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Elmore County Board of Education

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Parent Academy

ELMORE COUNTY PARENT ACADEMY

The PowerSchool SIS logo on a blue background.PowerSchool Parent Portal is a program that allows parents to review information related to grades, attendance, homework assignments, discipline records, and other student data from the current year.  In order to access records, a student must be enrolled in Elmore County Schools. The information you view is live data.

Each legal guardian will have one login to view all of their children. If you have more than one login to view your children even if they attend multiple schools please contact your school so they may correct this. Also, if the list of children under your login is not correct also please contact that child's school.

Information for logging in is sent annually. Login information will be coming soon.

General Parent Information

The Alabama Reading Initiative logo features a person reading a book within the state outline.

Alabama Reading Initiative Information:  Click on the logo to the left to locate nformation from the Alabama Literacy Act as it pertains to parents, along with some resources to support students.

Assessment Help Documents for Parents

Diagram illustrating assessment concepts with words like 'Goal' and 'Progress'.

Software applications for basic writing, spreadsheet, etc.

A laptop displays the Google Classroom interface on a green background.Google for Schools aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments.  The primary purpose of this application is to streamline the process of sharing files and collaborating.

Accessed via Clever/Office 365
 

The Office 365 logo features an orange square icon and text on a white background.Office 365 - In order to help our students prepare for success, this year, we're providing Office to every student free of charge. Your child will now have access to the latest version of Word, for writing; Excel, for spreadsheets; PowerPoint, for presentations; OneNote, for organization and note taking; OneDrive for storing, collaborating, sharing, and syncing files, Outlook; for email; and much more!
 

  • Install on up to 5 compatible PCs and Macs, plus 5 tablets (including iPad!)
  • Use with OneDrive for automatic device syncing
  • Gain valuable skill on the world's most popular productivity software
  • Office subscription lasts for as long as your child is a student here and the program continues
     

Your child will need their district username and password to sign in. 
If you have trouble installing Office, this guide may resolve your issue: Download, install, or reinstall Microsoft 365 or Office 2024 on a PC or Mac.

Child Nutrition Links

Single Sign-On for software applications

The word 'Clever' in a dark blue font against a white background.Clever Instant Login is a simple single sign-on (SSO) solution for Elmore County Public Schools' students, teachers, and administrators to sign in to their favorite district approved applications

Clever is a single sign-on platform for all Elmore County students to access multiple learning resources.

From any computer, go to Clever Log in. 

Students will see a page that identifies our district and log in with their credentials. .

Edgenuity Frequently Asked Questions

In Elmore County, we believe that parents should be afforded options when deciding on their child’s education.  Because we know you have questions, we have a compiled list of FAQs that we hope will help you in this very hard decision.  

Option 1:         

  • TRADITIONAL FACE to FACE instruction
     

Option 2:         

  • SCHOOL-BASED VIRTUAL instruction will use
  1. Grades K - 5:  Odysseyware
  2. Grades 6-12:  Edgenuity
     

FAQ’S for Parents
 

Q: Is Odysseyware and Edgenuity the same as the E.D.G.E. Virtual School that I’ve read and heard about?  

  1. No.  They are totally different.  If your child is enrolled at a base school, and you choose the virtual option, then your child will be using Odysseyware (K - 5th grades) or Edgenuity (6th-12th grades).   There is nothing to be done to register your child for either of these virtual platforms.  
     

If you wish to participate in athletics, contact the base school to discuss the best option.

Q. Where or how can I find out more about Odysseyware?  I’m concerned about rigor, content, etc.

  1. To help K-5th parents in their decision, Elementary and Middle schools will have the following information and video tutorials uploaded on their websites, and our county website at Elmore County Board of Education. We have also provided three student tutorials as well.  Below is the parents’ information:
     

Parent User Guide (pdf format):

  • https://glndocs.s3.amazonaws.com/odw/TRupdates/Parent-User-Guide.pdf?pdf=Parent-User-Guide 
     

Parent Video tutorials: 

  1. MEET ODYSSEYWARE: A PARENT’S INTRODUCTION
     
  2. HOW TO VIEW YOUR CHILD’S PROGRESS IN COURSES AND ASSIGNMENTS 
     

Q:  How do I get my Chromebook?

  1. Contact your child’s school principal.  They are planning to get these to our Virtual students before classes start.