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District unveils ParentSquare‑linked website and expands grade‑check pilot; four juniors honored as Rising Stars
Summary
District staff demonstrated a new ParentSquare‑linked website designed to centralize calendars, contacts and department pages; Miss Smith reported a grade‑check and study‑table pilot that reduced ineligibility, and four juniors were recognized as Indiana Rising Stars for academic and extracurricular achievement.
Miss Smith (identified in the transcript as the speaker presenting the student spotlight and website demo) showed the board a new district website integrated with ParentSquare that the district intends to roll out to parents and staff. She said the site will reduce clicks, preview content without downloads, link calendar events to the ParentSquare app and allow designated school staff to maintain pages and update pictures, quick links and legal notices.
"It's all linked," Miss Smith said, describing how a message or calendar event created in ParentSquare will update the website and notify parents simultaneously. She asked board members and staff for patience as the district finalizes edits and trains secretaries on maintenance.
Miss Smith also updated the board on a grade‑check and study‑table pilot. She said weekly meetings with students and enforced study tables have tripled study‑table attendance and led to fewer students losing extracurricular eligibility: "we lost no one for ineligibility this year," she told the board. The district plans to continue and enforce the pilot in the second semester.
Earlier in the meeting, the board recognized four juniors — Nola Wayanske, Charlotte Elliott, Delaney Ott and Sarah — who were selected as Rising Stars by the Indiana Association of School Principals. The recognition honors juniors enrolled in advanced coursework who scored highly on AP/PSAT assessments, participate in extracurricular activities and demonstrate leadership.
What happens next: the district will finalize and publish the website, train staff to maintain school pages over the spring and summer, continue the grade‑check pilot and report outcomes in future meetings.
