Skyward Toolkit

Having issues logging into Family Access?

• First, make sure you are using your Family Access user name, not your student's Skyward login.  Family Access user names consist of the first 5 character's of the guardian's last name, the first three characters of the guardian's first name, then three numbers (usually 000).  Example: CLAUSSAN000
  • If your last name has less than 5 characters, insert one space for each character to equal five total characters. Example: JOHN JAN000
• If you cannot remember your password, click the "forgot password" link on the Skyward login page. This will generate an email to reset your password to get you logged back in.
• If you know your user name and password but still cannot log in, check the "login area" dropdown and make sure you are selecting Family/Student Access on the Skyward login page. If you are trying to log in to the "New Student Enrollment Portal" or "Secured Access", your username may not work.
• Finally, if none of these options work, please contact your child's school for assistance.

STEP 1 Log into your account at Skyward Family Access (or click Skyward at the top of any ISD477 webpage).

• Your school will email you your Family Access username upon enrollment.
• If you don't know your username or password, click the "forgot username/password" on the login page.
• If you don't know which email address you have on file, please contact your child's school.

STEP 2Click on "My Account" on the top right of the screen

• Here adjustments can be made to "Account Settings", "Email Notifications" or "Hide Students".
  • Account Settings - Make sure your information is correct, including a minimum of two phone numbers to be used in the event of an emergency.
  • Email Notifications - Options here include email updates for attendance, grades, progress reports, food service balance and health office medication inventory alerts and expiration notices.
  • We HIGHLY encourage you to check notifications for attendance, food service and health office notifications so you can be aware of your child's status.

STEP 3 Updating Student Information

• Click on the "Student Info" Tab on the left side of the screen
  • By clicking on the "Request Changes For" section on the top right of the screen, adjustments can be made to all areas of student information. Please make a point to fill out the requested areas below:
    • "Family Address" - Please make sure this is up to date
    • "Family Information" - It is extremely important that the school has various ways to reach you in the event of an illness, please provide as many phone numbers as possible.
    • "Emergency Contacts" - In the even that you cannot be reached, please provide a list of others, including contact information we may reach out to if necessary.

STEP 4 Adding a New Student to Your Family

• Login to Family Access
• Click New Student Enrollment
• Follow steps to enroll a student that is new to Princeton Public Schools.

Each fall, the school district asks families to verify their student and family information in Family Access.  This is often referred to as "Back to School Forms" and contains annual forms that each school needs to have completed each fall, including:

• Verify or update family address, phone numbers, and emergency contacts
• Application for Educational Benefits
• Responsible Use Agreement
• Residency Questionnaire (to determine benefits under McKinney-Vento)
• Field Trip Form (grades K-8)
• Handbook Form
• Busing Student Handbook

Generally, this process needs to be completed before a student's schedule will be unlocked in Family Access. 

Troubleshooting

Please read through this information for the most common asked questions about the "Verify My Info" process.

• The Verify My Info process views best using a computer, laptop or tablet.  You may use a mobile device but you may have to scroll down a lot to find the "save" button on each step.
• Every step has either a "complete this step" button. You must click this on every step for it to "count" even if you are not required to fill out the form.
• As you move through and save each step you will see a green checkbox on the right side menu.
• Once you have green checkmarks next to every step, you must hit the SUBMIT VERIFY MY INFO button on the last step for us to receive your information.  If you are unable to submit, review each step to make sure you see the green checkmark--most of the time there is a step that was missed.
• If you've submitted your info and still can't see your child's schedule, then your school may not have published schedules yet. Please review your school's back to school letter on the Princeton Playbook.

If you still need assistance after reviewing these steps, please contact your child's school

1. Log into Skyward Family Access.
2. Select Skylert on the left column.
3. Update the Phone Number, Email Address or Text Message Numbers field and click Save in the upper right-hand corner. 

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