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Ensure that all students are assigned a home school

Ensure that every student is assigned a home school. This is because during Year-End Processing [>>]PowerSchool SMS only moves cumulative GPAs to the historical transcript pages of secondary school students who have a home school.

Note: Only a District Administrator or a School Administrator at the home school can assign the home school to a student.

To identify students who do not have a home school assigned [You can do this if your role is School Administrator or District Administrator.SA, DA]:

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Using the advanced student search [>>], create a search using the following criteria:

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Field: "Home School (Active)"

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Operator: "Equals"

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Value: "N/A"

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Click Search. PowerSchool SMS displays a list of students who do not have a home school assigned.

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For each student, assign a home school [>>].

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Or print the list of students for future reference (in the Actions menu, click Print).

To assign a student a home school [You can do this if your role is School Administrator or District Administrator.SA, DA]:

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View the student's record. The Student Demographics page appears.

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On the Overview tab, under Student Summary, for Home School (Active) select a school.

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Your role might restrict you to selecting your own school or "N/A".

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Click OK.

To assign a home school to one or more students [You can do this if your role is School Administrator or District Administrator.SA, DA]:

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Select one or more students in a list of students.

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For example, in a list of Student Search results [>>].

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In the Actions menu, click Assign > Values. The Assign Values popup page appears.

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For Assign Field, select "Home School (Active)".

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For New Value, select the home school to assign.

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Your role might restrict you to selecting your own school or "N/A".

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Click Add to List.

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Click OK. A dialog appears asking you to confirm the changes.

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Click OK. A dialog appears that confirms that PowerSchool SMS has made the changes.

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Click OK. PowerSchool SMS assigns the home school to the selected students.

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If PowerSchool SMS fails to assign the home school to one or more of the selected students, it saves a list of the those students. You can view this list on the Quick Search page [>>].

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