Parent Portal
Saint Helen Catholic School
"Handing on the Faith"
• To log in, open a Web browser window.
• Go to the Web site URL as given by the school to access InformationNOW.
• Enter the User Name and Password.
• Click Login.
o The first time a user logs in, it may be necessary to reset the password for security purposes.
o If necessary, enter the old password. Then enter the new password and retype it in the space provided. Click OK to save the changes.
Note: If the user has forgotten the password and has an e-mail address on file with the school, click the Forgot your password? link.
Enter the user name and the last four digits of the Social Security Number on file. The password will be e-mailed to the user’s account. If
further assistance is needed, please contact the school.

Student Information
Click Student Information to view student data. All students to which the current user is assigned as custodian will display.
Click the name of the student to view. Access various tabs of information for the selected student including Grades, Schedule,
Attendance, Discipline and basic Demographic data.
Grades
Click the Grades tab to view the student’s grade information, including the Class number, Description (Subject), Teacher, Homework
and Progress.

• Class: The class number appears as a blue link in the Class column next to the Description (Subject). Click the Class number blue link
to view the current grade information for that class.
Hint: When navigating from screen to screen within the child’s record, notice the menu string at the top of the screen.
This allows the user to navigate from screen to screen. For example, while viewing a student’s individual grade screen for a specific
course, the user may click the blue Student Information link to return to the list of students; or click the Student Grades link to return to
the list of courses for the selected student.
Use these menu strings along with the forward and back browser buttons to navigate through the program.
• Homework: To view a student’s homework for the selected class, do the following: From the list of classes for the student, click the
Homework link. The homework for the selected date will display. To view the homework for the entire week, check the Week View box
and click Refresh.

• Progress: To view a student’s progress report for the selected class, do the following: From the list of classes for the student, click the
Progress link. Select to Open or Save the report file.

Note: InformationNOW utilizes Adobe Acrobat Reader to display reports. In order to view or print these reports, the user may need to
install the free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, available at http://www.adobe.com.


view only one term of courses, select the term from the list and click Refresh.
Attendance
Click the Attendance tab to view the child’s attendance, including Date, Level (All Day, Half Day, Tardy), Reason, Category (Excused,
Unexcused), Periods of the day and Notes.

• To view details, click the date of the absence.
• All absences for the year will display by default. To view only one term, select the term from the list and click Refresh.
• Click the link to View Period Absences.
• Click the link to View Check In/Out records