Dateline: January 16, 2003

CISD offers ability to view grades online

Parents of students attending Clarendon Public Schools now have a new tool to keep up with their children’s academic performance by viewing grades online.

WinSchool is familiar name to teachers, principals, and school secretaries in the Clarendon CISD.  It is a program that is used daily to post daily student attendance, grades, and vital information that is sent to the state.  Soon it will become familiar to students and parents as well.

A program within WinSchool called K-12 Planet will allow parents and students to explore parts of this information from the comfort of their own computer. 

Clarendon High School will be having an introduction to K-12 Planet from 5:45 until 6:30 on January 23, 2003, immediately before College Night.  Parents will be given a virtual tour of the site and an opportunity to express any questions or concerns.  Parents are asked to meet in the CHS Auditorium where they will be given the logins and passwords for them and their children. 

Those logging onto the K-12 site will be immediately asked to change their login and password so that only they will be able to login to their student’s information.  The library will be open during College Night from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m., and computers will be available for those wishing to test-drive the site.   

Using a name and password, parents can access K-12 Planet through the Internet which would put them into the school’s information which will be held at the K-12 site so that actual access to the school’s network is not possible.  Each day grades, attendance, discipline, and notes from teachers will be posted at the remote site so that the parents and students can see it.

Each student’s site on K-12 is secure, and only the parent using the name and password will have access to their student’s information.  Any computer at home, at work, or even at a nearby public or school library, can be used to access the secure site.

Report cards can be made immediately available to parents on their student’s K-12 Planet site.

The program is being launched district wide.  All three Clarendon campuses are linked to the program.    High school students can use the program to monitor day-by-day how they are doing in each class. 

CISD officials can leave confidential messages for parents on the K-12 Planet Web site to alert parents if their child is having a problem with schoolwork, attendance, or behavior.