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IMPORTANT FORMS AND INFORMATION

PARENTS AND STUDENTS PORTAL BY RENWEB

We are happy to announce that MCS has purchased a School Administration System. This system will allow us to automate much of the laborious administration tasks that are currently handled semi- manually. We are working to launch the system as soon as possible, however, due to the short time that is left from this school year, the home access component may not launch until the beginning of the next school year.

Some of the features of the new system are:
Home:
Roles:
• Parents
• Students
• Grandparents
• Authorized Guardians
• Financially Responsible Adults

Integrated Communications:
• ParentsWeb provides access to:
- Attendance
- Daily Grades
- Progress Reports
- Report Cards
- Transcripts
- Lesson Plans
- Homework
- Missing Assignments
- Discipline
- Staff & School Directory
- Teacher Email Addresses
- Teacher Websites
- Customized Web Surveys & Tests

• System security provides password protection
• Parents see only their children’s information

Benefits:
• Enhanced communication with parents
• Stronger parental involvement
• Improved student participation
• Reduced surprises at report card time

Administration:
Roles:
• School Administrator
• Business Manager / Office Manager
• Accountant
• Registrar

School Management:
• Manages all school information in one integrated, real-time database:
- Student, family and staff demographics and information
- Medical records
- Courses and classes
• Supports admissions, enrollment and scheduling processes
• Performs billing and tuition management
• Offers reporting with 144 pre-defined reports and create-a-report capabilities
• Supports a variety of other areas, including Library, Lunch Room and Bookstore
• Includes extensive security and password protection for granting rights to information
• Allows users to send emails with one click without looking up email addresses
• Automatically provides group email lists by class, homeroom, grade, entire school, etc. without someone manually building and maintaining the lists
• Provides ability to attach documents to email, such as school calendar, newsletter, bulletins, progress reports, etc.

Benefits:
• System architecture and integration allows all school data to reside in one database, eliminating the need to re-enter or synchronize data
• Software supports school administration needs without requiring schools to purchase additional costly modules

Classroom:
Roles:
• Teachers
• Aides

Class Management:
• Attendance feature allows teachers to take attendance from the classroom, making information immediately available to the office

• Automatic gradebook feature calculates term averages and loads report card from gradebook. Lets teachers:
- Document course objectives and lesson plans
- Establish grading criteria for each class
- Record grades for assignments and tests

• Emailing feature enables teachers to email messages or progress reports from gradebook without looking up email addresses

• Online gradebook allows teachers to enter information from school or home in real-time, making it immediately available to the ParentsWeb

Benefits:
• Teachers:
- Never have to manually calculate term averages
- Can record grades in system from anywhere they have Internet access
- Don’t need to download information from their gradebook to make it available for the ParentsWeb.

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