Additional PowerSchool Parent Portal Instructions

Introduction
PowerSchool is the school district's electronic student information system (SIS). PowerSchool helps your school access and maintain student, staff, and schedule information. PowerSchool uses the Internet to facilitate student information management and communication among school administrators, teachers, parents, and students. 

The PowerSchool Student and Parent portal is a tool that is integrated into the PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) that is specifically developed for parents and students. The PowerSchool Student and Parent portal gives parents and students access to real-time information including attendance, grades and detailed assignment descriptions, school bulletins, and even personal messages from the teacher. Everyone stays connected: Students stay on top of assignments, parents are able to participate more fully in their student's progress, and teachers can use their grade book to make decisions on what information they want to share with parents and students.

Parent Portal Access Management
Parent Portal Access Management provides parents with the ability to have their own individual parent or guardian account, including user name and password. You must fill out a parent portal request form at your child's school in order for us to create an account for you. Alternatively, you can email the PowerSchool Support Team at powerschoolteam@bcsemail.org and request an account.

Once your account is created, you can manage your account information, link any and all students to your account (for whom you have parental and legal rights to), and set email and notification preferences for each student linked to your account. If you've forgotten your account sign in information, you can retrieve them by using auto-recovery. If you have requested a password change through auto-recovery, you must sign in using the internet, not the mobile app.

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PowerSchool Mobile App
The PowerSchool Mobile App is available on Android and Apple marketplaces. Use the following Buncombe County Schools "District Code" when setting up your new app: HPLJ. (Note: If you have requested a password change, you must sign in using an internet browser, not the mobile app.)