For Families

This section aims to provide parents with support in navigating the two main learning platforms being used in Ferndale Schools (grades 6-12) during this virtual school year: Google Classroom and Canvas.

As always, student grades from assignments, tests and quizzes are posted in MiStar. You may ask yourself , “I see my student has a missing assignment in MISTAR, but where do I find it?”

Step 1: Ask your student

Step 2: Check the provided guidance

Step 3: Ask your teacher through remind/email
Remind Help »

Google Classroom:

Below you see an example of a google classroom homepage. We are focusing our attention on the top of the homepage. When you open up google classroom you are immediately sent to the classroom's Stream. This is where teachers may post messages, home pages, assignments, and links to other material. In order to find a specific assignment that may be missing in MiStar, you want to select Classwork from this top navigation menu.

Once you have clicked on Classwork, all of the assignments that have been posted in that google classroom should be posted below, along with the Due date.  Submitted items will also Submitted On date in place of the Due date. Colorful icons mean work is not submitted, while grayed-out icons mean that assignment has already been submitted.

Canvas:

Student Introduction Video

Canvas is another learning platform that you may look to find your student’s assignment. Below you will find an example of a student’s home page for a Canvas classroom. In Canvas, there are multiple ways to find the work your student needs to complete. There is the “To Do” section in the right margin when on the Home tab which shows classwork that a student has not yet completed for the current course.

There is also the assignments page that will show all of the students' assignments in that particular class. The assignments page shows both assignments that have been completed and assignments that have not been completed.

Please update your phone number and email address in Parent Portal. Parent Portal syncs with Remind, and this will ensure the school district has your most up-to-date contact information on record. If you just update in Remind, the district will not have your updated information. Please note it may take up to 24 hours for your information to be updated in Remind.

Step One

Login to Parent Portal

Step Two

click the “My Information” link in the top, right corner.

Step Three

select the parent/guardian you wish to modify, click the "Edit" button on the far right side.

Step Four

Modify contact information and directory preferences and then hit the “submit” button in the top, left corner.

Oakland County Safety Playbook

DISCLOSURE OF IMMUNIZATION INFORMATION

Immunizations are an important part of keeping our children healthy. Schools and State and Local health departments must monitor immunization levels to ensure that all communities are protected from potentially life-threatening diseases and, if necessary, respond promptly to an emerging public health threat. It is important that disease threats be minimized through the monitoring of students being immunized.

Sharing immunization and personally identifiable information including the students name, Date of Birth, gender, and address with local and state health departments will help to keep your child safe from vaccine preventable diseases. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, requires written parental consent before personally identifiable information from your child’s education records is disclosed to the health department. If your child is 18 or over, he or she is an “eligible student” and must provide consent for disclosures of information from his or her education records. You may withdraw your consent to share this information in writing at any time.