Creating an account and accessing
your child’s grades
September 2014
Created by B.
Falkinburg, HHS,
modified for LRHS by
H. Jennings
 Students
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Use the same user id and password they use to log
onto a computer within the building
Can view only their grades and resources for their
active classes
 Parents
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Must create a My BCPS Account (employees may use
existing credentials or create a parent account)
Requires a two-step process
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Create a My BCPS Account
Add students
Can view grades for all students in BCPS including
more than one school with one account

Schools sent home a yellow flyer with students.
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Other schools did not necessarily send them
home on the same day.
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Directions for creating an account and a Parent
Verification code
Each individual student has a unique Parent
Verification code.
 This code may be used by both parents/guardians
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What if I lost the flyer?

Contact Lynn Jacobs or Linda Oliver
 Visit
bcpsone.bcps.org
 Click
on Create a
Parent Account
 Enter
the information requested including a valid
email account and then click Create.
 You
will receive an email with an Activation code.
 Copy
the Activation Code
 Click on the link in the email to return to the
Account page.
 Enter
 Enter
your email in the field at the top.
or Paste the Activation Code in the field at
the bottom.
 Click Activate Account
 You
should see an Account Activation Success
Screen.
 Click Sign In.
 Once
your account is activated, you will be taken to
a screen where you can log in the first time.
(Please enter at least one student when you
activate the account.)
 Enter your email and the password you selected in
creating the account.
 The
first time you log in you are taken to the
Account Profile.
 You should all of the information you entered when
creating the account.
 Click Add Student to enter the Validation code for
each student.
 You
will need the
Validation Code from
the flyer.
 Each
student has a
unique code.

A pop-up window opens
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Validation number (with dashes)
Student birth date
Click submit
What if I get an error message?
 You
should now see the student listed in your
profile.
 Click on Add Student Again to add another
student.
 When
you wish to view your student’s
grades, go to http://bcpsone.bcps.org (no
‘www’; works best with Chrome)
 Log in to your account
 To
change between students within the same
school, click the arrow by the box to access
the dropdown.

For students in more than one school, select the
appropriate school first.
 For
employees
with students
in BCPS schools

Toggle between
roles by
selecting the
role in the drop
down on the
upper right
(your child’s
name will
indicate the
parent ‘role’)
 BCPS
videos and FAQs – link from the
BCPSOne log in screen.
 Call
the school 410-887-3525
 Email me hjennings@bcps.org
 For questions about creating an account send
an email to mybcps@bcps.org
 For questions about the BCPSOne gradebook
email bcpsone@bcps.org
 Check your provider if you do not receive the
email. AOL and Yahoo have been rejecting
emails from BCPS. Some parents have
reported issues with hotmail as well.