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Generating a List of Bus Passengers for Focus Communication
Transportation data generated in Routefinder Plus (transportation software) is synchronized to Focus (student information system) multiple times per day to ensure that Focus has up-to-date information for each student. Each bus travels a particular route and each route has its own unique Trip ID. In the event that …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 . …
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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…
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Focus School Software - Viewing Student Demographics
- The Find A Student module provides a search text box to pull up student records directly from the Portal page. - To conduct a search from the Portal, enter search criteria such as the student name in the provided text box, then select a category from the category menu pull-down in order to select the informa…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
