NHE News
August 19, 2025
Introducing Schoology: Our Online Learning Platform
Richardson ISD is continuing to use Schoology, an online learning management system for students in grades 3-12. This platform helps teachers and students collaborate and connect, supporting our district's goals for student growth.
What Schoology Does:
For Teachers: Schoology allows teachers to post classroom updates, create lessons, distribute and collect assignments, and provide feedback. Grades are then sent to Focus, our official student information system.
For Students: Students can use Schoology to complete and submit assignments in a variety of ways. It also serves as a portfolio to store their work and provides features that make learning more accessible. They will continue to have access to Google Drive and other Google tools.
For Parents: The Schoology parent portal helps you stay informed and engaged. You can view your student's classes, upcoming assignments, and important announcements.
How to Access Your Parent Account:
If you already have a Schoology Parent Account, your login information from last year will still work.
If you need to create an account, please follow these steps:
Schoology recommends creating your parent account from a web browser. Once it is set up, you can use the mobile app, if you choose.
Go to https://app.schoology.com/register and select ‘Parent.’
Enter your student's unique access code: TV2X-JJGR-6ZNK
Follow the prompts to complete your account setup.
If you have more than one student, you can add them to your account after you log in.
NOTE: If you are an RISD staff member, you need to use a personal email address to login to your Schoology parent account.
Resources and Support:
For an overview of the Schoology Parent Portal, you can learn more here: https://web.risd.org/home/schoology/
If you have technical questions, please complete this form: s.risd.org/SchoologyParent
Lunch visitors will begin the Tuesday after Labor Day. This will help us get Cafeteria expectations established for the first few weeks of school.
We ask that parents limit lunch visits to once per week.
We will not be accepting student lunches through delivery apps like UberEats or DoorDash.
Late lunches will go to the Lunch Cart area in the foyer. Please let your child's teacher know through Talking Points that it has been dropped off.
Please help us by sending items that your student can open independently. We want them to have as much time to eat as possible!
Richardson ISD is using TalkingPoints this year to drive student success through two-way communication with families. Talking Points is now live, and many teachers have begun sending text messages using the communications tool. TalkingPoints is the primary source of two-way text communication between staff and families.
When using TalkingPoints, parents do not need to download an app to communicate directly with RISD staff. Parents and guardians will receive text messages in the language they chose when enrolling students.
Please click here for more information about TalkingPoints for families.
How to Sign-up for RISD Bus Transportation
Visit our RISD Transportation Page https://web.risd.org/transportation/ and click on Sign Up For Bus Transportation to complete the online Bus Enrollment Request form so that we can determine if your child qualifies for bus transportation service.
Please note that the RISD Transportation Department provides bus service from the bus stop to campus for students who live more than 2 miles away from their home campus.
Students who live within 2 miles are not eligible for bus transportation per state guidelines.
Special education students may qualify for door-to-campus bus service, but that qualification process is initiated by special education staff at your student's school.
If your child qualifies for bus transportation service, an email will be sent in early August to the parent/guardian email address on file that will include specific bus route information for the 2025-2026 school year.
PRE-K
ROUTE SERVICES
Transportation is available for RISD Pre-K students who qualify.
Each Pre-K route is equipped with 5 point harnesses and a bus monitor. Please contact student.transportation@risd.org or call 469-593-5922 for info regarding Pre-K transportation procedures and rider eligibility.
If you have questions related to this message or student transportation, please contact RISD Transportation at 469-593-5900 or message student.transportation@risd.org.
We look forward to serving your students in the 25-26 school year.
Richardson ISD is required to collect and report the socioeconomic status of each student to the Texas Education Agency for purposes of annual state accountability ratings and for federal reporting tied to federal funding. Parents of enrolled students are requested to complete this form for that purpose. The income information requested on this form is completely confidential; it is not shared with any entity outside of RISD, and is solely used to determine the socioeconomic status of RISD students. Only a student’s potential economically disadvantaged status, as determined by the information provided on this form, is reported to the Texas Education Agency, and TEA maintains that information as confidential. RISD practices are in accordance with the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA). Additional information regarding PPRA can be found in the RISD Student And Parent Guidebook.
It is very important that RISD families complete this Household Family Data in order for RISD schools to receive Title I and State Compensatory Education funding. If eligible, this funding directly benefits your child's school through additional employees and resources like tutoring services, additional technology, and professional training for teachers at your child’s school. RISD wants to continue to provide these important learning supports at our eligible schools, but that is dependent on parent/guardian assistance through completion of this form.
Focus Parent Portal
