Introduction
All parents with children enrolled at O'Farrell Community School should have received a letter regarding ParentConnection. This letter contained the Parent Consent form and San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) Privacy Policy Statement regarding ParentConnection. If you did not receive a consent form mailing and wish to participate in the ParentConnection program, you should download the form, read the Privacy Policy statement, and sign and return it to O'Farrell Community School as soon as possible. Without this form you will not receive your PIN number and default password to access the ParentConnect application.
Logging-In
• Type this address into the URL/Address bar in your browser:
https://dwa.sis.sandi.net/parentconnect/
and press the ‘Enter’/’Return’ key on your keyboard.
• Enter your PIN number and password that was provided to you by O’Farrell Community School in the spaces indicated.
• On your first successful log-in, click on the word ‘Account’ in the upper-right corner of the screen.
• This will take you to the ‘Account Maintenance’ screen where you should enter your e-mail address and change your default password.
We encourage parents to take the time to complete these important steps on your first log-in. Please change your password to one you will easily remember and that is difficult for someone to guess. Because O'Farrell Community School can only provide limited support for ParentConnection, if you forget your password it may take quite some time to get you a new one for you. We highly encourage all parents to enter their e-mail address at this time, also. By providing your e-mail address, your child’s teacher will have another avenue of contact for you.
ParentConnection, First Look
As you look through the various pages and start to become familiar with ParentConnection, you will find a wealth of information that will connect you more closely with your child's academic progress. ParentConnection will let you view the same information about your child that is used on a daily basis by staff and administrators at O'Farrell Community School. While you are becoming familiar with the layout of ParentConnection, please take some time to verify that the information that is presented is accurate and as up-to-date as possible. Any discrepancies should be reported to O'Farrell Community School as soon as possible.
Menu Items
You should now be able to see a page with a menu on the left sidebar. If you have more than one child that attends O’Farrell Community School, you should see a dropdown menu in the upper-left corner where you can switch back-and-forth between each child's information.
• News - Here you will find various school-wide and class-specific announcements. There is also a link to O’Farrell Community School’s website.
• Demographics – Listed here is demographic data on your child. You may want to review this page to be sure that the school has the most up-to-date information. You can click on the “E-mail school personnel” link at the bottom if you have questions or changes.
• Schedule – This page lists your child’s current schedule. Each class is listed multiple times, which is how our system keeps track of our block schedule days. As you will see in other areas, any name that is underlined is automatically linked to that person’s e-mail address. The schedule page is a good way to contact your child’s teacher. Most of this information will be familiar to you however the Term notation may be new.
—SA – class that meets all year.
—S1 – class that meets 1st semester.
—S2 – class that meets 2nd semester.
• Attendance – This page contains any pertinent information regarding your child’s attendance. Again, you can click on the “E-mail school personnel” link to e-mail school attendance.
—No Attendance Information Available – this means that your student has been in class and on time everyday.
—Unverified Absence – your student is/was absent and a parent has not called to clear this absence. Please call the school or click on the “E-mail school personnel” link to notify the Attendance office why your student was absent.
—Late or Leave Early (Excused) – your student came to school late with a note or phone call from the parent, or the student left early with a blue slip. This is an excused absence.
—Tardy – your student was late to school or class. If your student has multiple tardies please discuss the situation and remind him/her that they must get to school/class on time.
• Assignments – Here you can view your child’s progress in their classes. You will be able to see the most current assignments or, if you click on “Show All Assignments” in the upper-left corner, you can see all the assignments. Items in red are missing assignments. In addition to what you see on the screen, you can click on the “detail” icon (looks like a pad of paper) to see if there are any particular details for specific assignments.
• Marks – This page contains grades from Progress Reports and Report Cards for the current year. Term designations containing the letter “P” denote Progress Report grades.
• Transcript – This page includes only Semester grades for classes taken in Middle, Jr. High, and High Schools. If your student attended elementary school for Sixth Grade, his/her grades will not show up on the transcript. The Term Codes are as follows:
—S1 – Grade given at 1st semester.
—S2 – Grade given at 2nd semester.
