To complete the Student Annual Update back to and Emergency Medical Authorization forms, a parent/legal guardian in the primary household must submit an annual update for each returning student through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. View "How to Complete the Annual Update."

1. Login into your Infinite Campus Parent Portal, click on the 3 lines in the upper left corner and select “More.”
2. Click on Online Registration at the bottom of the list.
3. Click on Existing Student Registration
4. Click on Begin Registration at the bottom.
5. Follow the prompts to complete the Online Registration Annual Update.

Please review all information, including emergency contacts, health conditions and medication.

Students who appear to need stitches, x-rays, or extended observation for an illness or injury will be sent home for possible medical evaluation. If your child appears to have a life-threatening or serious illness or injury, the emergency squad will be called. Every effort will be made to notify you of this necessity, so please be sure all phone numbers and healthcare information on the Emergency Medical Authorization are kept current.

In the event the school is unable to reach a parent/legal guardian when a student is ill or injured, the School Health Clinic will contact those persons designated by the parent/legal guardian on the student’s emergency medical form. Only those designated individuals on the form will be permitted to pick up or release the student from school. Also, if parents are out of town for an extended stay, they must provide the school, in writing, with the name(s) and phone numbers of those individuals responsible for the student’s care in their absence.

• • You will be asked to enter your username and password. Both of those are your child’s student ID number. If you don’t know your child’s student ID number, you can get that information through Infinite Campus.
  • Click “Log-In.”
  • Click “Work with Students.”
  • Click “View My Students.”
  • Click a student’s name to be taken to their transportation information page. Read this page carefully as it explains the morning and afternoon transportation information for your child.

Students with the same home phone number will be grouped together on the “View My Students” page. If, for some reason, you do not see all the students in your household, try logging in again using one of your other children’s information.

• If you wish to request a change regarding your student’s pick-up or drop-off sites, please log in to the online system and click on the “Parent Communication” link.
• All requests for a stop location change will be determined using Board Policy, State and Local ordinances, and Pupil Transportation Guidelines provided by the Ohio Department of Education.
• If the change involves an alternative address other than the home, such as a babysitter’s address, it must be in the attendance boundary that corresponds with the home address.
• Pickerington Schools does not give transportation services to private day care businesses.
• Use your child’s six-digit student ID for both the username and password. Once you have logged in, select “Parent Communication” and choose “Babysitter Bus Stop Request” in the drop-down menu. Copy and paste the message text to complete the submission.
• If you have any questions, please call Petermann Transportation at 614-837-8525.

You can download the “Versatrans My Stop App” from Tyler Technologies at Google Play or the App Store.

Such drills are part of every building emergency plan. Plans for these drills are developed in cooperation with the assistance of local law enforcement, fire departments, and the Department of Homeland Security. The purpose of these drills is to train and improve.

Safety and security drills

Fire drills: We hold six fire drills between August and May for our buildings that have a sprinkler system, and nine fire drills per school year for the buildings without sprinklers. These drills require a complete building evacuation. One drill must be held within the first 10 days of school.

Tornado drills (Per Ohio Revised Code): Schools will hold drills once a month when school is in session during tornado season (April 1 – July 31). Additionally, schools will hold one drill within the 1^st 90 days of school and two additional drills between March and the end of the school year.

Three lockdown drills: Each school performs three lockdown/intruder drills between the months of August and May. The first drill must occur before December. These drills may include either a building evacuation or a lockdown (sometimes known as “shelter in place.”) Local law enforcement agents are often on site and participate in these drills. At the junior high school and high school levels, some of these drills are unannounced, which provides a more realistic opportunity to test our preparedness. Unannounced exercises occur toward the end of the school year after students have gone through training during announced drills. For “unannounced” drills, teachers are notified in advance. Our experience is that some students will text parents when an unannounced drill occurs, so schools typically use Infinite Campus to email parents about them before such a drill occurs. Please ensure your contact information and preferences are current on Infinite Campus.

Medical drills: Schools complete two drills each year to prepare for a possible medical emergency. During these drills, all available staff members report to the area where the medical need is occurring. Students are kept in their classrooms, clear of the area until the emergency is over.

Parents should not call the district or come to/call their child’s during drills or actual emergencies. This distracts district staff and law enforcement, which creates additional risks to the safety and security of our children.

If you have any questions about these drills, please contact your school.

Sometimes, this recognition appears on district and school websites, in print publications, and on district-controlled social media, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds. This recognition may include photos of students, as well as their names, school, grade and teacher’s name. It also may include pictures or other representations of students’ artistic work, including visual and written pieces.

We may also have members of the local media visiting our buildings to cover special events and unique approaches to education being offered by our teachers. Media access to students does not happen within our schools without district knowledge and supervision, and we do not provide direct access to students when the media is covering stories or topics that might be considered controversial or negative.

Most parents enjoy seeing their children included in the day-to-day celebration of all the great things happening in our schools. For that reason, default consent and release for this type of recognition is granted to the district. However, we know there are a few parents who prefer that their children not be included in such photographs and online stories. Action is only required by parents who wish to deny this consent. Please note that photos of students with their names, school, grade and teacher’s name will be included in school yearbooks by default. Parents who wish to deny consent for inclusion in school yearbooks must take action to deny consent as well.

We require those parents to inform us, in writing, of their desire to have their children excluded from district-managed recognition and/or school yearbook pictures by downloading this opt-out form | opt-out form, filling it out, and returning it to their child’s school. Parents are asked to do this by Sept. 1 each fall to ensure we have a current list of students whose activities should not be publicly acknowledged by the district on the website, on social media, in school yearbooks, or in other public forums.

The district assesses fees to students for supplies and consumable materials, including consumable subscriptions or licenses used as materials in the course of instruction. These fees are typically available on the Infinite Campus Parent Portal a few weeks after the start of school.  The District also offers an optional protection plan for student one-to-one devices.

• The Technology Protection Fee for student one-to-one devices is $40 for all grades. This is an optional fee, but highly recommended. Once fees are assigned, the Treasurer’s Office will send an email alerting parents of activities on a student’s account.
• Student fees for students in grades K-6 will be on IC as information becomes available.
• Student fees for grades 7-12 will be on IC after the add-drop period (about two weeks after the start of classes.)
• Athletic/pay-to-participate fees will be on IC as they become available from coaches.

The preferred method of payment is by logging into the Parent Portal on Infinite Campus. While schools will accept a check or cash, paying via the Parent Portal ensures there is a record of payment (and that students do not misplace a check or cash.)

Where applicable, the cost of student planners is included in school fees. Families who are financially unable to pay for necessary materials should refer to Board Policy 6152.01 regarding fee waivers. Applications are available in the school office. Failure to pay school fees will result in grades and transcripts being held until payment is received.

Please note that specific technologies and consumable resources may vary slightly by school. 

Grades 7-12

Student fees in grades seven through twelve are based on individual class schedules. Fees for courses were listed in the Program of Studies when students register for classes in the spring. The Program of Studies can be found on the high school and junior high school websites under “Academics” and then “Courses and Class Registration.”