Parent/Teacher conferences will be January 25th from 3:45 pm – 7:15 pm. Will be held on zoom or in-person. You should have received a signup sheet from your child's teacher with details on how to schedule a conference. If you do not receive one, please contact your child's teacher. If you need an interpreter please let your child's teacher know.

The goal of these conferences is to let you know how your child is doing at school, what they are learning and the plan for teaching them this year. It's also a time for you to give feedback and ask questions of the teacher.

How to Prepare Before Conference

• Look over schoolwork
  
• Talk with your child about any questions/concerns they may have
• Make a list of questions

At the Conference

• Be on time and prepared
  
• Ask the most important question first
• Give teachers positive feedback- what is working
• Give your child’s teacher your contact information
• Express your willingness to volunteer if able
• Advocate for your child
• Figure out next steps to solve any problems

After the Conference

• Update your child
  
• Make a plan with your child
• Follow up with teacher and/or other support staff
• Continue to stay in touch with the teacher/support staff

We wanted to provide some information about the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, sometimes called 3GRG. 3GRG refers to Ohio State Law that mandates the reading score on tests 3rd graders must get to move up to 4th grade. Your student has multiple opportunities to get a passing score on either the i-Ready Assessment or Ohio's State Tests in English Language Arts (OST ELA). Some students receive exceptions to the test scores based on certain criteria. Your student's teacher has information if any exceptions apply to them. There are multiple opportunities to pass the test and ways students can meet the requirement to move on to the 4th grade.

Parent/Guardian Exception

Beginning in the 2023-2024 school year, a student’s parent or guardian, in consultation with the student’s reading teacher and principal, may request that a student be promoted to fourth grade regardless of the student’s score on Ohio’s State Test for grade 3 English language arts.

*Students promoted to fourth grade through this exemption must continue to receive intensive reading instruction until the student is able to read at grade level.

Test Schedule

During the school year your student will take the iReady test 3 times (Fall, Winter & Spring) and the OST ELA test 2 times (Fall & Spring). If your student does not receive a passing score, they can attend the CCS Summer Experience and take both tests again in the summer.

STAY CONNECTED: news about cancellations of classes or the cancellation of extracurricular activities, field trips, and/or student-athletic events due to inclement weather are shared in several ways.

• Make sure the contact information on file at your child’s school is accurate. If you need to update this information, contact the main office in your child’s school or update online in the Parent Portal. (This includes emergency contacts, phone numbers, and email addresses).
• All families and staff will be alerted through an automated call, email, and text message from the District’s phone system. It is important to have your updated contact information on file in order to receive this notification.
• Follow Columbus City Schools on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check our website. As soon as the decision is made to cancel school, we’ll share news and other schedule updates on the District website and on our social media pages.
• Monitor the news on local television and radio stations.

Frequently Asked Questions about CCS weather and school cancellation process.

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Below you will find useful information to access real-time information on your Columbus City Schools student(s), including class schedules, assignments, grades, attendance, and more.

EXISTING USERS:

Existing users can log in here

FIRST TIME USERS

• If you have not yet created your portal account, click the button below to activate your account.

First Time User Activation

In order to activate your account, you must have an Activation Key. If you do not have an Activation Key, please contact your child’s school. You will be asked to provide proper identification before receiving the key. NOTE: Each parent/guardian has their own Activation Key to create their account, which can be used to access all of their children enrolled in Columbus City Schools.

Need help signing in? Reset Password? Address Change? We can help! Please call/text Ms. Evans 614-902-9742 or Ms. Ana (Spanish) 614-535-6062.

• Still have questions about Campus Parent Portal? Please call 380-997-7245 or the CCS Factline at 614-221-3228.