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How to backup grades for EOY

To export Student GPAs to Excel go to-->Select The Students Go to Quick Export Choose your fields and include:
^(*gpa method="gpa_percent")

To Search Students by Grade

• Go to Special Functions on the left side
• Then click on Search Students by Grades/Attendance
• Next Pick what you're searching for (grades < 60 for failing students).

You can also search by GPA. The GPA method SCIS Uses is SCIS Percentage.

We are excited to welcome 40 new students to the Lower School.

Please welcome our newest students!

Third graders at the SCIS Pudong Lower School created a podcast about what's happening at the school.

How to transfer an individual student out of Powerschool. You need to use the Functions Menu in the Student Screen in Powerschool.

Remember that you need to have blank attendance on their last day of school. If necessary go to the attendance page and set all attendance records to (present).

How to give an Incomplete Grade



To give an incomplete you need to:

1. Get Principal Approval
2. Right click on the (S1) Final Grade
3. Select Show Score Inspector
4. Then click on the Manual Override checkbox
5. Enter an I (Letter I) for incomplete in the Grade box
6. Save.
7. When the student completes the missing work, let the tech department & the principals know.

How parents can subscribe to their student's assginments in Mozilla Sunbird.

To Write Teacher Comments:

Login to Powerteacher: http://ps.scisdragons.net/teachers

Then click on the backpack icon.

Then click on a student's name, and select Teacher Comments from the drop-down list at the top-right.

Then write your comments.

Words of warning: do not directly copy and paste from MS Word. Instead copy into Notepad and then copy and paste to Powerschool.