The Challenge School family web site is used for several different purposes:
If you are a chair of a volunteer activity, there are additional functions that you can perform:
These functions are described the the Introduction for Chairs document.
If you were not registered last year on the system, please go to the registration page:
It looks like:
Enter the family name, parent's names, home phone, at least one email address, youngest student's name and grade and a password for logging into the family web site. You can optionally enter another phone number and additional email addresses. If you check the Friday Facts box next to an email address, it will be added to the email list that is used to send out the Friday Facts, our weekly school newsletter.
After you register, the screen will look like:
Press the Login button to log into the web site.
The login page for the family web site is at:
and looks like:
Log in using the family name, youngest student name and password that you registered with. If you have not registered, click the "click here to register your family link" and follow the directions from the previous section. If you don't remember your password, click the "click here to have your password emailed to you" link.
The first time you log into the system, you will be taken to the Volunteer Opportunities page. You can return at any time by clicking on the Volunteer tab near the top of the window. This page lets you volunteer for activities and it looks like:
This shows all the volunteer opportunities you can sign up for. If you put your cursor over the name of an activity, it will show you a description:
You can also press the View Descriptions button at the top of the page to see the descriptions and Chair contact information for all the volunteer opportunities.
The "Other" box at the bottom of the page can be used to describe other things that you would like to help with. This information goes to the Challenge School Volunteer Coordinator who will contact you with ideas about other things you can do for the school.
After you check some volunteer opportunity boxes and press the Update button, you will be taken to a page that reviews your choices:
Click the Update button to save these changes. This will take you to the Family Information page.
This is the page that will be displayed when you log in (once you have volunteered for some activities). It looks like:
This shows you your registration information (as described in the first section above). You can change this, e.g. change or add an email address, by clicking on the Modify Information button. This takes you to an edit page that looks like:
Make any changes you would like and then click the Update button to save these and return to the Family Information page.
Click on the Contact Info button (to the right of your volunteer opportunities) to see the contact information for your activities:
To record volunteer hours for your family, click on the Add Hours button on the Family Information page or click on the Hours tab and then on the Add Hours button. This takes you to a form for adding hours:
This page describes the rules for volunteer hours at the school. Enter the amount of time you worked, the type of work, the work date and a description of what you did. You can click on the calendar icon next to the Date Worked field to get a pop up calendar for entering dates:
Click on a date or the Today link to enter today's date. You can click anywhere else on the screen to remove the pop up calendar.
After you enter your hours, you will be taken to the Hours page which shows you the details of all the hours you have entered:
If you have not entered emergency contact information, you will see a link on the Family Information page for doing this, or you can click on the Contacts tab and then on the Add Contact Information page. This looks like:
You can enter up to five people that should be contacted in case of an emergency at school. Please put your (parent) information first. If the contact does not speak English, please indicate their language of choice in the Language field for that contact. Each contact can have up to three phone numbers. Please use the Type pull-down menu next to each phone number to indicate whether this is a work, home, cell, page or other number. Click Save to save your information. This takes you to the Contacts page:
You can change this information at any time.
The PTCO publishes a paper directory with student and parent information each fall. Participation is optional but it is very helpful to have your family information in the directory.
You will need to enter your student and teacher information whether or not you want to have other information in the directory. Many people do not get their teacher information until the August Open House. Once you have that information, click on the Directory tab and then on the Add Directory Information button. This takes you to the editing page which looks like:
Note the student fields with the red outlines. These are required fields. Put in the information for each of your students. Any other information that you enter is optional and will be included in the paper directory. This is normally published in late fall, but we hope to do it earlier this year.
Check the permission box on the top indicating that you do want your information in the directory and then click the Save button. This takes you back to the Directory page which looks like:
Click on the Friday Facts tab to see a list of Friday Facts newsletters organized by date. The system is currently displaying all the newsletters from the last school year. Most of these will be removed when school starts. The Friday Facts page looks like:
If you have any questions about the system, click here to email me.
Thanks... Dave Taenzer
