Focus School Software - Alerts, Announcements, and Events
- The Alerts module contains profile-specific notifications, which are automated by Focus and used to manage daily tasks. Alerts link to the corresponding screens in Focus to complete the alerted task. Teachers receive Alerts on: referrals that have been processed, students that have been added or dropped, grades tha…
Focus School Software - Viewing and Editing Existing Seating Charts
1. From the Attendance menu, click Seating Charts . 2. From the Seating Charts screen, click Charts . 3. The Charts pop-up displays all existing seating charts linked to the section selected from the section pull-down located in the header. From the Charts pop-up, you can edit all existing…
Students: Viewing High School Course Recommendations
Every year, 8th-grade and high school students complete an online course registration process. This process involves reviewing course recommendations from teachers and selecting courses for the upcoming school year at the high school. Please follow the steps below to review course recommendations from your teachers a…
Focus School Software - Seating Charts - Assigning Students to Seats
1. From the new or existing chart, click the Layout tab, then click the Students tab to assign seating to students. Before seating students, you can flag applicable students by clicking Front of Class and/or Talkative to identify the students who need to sit at the front of the class or students who a…
Focus School Software - Seating Charts Navigation and Tools
1. From the Attendance menu, click Seating Charts . 2. Once generated, the Chart Name displays at the top of the screen. 3. Depending on the Starting Point selected, the Front of Class directional selection is displayed, along with the number of desks entered via the Rows and Columns . …
Focus School Software - Layout and Portal Navigation
The Portal page is the key to navigation throughout Focus and throughout the Student Information System (SIS). Before conducting student searches, taking attendance, etc., you must learn the basics of the software. A lot can be accomplished directly from the Portal page, which includes Alerts, Upcoming Events, a Help…
Focus School Software - Adding a Discipline Referral
The Add Referral screen is used to add a discipline referral for a student. After the referral is submitted, an administrator will review and process the referral, assigning disciplinary action as needed. 1. In the Discipline menu, click Add Referral. 2. On the Search Screen, enter search criteria to locate…
Updating Contact Information in the Focus Parent Portal
At any time, you can log in to the Focus Parent Portal and view the contact information on file for your students. You can update information for you and any other legal guardians or emergency contacts that can pick up your student from the school in case of an emergency. In order to update any of that information, p…
Focus School Software - Creating a Seating Chart
The Seating Charts feature allows teachers to create a seating chart for each class section, which includes students' names, students' pictures, desks, other furniture present in the classroom such as tables, the American flag, and more. Once set up, teachers can use the seating chart to take attendance and award pos…
Focus School Software - Taking Attendance
All teachers will be responsible for taking student attendance. Elementary school teachers will only be taking homeroom attendance. Middle and High school teachers will be taking homeroom attendance as well as class attendance. 1. Select Take Attendance from the left side of the focus window. 2. Select the …
