Parents, have you logged onto PowerSchool’s “Parent Portal”?  Why wait another minute? Log on now to get the latest enhancements and to see the many ways you can communicate with SAS. 

Newest Feature
Can’t find your Student Directory? Visit the new Online Directory.  You choose what information you would like to be displayed and other parents  will now be able to view that information.

Online Directory

• All address information is secure
• Can be printed
• Can be accessed via Blackberry, iPhone or any other web device
• Current and live
• You update the information (If you have moved or changed your phone number, go to Demographics and update now)
• Addresses on the online directory are also in Chinese

Versus  …

Printed Directory

• Unsecure
• Costly
• Outdated quickly
• No updates for families who enter SAS throughout the year

Here is what you see…

Here is what you do…

• Choose to have your information listed securely inside the Parent Portal
• Choose which information you want to display on the Demographics Update page
• Order the displayed data, (Last Name, Address, Home Phone, etc…) by clicking on the title
• Switch between buildings and campuses by selecting the appropriate tab
• Search Parents from the other campuses (coming soon — search teachers and staff)

Parents, it is not too late to provide the school with the following important information.

Enrollment Survey: 
We have received approximately 50 percent of the surveys.  If you have not submitted this survey, log-on to each child and tell us whether he/she will return to SAS for the fall semester of the 2010-2011 school year.  It is very important to know if your child(ren) will enroll at SAS, might withdraw, or will withdraw at the end of this school year.  This information is essential for us to plan our next school year.  Many thanks to those parents who have submitted the survey and we hope those of you who have not will provide us with this information today.

Emergency Contact Information:
Update your child’s emergency contacts so if we cannot reach you, we are able to contact a dependable individual that you designate in case of emergency circumstances.

Demographics Update:
Please remember to keep your details up-to-date.  If you have moved or changed mobile phone numbers, make sure to submit this new information for each child under the Demographics page.  Each child’s demographic page must be updated to provide us with the latest information.  This also includes submission of the Enrollment and Teacher surveys, as they are connected to the student through the PowerSchool database.   Once you submit the information or survey, it goes to the school’s administrator to double check and then automatically is accessible to your child’s teacher, principal, nurse, counselor and the registrar.  However, the teacher survey is only accessible to your child’s teacher.

Universal Log-in:
You just need to remember one username and one password! Conveniently switch between your children’s accounts with just a click.

If you still are unable to locate your password, we have many ways to provide it to you.  Your child’s school secretary can help. To reach her use the email addresses below or call SAS at 6221-1445 and use the following extensions.

For Pudong:
ES – Carol Zhou (email: Carol.Zhou@saschina.org)   Ext. 3301
MS – Angelina Jiang (email: Angelina.Jiang@saschina.org)  Ext. 3318
HS – Sylvia Shen (email: Sylvia.Shen@saschina.org)  Ext.3351

For Puxi:
ES – Jean Wang (email: Jean.Wang@saschina.org)  Ext. 2406
MS – Sanny Chu (email: Sanny.Chu@saschina.org)  Ext. 2460
HS – Alicia Mao (email: Alicia.Mao@saschina.org)  Ext. 2515

More and more of what we do as a school depends on our ability to receive current up-to-date information quickly.  As we continue to introduce better ways to communicate, we will provide you all the ways that PowerSchool can make it happen as we make the Powerschool Parent Portal one of our main communication tools at SAS.