WHAT IS THE
PARENT PORTAL?
The
myPolkSchools.Net Parent Portal is a new on-line service offered to parents and
guardians in Polk County. The service will bring together into one single web
page information about ALL of the students for a particular parent. Instead of
visiting several different websites, making telephone calls or visiting the
school to access records or information, the parent may access them all from
any Internet-connected computer. Lake Gibson Middle is one of the pilot schools for this exciting new program and we have parent PINs ready to go. You must have a PIN number before you can use any of the features of this program. Pick them up in person, with a photo ID, in the main office. The most important goal of the Parent Portal
is to enhance district-to-school-to-home communication as outlined in the Polk
County Schools Strategic Plan item 7(1): “Establish
an effective system of communication linking district, school and home.”
WHERE IS IT? HOW DO I GET THERE?
Go to www.mypolkschools.net.
HOW DO I REGISTER?
In order to access the Parent Portal you must first register. Please visit the portal and click the
“Register” button. Follow the
prompts and enter your information, once you’ve completed the form, click the
“Register” button. If you are a Polk County School Board
employee with a “@polk-fl.net” email address, you DO NOT need to register. Use your firstname.lastname username
and corresponding password to login.
I’VE REGISTERED, NOW WHAT?
Now, after you have registered and logged into the Portal click the link named “Parent Portal,” which can be found under the “Applications” heading, Welcome to the Parent Portal. Now, you must attach yourself to each of your students. You should have received one P.I.N. per student from Lake Gibson Middle School. PINs must be picked up in person and require a photo ID. This P.I.N. is unique to you and only you. Please DO NOT share this P.I.N. with anyone, including your spouse and children. You must follow the steps below for each student you wish to attach.
HOW TO ATTACH YOUR STUDENTS
1.
Click the “Attach a
Student” link located in the top middle of the screen.
Enter the Student ID including the 5300 as shown below and the
corresponding P.I.N. number for the student you are attaching. Click “Attach Student” when you are finished.
Once you have clicked “Attach Student”, the screen will reload and information for that
student will appear. Repeat steps
1 and 2 to attach additional students.
USING THE PARENT PORTAL
Now that you are attached to all
of your students, you are at the homepage or “Parent Portal Dashboard.” To view details on particular category
click the light green link that will say “Select” or in the case of
Immunization Records, the name of the student’s most recent shot.
FEEDBACK
We hope you enjoy this opportunity to be more connected to your school. If you have constructive suggestions or comments, we look forward to learning about them. Expect more information to be available through this portal as its popularity increases. Please keep in mind that this is a 'beta' version of this program and that not all features are available at this time and there will be bugs that have to be worked out.