Skyward Tips and Training
Skyward features
 Skyward Family Access gives you the tools to know how
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your student is doing in school.
Access grades, email addresses for teacher, change your
phone number, check their attendance as well as sending
an electronic absence note.
Receive messages from the district & EWHS.
You can know if your student is on track to graduate and
what credits they still need.
You can receive weekly emails regarding missing
assignments and grades.
Plus much more!
To access Skyward go to the Edmonds School District website at
www.edmonds.wednet.edu.
The Skyward Family Access link is located on the top right side of the
district web page.
 Your default LOGIN name is the first 5 letters of your last name, plus the first
3 letters of your first name, plus 3 zeros (unless otherwise indicated).
If your last name does not have 5 letters than use the space bar to make up
those characters. Then enter your password in all lower case letters.
Once you log in
for the first time
you may be
asked to change
your password.
If you have
trouble with your
password please
contact the
Registrar.
Email address are very important!
We do the majority of our communication through email. It is vital that we
have at least one parent or guardian with an email address. If you do not
have an email address in Skyward you will see this screen first.
If you have unread
messages from
EWHS or the school
district, this screen
will be one of the
first to appear.
Unread messages
are also indicated
with a yellow
exclamation mark
next to the
“message center”
link.
DOE JOHN
Change your password
 Once you have logged in you can click on Account
info to change your password. You may have been
asked to change it when you logged in.
 You can also change the language
shown.
 You can click on any link on the far left
column to see all the options regarding
your student including:
 Grades & progress reports
 Attendance & Discipline
 Graduation requirements
 Messages from the school or district
 Vaccinations (you can print for your records)
And much more!
 Click on “REGISTER FOR 2011-12” to
change your email address, phone
numbers and more. (This can only be done by the 1st
parent/guardian listed in Skyward where the student is living).
Click on REGISTER FOR
2011-2012 to change
your email, phone
numbers, emergency
contacts or other
student information!
You will not be able to change
your address via Skyward Family
Access.
Pick up a Update form from the
Counseling office to change your
address. Must include proof of
residency.
This area has NOTHING to do
with actual REGISTRATION. It
is the “update” area.
“Register” for 2011-2012
Log into Skyward and click on the
“REGISTER FOR 2011-2012 link in the
left column. Click the box above to
start.
There are specific instructions so
please be sure to read all the details.
Once you click on
the “Register YOUR
STUDENT for 20112012” this is the
screen that appears.
Be sure to read all of
the information
because it explains
how to use this area.
You must complete
step 1 and check the
box that it was
completed BEFORE
you can move to Step
2, etc.
Registration completed
 Once you have gone through each of the four (or more) steps and
clicked the box to indicate that step is completed, you click the box to
show you are finished with the changes you wish to make.
 You will receive an email notifying you that the process was complete.
 It will show on the “registration” screen that the process was completed
and the date of completion.
 Anytime you need to make changes to these areas you may access this
area. Just unclick the “step” you need to access, enter the area, make
the changes then click on the completed box.
 Once all changes are done click the Completion box.
Ethnicity and Race
 There are state and federal
requirements that we now
must comply with regarding
Ethnicity and Race.
 We need to report to the State
of Washington this data on
every student.
 Please make sure your
students Ethnicity and Race
are correct in Skyward. Select
all that apply.
 You may receive invitations
and notifications from the
school district & EWHS on
specific races or ethnicities
from the choices you pick.
Calendar
View –
• When Assignments
are due will be listed
in black.
• Missing
assignments are
listed in red.
• Events that were
sent via Message
center (specific
events not all
events).
• Pre-arranged Non
school days
• Spring break &
winter break
• Absences/Tardies
Student Information & Grades
Family info too
Gradebook
 Student name, email, cell
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phone, birthdate and address
 Family information as well
 Bus schedule
 Contact links for changes in
this area which cannot be
completed in the online
registration area.
Missing assignments
Grades
GPA
Teacher comments
Email links to teachers
Progress report “live”
Messages & Attendance
Messages
The school and the district
will send messages to you
and your student. It can be
for events or notifications.
Attendance
 Shows a calendar of absences or tardies.
 NEW - Allows you to send an electronic
absence note to the attendance office (see
below).
 Contact email link for the attendance office.
 Term dates
Schedule & Discipline
Students Schedule
Discipline
 Lists your students classes
 Lists your students discipline
 Period
 Class times & days
 Room number
 Teacher name
 Teacher email links
 Credit available for those
classes
 Term we are currently in.
offenses.
Graduation
Requirements
• Shows each area
and required
credits needed
for graduation.
• Click on the
blue hyperlinks
to see the
courses and
grades.
Educational Milestones & Test Scores
Educational Milestones
 Graduation requirements that are
not awarded credit.
 Examples of milestones include the
High School & Beyond Plan (HSBP)
and the Culminating Project.
 Also includes state test completion
information including WASL,
HSPE, MSP and EOC exams.
Test scores
 State test scores including  MSP - Measurement of
Student Progress (middle
school)
 HSPE – High School
Proficiency Exam formerly
known as the WASL.
 EOC – End of course exam
Fee Management & Activities
Fines & Fees
Activities/Sports
 Fee activity
 If your student is involved in
 Payments
a sport it is listed here.
 Also includes the Coach’s
name and a link to email
them.
 Returned books & equipment
 Past due lunch fines
 Fees for damages
 Class/Project fees
 Parking fines
 Unpaid balance
 Any type of fines or fee
Academic
History
Lists your
students entire
academic
history from
the time they
were enrolled
in the Edmonds
School District.
Report Directory & Email Notifications
Report Directory
 Cumulative GPA
 Washington state cumulative
GPA
 Meal balance – how much
money is left in their lunch
account.
Email notifications
You can select daily or
weekly email reports on
your students attendance
or grades!
Health
Information
Lists your students Sport
Physical information if
he/she is involved in a
school sport.
Lists Vaccinations – Show
if your student is out of
compliance or not. You
can print these directly
from Skyward!! Keep on
file for your records.
Log in history & other options
Login history
Other Options
 Ever wonder if your student is
 Link to the district website
logging into your account?
Students and parents have
different accounts!!
 Do you need to know the last
time you checked on your
students grades?
 Click on LOGIN history to
find out!
 Link to the Edmonds-
Woodway website
 Link to the
MyLunchMoney.com website
Please feel free to email me at KinnearJ@edmonds.wednet.edu
if you need help with Skyward.