Preparing for the School Year

List of 10 items.

• Required Steps for All Students

  •  Log into the Magnus Health portal (via the My Ancona Resources page) and complete items on the “To-Do” list, which includes all required forms. To find out more, visit the Magnus Health FAQ page. Note: The “enrollment” period runs from June 1st to August 1st for both new and returning families. New families who register after June 1st can sign in and fill out forms in Magnus a few days after signing the enrollment contract.
  • Download the SchoolPass app and sign in.  See the  Ancona's SchoolPass FAQ page. 
  • Once per year, you will be prompted to update your My Ancona profile as you sign in — please be sure to keep your information up to date.
  • Optional: Adjust your My Ancona notification settings to get communication updates made by teachers in My Ancona. This video demo will walk you through the process.
  • Please download this PDF of a list of email addresses that should be added to your “contacts” list so that they are not marked as SPAM.

• SchoolPass

  SchoolPass provides an easy way for parents to communicate with the school about absences, early pick-ups, sending your child to After School, and carpools, including a list of people authorized to pick up your child.
  
  New parents should have received an email with an invitation to get started. When you get that message, please download and sign into the SchoolPass app.
  
  For more details, please see the "Getting Started" portion of Ancona's SchoolPass FAQ page. Watch for an announcement regarding using SchoolPass to indicate which days your child should be sent to after school. 
  
  The carpool option "99999 Send to After School" lets teachers know to send your child to after school on a particular day. New for 2024-2025, there is a  self dismissal option for 5th-8th grade students. By choosing the carpool “99998 Self Dismissal (for 5th-8th students)”, you give the school permission to allow the student to self dismiss (leave independently) during dismissal time. 
  

• Additional Steps for New Students/Families

  New Student Profile form 
  Fill out the New Student Profile form on My Ancona. This form is intended to collect information about siblings, grandparents, parent workplace, occupation and other demographic information such as ethnicity. Note: This form will be available within 2 weeks of signing your contract.

  
  Parent Directory - Privacy Settings
  You may adjust your privacy settings if you'd like to fine-tune who can see certain parts of your profile when using the Parent Directory. Members of our community use the Parent Directory to send invitations to events such as birthday parties. Sticking with the default settings is highly recommended so you don't miss out!
  
  View/Update your Child's Info
  Directly under the "My Ancona" logo, you should see your child's name (below the "Children" heading if you have more than one enrolled at Ancona.) By navigating to the "Contact Card" you can check to ensure the information is complete (and upload a picture if you haven't already done so). In the fall, you'll be able to view your child's schedule, including a list of teachers and their contact info.

• Illness and Injury Guidelines

  Please review the Illness and Injury Guidelines found at this link for information about:
  

  • How to report absences
  • When to keep your child home from school
  • Contact information for our school nurse

• Important Links

  The My Ancona Parent Resource Board is designed to be a portal to access information that is useful for Ancona parents.
  
  

  Please visit the My Ancona FAQ for more details.

• What Communications to Expect From Ancona

  Do you think you might be missing communications from Ancona? Please visit our Communication Help page.
  

  • Summer welcome email from teachers with supply list (early July).
  • Your child’s homeroom/advisory assignment and class roster (emailed early August, 2024).
  • The 2024-25 Hopes and Expectations Form, to be reviewed by your child’s teachers before the school year begins (emailed early August, 2024; available through September)
  • Occasional summer updates or announcements
  • Weekly all-school newsletters, starting on the first Thursday of September. Recent newsletters and other communications can be found on the My Ancona News Recent Activity page. If your spam filter is blocking messages from Ancona, please add these addresses to your email contacts:
    • registrar@anconaschool.org,
    • info@anconaschool.org,
    • feedback@anconaschool.org,
    • anconaschool@myschoolapp.com, 
    • anconaschool@myschoolemails.com, and
    • your child’s teacher email address which can be found on the grade level group pages in My Ancona.
  • A test of Ancona’s emergency notification system, along with an accompanying email. (September)
  • Weekly emails from your child's teacher. (Beginning in September). 

• Calendar

  The best way to stay up-to-date is to subscribe to Ancona’s Event Calendar by clicking on the "iCal Feed" button on the calendar page.

• Supplemental Learning Resources

  As a benefit to Ancona families, subscription sites such as World Book Encyclopedia are available to Ancona families, and can be found on the Online Student Resources page of My Ancona.

• Car line and name tags

  Starting from the academic year 2024-25, Ancona will distribute name tags specially designed to be clipped to the passenger-side sun shade in the car. The tags are designed in such a way that they can be easily hidden or displayed as the sunshade is flipped up and down. These tags will help the car line staff to identify families and radio ahead to make the car line more efficient. Families can pick up their name tags during the first week of school. 
  
  To ensure that the text on the tags is legible, families should write their family (last) name in large letters using a permanent marker. It is recommended that families do not write first names to protect their privacy. In case more than one family shares a last/family name, please add a first initial as a distinguisher. 

   

  Please see and follow the procedures outlined here: Ancona Car Line Parent Instructions.

• Additional Resources

  After School
  
  Find out about our After School offerings and how to sign up.
  
  

  Volunteering
  
  
  We can’t do it without your help! Find out how you can get involved on our Volunteer page.

  Family Directory
  The family directory ion My Ancona s searchable by parent name, student name, grade level, or homeroom. Each July, new students become visible in the family directory, so it’s a good idea to check to make sure everything is showing up as it should. By default only student names, grade levels, homerooms, and their parental contact info is shared with other parents. You can fine-tune what information you’d like to share about yourself and your child by adjusting your privacy settings in My Ancona.

  Faculty Directory
  The searchable faculty directory includes all faculty and staff members at Ancona.

  Need Help?
  Click for a guide for who to contact at Ancona.

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