Category: PowerSchool

Understanding Advanced Searches

Although searching for a last name like Smith is useful there are many other ways to search in PowerSchool. This article is the starting point for learning about advanced searching. There are also many...

Searching for Students

PowerSchool users can either browse to or search for a student or group of students. Browsing is typically used to find any student from a large population. Searching is typically used to find a...

Browsing for Students

PowerSchool users can either browse to or search for a student or group of students. Browsing is typically used to find any student from a large population. Searching is typically used to find a...

Year End Scheduling Status Activities

Year End Scheduling Status Activities

Students, including returning and graduating seniors, must have their scheduling statuses appropriately set for the following year.  This is a responsibility of each building’s Data Specialist to be performed at year-end before the roll-over...

Attendance Searches in PowerSchool

Attendance Searches in PowerSchool

You can search for students in PowerSchool & export data using field names but there are also built inquiries and functions in PowerSchool to assist with searches and exports. Students with X amount of...

Daily Attendance Email

Daily Attendance Email

The daily attendance emails are reports emailed to every staff member that is teaching a section.  The reports detail who was not in class and why. Every day between 10:00pm and 11:00pm emails are...

PowerSchool Searches-Student Scheduling

PowerSchool Searches-Student Scheduling

You can search for students in PowerSchool and export data using field names but there are also built inquiries and functions in PowerSchool to assist with searches and exports. Students not in a period...

Attendance Not Taken Email

Attendance Not Taken Email

The attendance not taken email is a daily email that is sent to administrators showing teachers that have not taken attendance for that day. The email contains the the teacher name, Course and Section,...

PowerSchool Searches – Enrollment

PowerSchool Searches – Enrollment

You can search for students in PowerSchool &amp; export data using field names but there are also built inquiries and functions in PowerSchool to assist with searches and exports. Format: *as_of=<date> Example: *as_of=2/1/2006 Result:...

Special Education Fields

Special Education Fields

This article contains details on special education fields; definitions and where to find them in PowerSchool. To locate these fields in PowerSchool: Open a student account Find the line in the navigation menu called...