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School Setup

To perform school setup tasks:

  1. On the Start Page, click the School link and choose a school.

  2. Under Setup, click School

  3. Navigate to the appropriate setup section.

School Setup Tasks

Setting up a school in PowerSchool for California involves the following tasks:

Task

Navigation from the School Setup Page 

Section Heading Name: Link Name

Configure School Attendance

Attendance: Attendance Code Code Categories + Attendance Codes + Attendance Conversions + Full-Time Equivalencies (FTE)

Set Up Attendance Tracking

Attendance: Attendance Tracking and Notification

Set Attendance Backfill Preferences

Attendance: Backfill Preferences

Specify School Attendance Preferences

Attendance: Preferences

Set Up School Years and Terms

Scheduling: Years & Terms

Create Bell Schedules

Calendaring: Bell Schedules

Configure the School Calendar

Calendaring: Calendar Setup

Create Segments for Non-Monthly Reports

Calendaring: Reporting Segments

Define Winter Break Exclusion Weeks

Calendaring: Winter Break Exclusion

Define Course Sets for Graduation

Scheduling: Course Groups + Graduation Sets

Create Course Sections

Scheduling: Sections

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