Time for annual updating of student/family contact information

Dear Parents and Guardians of all Spring Lake Park Schools students,

The new school year is just around the corner. Each year, it is important that all parents and guardians update student and family contact information found in Campus Portal.

Please take a few minutes to review and update the following in Campus Portal before the school year begins:

• Primary phone number
• Emergency contact and phone number
• Email addresses
• Parent and guardian changes and updates
• Adding/removing household members
• Primary address changes

Why is this important? How do we use this information?

Current, updated information in Campus Portal is used in the following ways:

• Automated phone calls and email messages for emergency or weather-related school closings (snow days, water main breaks, etc.)
• Mailed report cards and important school and district communication
• Email communication from teachers, your school’s newsletters, and district news
• If during the school day you need to be reached in regards to attendance, sick child, etc.

Additional features of Campus Portal

In addition to being able to update your family’s contact information, Campus Portal allows you to:

• View secure and timely information about your child's class schedule, attendance, report card, and transcript.
• Modify school phone and email communication preferences
• View lunch/breakfast account balances
• Review immunizations and health Information

How do I access Campus Portal?
You can access Campus Portal by visiting the district website at www.springlakeparkschools.org and clicking on “Parents” in the upper right hand corner. Follow the link to login to Campus Portal. If you don’t have an account there is a link on the parent page that will help you setup a new account.  If you need help setting up an account please contact the district Technology Support Helpdesk at 763-785-5555 or portal@district16.org.  They will be happy to assist you in setting up a Campus Portal account or retrieve a forgotten password.

The following are some quick tips for checking and verifying information in Campus Portal. For a video (not yet available, coming soon) of these quick tips, please visit our district Website at SpringLakeParkSchools.org.

You can login to Campus Portal at campus.springlakeparkschools.org  using your assigned Username and Password.  Once logged in, the left hand side of the screen has a menu of options available in Campus Portal.

Student Section

Demographics - This Tab allows you to verify and update information about your child. You can update the personal information and non-household contacts including names, phone number, email address and relationship to the child.  Click on Update, Remove or Add Contact.

Health - The Health Tab can be used to verify the Immunization information that we have on your child. If you have changes to this information please contact your building’s Health Services office at 763-785-5557. They can also help you with any changes or updates to medical information.

Family Section

Contact Preferences - This is where you can change your email address. The district uses an automated email and voice messaging system to deliver information to our families. There are options on this page to select how you would like to be notified:

High Priority – Used in emergency or weather-related school closings (snow days, water main breaks, etc.)

Attendance – Automated messages regarding your student’s attendance

Behavior – Messages regarding your student’s behavior

General  - Used for school newsletters, district news, conferences reminders, etc.

Teacher Messages – Classroom updates from teachers, missing assignments, upcoming projects, etc.

Household Information - Household phone information can be updated on this tab by clicking on the Update button.  You can also view the address information that we have for your family - addresses cannot be updated online. To make changes to the address please contact the District Services Center Enrollment Office. The Enrollment Office can be reached at 763-785-5508.

Family Members - This is where you can verify and input an update for information on family members that we currently have on record as part of the students' household. You can update names, phone numbers, email and relationship among each member of the household. If you wish to add or remove Family Members from this list please contact the District Services Center Enrollment Office at 763-785-5508.

Once you have updated your information, a message will be sent to our Enrollment Office at the District Services Center.  Once they have reviewed and approved the updates you will receive a message in your Campus Portal Inbox on the Messages Tab indicating the status of the update.

We’ll help!!
It’s very important that you successfully update your records. If you don’t have Internet access or you are unable to update the information online you can request a paper copy of the information we have on file. Just stop by your school's main office or give us a call at 763-785-5508. Upon completion or updating of the paper copy the document can be returned to your school’s main office.

Thank you for your time in updating the information that we have on file for you!