Parent/Student Portal Instructions/Help

The Parent/Student Portal appears on all school Menu pages: Parent/Student Portal

Parents/guardians and students use the same portal to log in to their accounts, however student accounts differ in several ways from Parent/Guardian accounts. It is important to have a separate account for parents, guardians or other individuals approved by the parent/guardian for access to student information.

The safety and security of students and student information are the district’s top priorities. Photo identification is required to create a Parent Portal account and district staff will ask for identifying information in many cases when they are assisting you.

The Parent/Student Portal is part of the PowerSchool Student Information System at Monroe-Woodbury. The Portal serves two important functions:

  1. provides report cards, grades, attendance, assignments and other information to parents, guardians and students

  2. manages communication and emergency information from the school district to parents and guardians

Students:

All students have automatic access to the Portal. No sign-up is necessary.
The Portal allows students to:

  1. view their attendance, grades and assignments teacher by teacher

  2. submit high school course requests online

  3. link directly to selected online testing sites

Parents/Guardians:

The Portal serves two important functions for parents/guardians:

  1. Their account will be linked only to student(s) who are family members of the parent/guardian. Once an account is created, parents/guardians will have access to review each student’s attendance, grades, assignments and other information posted by individual teachers. In addition, Report Cards, Progress Reports and other documents sent by the school will be posted to the Portal. Account preferences can be set to request automatic email updates to parents/guardians as well.

  2. The SchoolMessenger System allows parents/guardians to designate the contacts and methods used by the district for sharing general information as well as important updates such as weather emergencies and school closings.

Login to the Parent Portal

To use the Parent Portal, you must have an account. Your Parent Portal account will be set up using any personal email address you choose. Each child in the district will then be linked to your account. New Portal accounts are created in one of the following ways:

  1. Families new to the district will receive Parent Portal information during Registration.

  2. If you are already registered in the district, please contact the Main Office of the school your child attends for assistance in creating your Parent Portal account.

Please note: the following documents must be presented IN PERSON to enroll in the Portal:

  1. photo identification (driver’s license, passport, photo ID)

  2. proof of residency in the district (which can be a driver’s license with district address, utility bill etc.)

Parents/Guardians already registered in the district

Contact the Main Office of the school your child attends. If you have more than one student in the district, choose whichever school is most convenient for you. Once documents have been viewed and accepted, parents/guardians will create a Parent Portal account linked to their personal email. District staff will then provide code numbers that are used to connect the correct students to the parent/guardian account. Once the account is set up, the codes are not used again.

Parents/Guardians new to Monroe-Woodbury Central School District

  1. New parents/guardians will be enrolled in the Parent Portal as part of their Registration process

  2. Following Registration, an email with account and login information will be sent to the email address you provided.

  3. When you log in, you will be required to reset your password.

  4. Please reset your password and then set up your Parent Portal and SchoolMessenger account settings


Parent Portal Preferences

Forms in the Parent Portal

Beginning in September 2021, instead of emailing forms to families to print, sign and return them, forms can be completed online in the Parent Portal under the Forms heading on the left navigation pane. Parents can save time and effort by opening the form online, completing the information requested and clicking Submit. Everything from signing out a student's computer device to Permission slips for field trips or activities will be available at the click of a button. In addition, student bus schedules and other important documents will be listed in Forms.

To begin:

Log in to your Parent Portal Account

Parent Portal Sign-in Screen

Once logged in, select a student from the tab along the top menu tab and then click on the Forms tab on the left navigation menu.

Screenshot of Forms link in Parent Portal

You will then see any forms are available for that student. Please note that you can only look at the set of forms under one student at a time. If you have more than one student in the district, you will have to go to each student tab to view and submit forms for each of them. 

screenshot of sample Form document list

Click in the form you need and follow the instructions on the form. Be sure to click Submit when finished.

Email notifications from teachers and schools in the Parent Portal

Settings in the Parent Portal can be modified so that specific reports are emailed to parents/guardians periodically.
Begin by clicking the Email Notification button on the left navigation menu.

There are 3 sections to complete:

Screenshot of Email Preferences in Parent Portal

Contact Information

Provide the email address or addresses for notifications.

What Information Would You Like to Receive

Check the boxes for the type of information you would like to receive.

Two important notes:

  • School Announcements are the Daily Bulletins used by each school to provide PTA meetings, special events in the buildings etc.

  • Balance Alert – This category is not available. The district uses Titan Student Meal Accounts for student lunch accounts.

Frequency

  • Use the dropdown headed Never to choose daily, weekly, monthly etc.

  • You can choose to receive announcements for all your students or only the one you were looking at when you began the Email Notification section.

  • You can request immediate emails for the specific child you are viewing by checking Send Now For:

Be sure to save your settings by clicking SUBMIT at the lower right of the screen.

SchoolMessenger Alert System

SchoolMessenger is used to contact parents and guardians with important school and district information.  The district sends messages in three ways:

  • Email

  • Voice phone calls

  • SMS Text Messaging

Message Types

The district sends 4 types of messages: General Information, Attendance, Early Morning notifications and Emergency Broadcast.

  • General Information – typically used for email about school or district information. It is occasionally used for phone calls or SMS Texts

  • Attendance – used once school has opened for the day to notify parents and guardians that a student has been marked absent from school

  • Early Morning – only used very early in the morning to notify parents and guardians that school will be closed or has a change in opening time

Setting Contact Information in SchoolMessenger

Parents/guardians can decide what names, phone numbers and emails are listed as Contacts. The contact method(s) used to reach them can also be selected.  If phone calls are inconvenient, choose text or email.  If email access is limited, choose phone call or text. All three methods may be chosen if that is preferred. Please note: Contacts that are labeled as "Custody/Lives With" will recieve all emails, phone calls and SMS.

How to OPT in to SMS messages

Unlike SwiftK12, parents and guardians must “OPT IN” to receive text messages via SchoolMessenger.

How to OPT IN to receive text messages:

  • Text “Y” to the number: 67587 from the phone number you have registered to your Student’s Profile as a contact.

  • You will receive a text message confirming you have registered to receive text notifications: “You’re registered 4 SchoolMessenger notifications. Reply STOP to cancel, HELP for help.”

Please note: If you DO NOT “OPT IN” for text notifications, you will NOT  receive emergency text notifications. You will receive a phone call and email.

BE SURE TO SAVE CHANGES!

Thank you for utilizing the district’s Parent Portal. Its purpose is to keep families informed and up-to-date on what happens every day in their child(ren)’s education. We believe this communication is vital to the success of every student.

Questions about Parent Portal?

Please contact the school Main Office.

A printable version of the Parent Portal information is available: Student/Parent Portal
This online document will appear to be spaced incorrectly but will print normally when File – Print is clicked.

More Information

Report Cards

If you forget your password or username

screenshot of Parent Student Portal login screen with arrow to Forgot Username or Password link

  1. Go to the Parent/Student Portal link on the website: https://mw.powerschool.com/public/home.html

  2. Click on the Forgot Username or Password link.

  3. Click on the Forgot Password? Tab.

  4. Fill in your Username and Email Address * and hit Enter.