NEWS FROM THE EAGLE'S NEST
August 1, 2022
SUMMER COMMUNICATION COMING YOUR WAY
There is information you will be receiving from the district office that you should be on the lookout for. Please see below, what you can expect to receive, dates included. If you do not receive the emails, be sure to check your Spam.
August 1:
- Activity Fee information
- Back To School website
August 4:
- Free and Reduced Lunch and Immunization (will be posted on the Back To School website)
August 8:
- Email from Transportation with tentative bus schedule available on the Parent Portal on 8/10
August 11:
- Email from Technology with directions to preview student schedules/homeroom assignments
- Back To School paperwork should be completed by August 26
- There will be information as to who to contact if information changes
- Transportation will email families about final bus schedule available on Parent Portal August 25
INFORMATION ABOUT PARENT PORTAL
THIS INFORMATION WAS SENT TO PARENTS ON 7/25
Dear Parents/Guardians,
West Chester Area School District uses an online process to complete your Back-to-School information accessible via our PowerSchool Parent Portal. This is a secure and green system that allows the district to verify all demographic, emergency and medical information for your child before the start of the new school year. The system will also allow you to electronically sign most annual permission forms and indicate that you received and reviewed other informational materials. We are asking that you please log in to the Parent Portal and complete the forms so that we know we have the most up-to-date contact and emergency information.
The PowerSchool Parent Portal provides you with access to the electronic Back-to-School system which opens today, Monday, July 25th. We would appreciate all families completing the online information as soon as possible but no later than August 26th.
Again, you can access our Back-to-School Portal through our PowerSchool Parent Portal. If you have not already created your parent portal account on the PowerSchool Parent Portal, you must create your account first. Visit https://ps.wcasd.net/public, and select the CREATE ACCOUNT button on the portal login screen to begin to set up your account. The PowerSchool Parent Portal will allow you to access the important information for every West Chester Area student in your household with a single ID and password of your choice. You will need the Access Code and password that you were given by your child(ren)’s school(s) to create your new account. If you have any further questions about how to create this account, please click on this link provided for more information: https://www.wcasd.net/Domain/1035
If you do not remember your self-selected ID and password, please select the “Having trouble signing in” link found below the login screen to recover your login information or
emaparentportal@wcasd.net for further assistance.
Should you need to add a newly registered child to your existing account, click on the “Preferences” link and then select the “Students” tab after logging in.
(Please note: You will not be able to access the Back-to-School site using your student’s username and password. You can only access it with your parent account.)
Once you have logged into the Parent Portal, click the ‘Back to School Forms’ link on the menu on the left of your screen.
We have pre-populated most of the information including the most recent emergency contact information we have on record. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO CAREFULLY REVIEW AND UPDATE THIS SECTION, AS NEEDED, FOR EACH CHILD. It is critically important that this information is accurate.
Your student’s Back-to-School update will not be complete until you submit all of the forms.
If you encounter any difficulty, our help desk is ready to assist. Just email us at parentportal@wcasd.net.
Thank you very much for your time and attention in completing this very important task!
EMAIL THE PARENT PORTAL ADDRESS WITH ANY QUESTIONS
IMPORTANT DATES
- New families tour @ 4PM
8/12 - Kindergarten tour (L-Z) @ 10AM
8/24 - Kindergarten & 1st grade Open House
8/29 - First day of school for students
8/30 - 2nd & 3rd grade Open House
9/1 - 4th & 5th grade Open House
9/5 - Schools & Offices closed (Labor Day)
9/26 - No school for students (Teacher In-Service)