

My Calendar, a personal calendar application, is a tool to help parents and students stay on top

of daily events and better manage their time. Using My Calendar, you can subscribe to and

receive homework and school event information in the form of a calendar on your desktop

computer. With My Calendar, you can:• Subscribe to calendars to keep up with homework assignments, grades, school events,

and more.• View more than one calendar at a time from within a single unified window to quickly

identify schedule conflicts and pockets of free time.• Keep your priorities straight with a built-in To Do list.

IMPORTANT: In order to use My Calendar, you must first have iCal installed on your computer.

You will need Mac OS X version 10.2.3 or later to use iCal. iCal is available as a free download.

For more information, visit the Apple Inc. web site at www.apple.com/ical.

1. On main menu, click My Calendars. The My Calendars page appears.

2. Click Subscribe in the Class Assignments Only column to receive the class

assignments calendar. The iCal application opens, and the Subscribe To screen

3. The calendar URL is automatically populated in the Subscribe to text box. Click Subscribe. The Subscribing to <calendar name> screen appears.

4. Use the following table to enter information in the applicable fields:

Title By default, the system automatically populates this field with

Refresh Select this checkbox to receive updated data, such as new

selected calendar. If you select this checkbox, use the popup

Remove Alarms This function does not apply to My Calendar.

Remove To Do Items By default, this checkbox is selected, and the system does

not display the To Do List. Deselect the checkbox to enable

6. Click Subscribe in the Class Assignments With My Scores and Final Grades column.

The iCal application opens, and the Subscribe To screen appears.

8. Enter your PowerSchool Parent Portal username and password. Click OK. The

Subscribe to <calendar name> screen appears. See Steps 4 and 5 for additional

Each of the calendars you subscribe to appear in the Calendars lists section of iCal. Note the

colored checkbox next to each calendar. If the checkbox next to a calendar is selected, the

information contained within that calendar displays within the calendar view as the color of the

To view information about an item in the calendar view, click the item and information about the

item appears in the Info drawer. If you have subscribed to any of the Homework Calendars,

outstanding assignments appear as items on your student's To Do List. Click any of the To Do

List items to view information about that item in the Info drawer.

When finished working in PowerSchool Parent Portal, it is important to log out of the application.

You can log out of PowerSchool Parent Portal from any page in the application.

Note: If you are not actively working in PowerSchool Parent Portal, your session may timeout. If

so, you need to log in again. The timeout limit is currently set at 10 minutes.

[Image:3212008_21504_1.png] Click Logout in the navigation bar. The Log In page appears. You must enter your username

and password again to redisplay the PowerSchool Parent Portal start page.