Power School
O’Dea High School believes that the cooperation of school and home is a vital ingredient in the growth and education of the student and recognizes the responsibility to keep parents informed of student welfare and progress in school.
The issuance of student information, including grades, progress reports and parent conferences (as scheduled by the school) serves as the basis for continuous evaluation of the student’s performance. The ongoing communication via PowerSchool is also useful in the determination of changes that should be made to effect improvement. PowerSchool is designed to provide information that is helpful to the student, teacher, counselor and parent.
O’Dea High School is committed to appropriately protecting privacy rights pertaining to student records. Parents will be able to access student progress electronically through the use of a secure password provided by the school.
Student responsibilities:
- Use PowerSchool to monitor class progress.
- Communicate with teachers regarding your progress.
- Adhere to the guidelines of Internet Policy use.
Parent responsibilities:
- Use PowerSchool with your student to monitor classes.
- The faculty and administration are committed to working with parents in the best interest of their sons, our students. Honest and open communication is the key to successful students. If a parent has a particular academic concern they should directly communicate by email with the faculty member involved. The faculty member contacted will work to resolve the issue via email or telephone or that faculty member will arrange a conference time with the parent to discuss the issue. If the issue cannot be resolved at the initial level the parent should contact the Assistant Principal for Faculty who will then investigate the issue to resolve it appropriately or to refer the issue to the appropriate administrator. Every teacher has an O’Dea email address. It is reasonable to expect a response to an email within two business days of it being sent.