Parent Portal

Each Parent Portal icon is located on the left Navigation Bar of the screen will bring you to a different page with your student’s information. Any blue link on each screen can be clicked on, to provide additional detailed information. You can return to the first screen at any time by clicking on the blue PowerSchool logo.

• Grades and Attendance is the first screen displayed after log in, which contains information about the student’s classes for the current and prior terms for the current school year.  Detailed attendance for the last week and current week are shown, by clicking on the total number of absences it will give you a detailed description of each absence (excused, unexcused, etc.).  Attendance code descriptions are at the bottom of this screen.   
   
• Grade History provides grades and comments for prior terms for the current school year.
   
• Grading Codes:
  E1 = Mid-Year Exam in January
  E2 = Final Exam in June
  Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 = the Quarter Grades
  R8 = Regents Exam in August
  R1 = Regents Exam in January
  R6 = Regents Exam in June
  S1 = Final Grade for Semester 1 Classes
  S2 = Final Grade for Semester 2 Classes, and Year Classes
  S8 = Final Grade for Summer School Classes
  T1, T2, T3 = the Trimester Grades
  
  Questions about grades or grading policies should be addressed to the individual teachers or school buildings.
   
• Attendance History contains attendance information for the full year for all classes.  Scroll to the bottom of the screen to view the legend for the meaning of all the attendance codes.
   
• Email Notifications is for parents to sign up for automatic email reports.  Select what information you would like to receive, when you want it sent and what email addresses you would like the reports to be sent to.  To email your student’s teacher, simply click on their name (in blue) on any of the screens.
   
• Teacher Comments  to view any comments that teachers entered.
   
• School Bulletin provides online access to notices of school and district events if the school is using the bulletins.
   
• My Calendars serves as a reminder, my calendar will display assignment and test dates created in the teacher gradebook.
   
• Account Preferences where two tabs are located, Profile and Students.  Under the Profile Tab, parents can change their user name, current password and email address.  Under the Students tab, parents can add their children to this account.
   
• Access Logs will display the amount of time spent on the portal under the given login.
   
• Honor Roll is available for grades 5 through 12 only.  Displays each time a child attains honor roll.
   
• My Schedule will display the student schedule for the current school year.
   
• School Information displays current school address and administration information for student’s school.
   
• Located on the top right of the screen is:
  Help - Click to access the PowerSchool Parent Portal online help. Assistance is just a click away! Sign Out - click to logout of the Parent Portal. 
   
• In the upper top right of the screen you have three icons:
  Exclamation icon – Notification of the last time you logged into the Parent Portal. 
  Download Icon - Click to download an export file containing student data similar to the printable view data.
  Printer icon - will bring you to the printer interface to print the screen you are on.

The District Code is: LNXL

1. In the Create Parent/Guardian Account section, fill in all of the boxes, including your chosen username and password. Symbols are allowed in the password but not in the username. 
    
   
   
    
2. At the bottom of the page in the “Link Students to Account” section, there will be enough spaces to include up to seven children. You must know the Access ID and Access Password that was created in PowerSchool for each child’s account.  The Access ID is the first three letters of the student's last name followed by the student's ID number. For example, the student's last name is Johnson and the student's ID is 123456. The Access ID is Joh123456.  The Access Password is the first four letters of the student’s first name followed by the student’s ID number. For example, the student's first name is Janet and the student’s ID is 123456. The Access Password is Jane123456.  Make sure you type the Access ID and Access Password correctly, both fields are CASE SENSITIVE. 
    
3. Click Enter on the bottom right to create your new account.
    
4. You will now need to login to the system using your new username and password. Use the Login box at the top of the screen to login. 
    
5. You now have the name(s) of your child on tabs in the upper left corner under the PowerSchool logo, combined into one account.
    
6. To view each child’s grades and attendance, click on the correct tab displaying the child’s name and the grades/attendance will appear for that child.

 

Click this link to access a video tutorial on Creating a Parent Portal account. 

To add children to your existing account

To add additional children to your account click on the Account Preferences icon from the Navigation Bar on the left of the screen (8a). Click on the Student link in the upper left corner of Profile screen (8b), then click on the Add+ tab.  

Please click here to access a video tutorial.

 

 

To update student contact information

After logging into the Parent Portal: 

1. Click on Contacts Updates in the upper left hand corner.
    
2. Verify or update the email addresses you’d like to receive school communications.
    
3. For each contact listed, verify relationships, phone numbers, email addresses, emergency.
    
4. contact or school pickup information. Any changes will be highlighted in green.
    
5. To delete a contact, click on the Delete button to the right of the contact’s section.
    
6. To add additional contacts, click on the Add Contact bar.
    
7. Once all information is entered, click on Submit Updates.
    
8. After verifying your information, if there are no changes, click on the No Changes button.
    
9. If you have any questions, please contact your child's school.