CCS Infinite Campus Parent Portal

• the teachers communicate classroom information.
• ensure that you will get all school related informational phone calls from Principal Lausch.
• ensure that everyone receives newsletters such as this one!
• the school to be able to contact you quickly in the event of an emergency.

Please help us reach our goal!

1. Download the Infinite Campus PARENT app to your phone. (The STUDENT app is one your student will download when they are older and in middle or high school.)
2. Type 'Columbus' when it asks for the district then select CCS and Ohio
3. You are either a NEW USER or an EXISTING USER

- Select 'Language'

- Choose from eight different languages in which you may view the Parent Portal

- Select 'More'

- Select "Annual Update'

- Click or touch to start the update

It will take approximately 20 minutes to complete the update for each child you have attending in the district. If you have more than one child attending school, please be sure to do the update for each one of them.

- Email it to: parentportal@columbus.k12.oh.us

- Make sure to include your student's name.

- Click 'Grades'

- If you don't know what a grade means, click on the arrow to the right of the grade

- Click on the 'i' to the right of the grade

- An explanation should appear the describes what each grade means

- Click 'Attendance'

- Check each quarter and review 'unexcused absences' in red

- Look at the date of the absence or tardy (not the number of absences as it refers to the number of classes missed, not the number of days, i.e., reading class, math class, gym class, etc.)

- If an 'unexcused absence' or 'tardy' is due to an illness, doctor's appointment, religious holiday, or family funeral, please let the office know so it may be reviewed and possibly changed to an 'excused absence'

- Click on 'More'

- Scroll down to 'Annual Update'

- Follow the instructions

- Many families will upload a utility bill or signed lease with the guardian's name on it and new address (there are also other forms of documentation CCS will accept as well)

- If a guardian's name is not on the documentation, please refer to the Verification of Residency form below that will need to be completed and uploaded in the Annual Update in order for your address to be changed

ESL Dept.: 614-365-8802

Spanish: 614-365-5118

French: 614-365-5327

Arabic: 614-365-6920

Nepali: 614-365-3105

Somali: 614-365-8972

- Only those listed as 'guardians' upon enrollment at CCS may have access to the Parent Portal

- There are separate activation keys/codes for each guardian or parent so each guardian or parent can set up their own individual user name and password

- If there is a desire to remove a parent or caregiver that is listed as 'guardian,' you will need to contact CCS Central Enrollment at (614) 365-4011 or the CCS Fact Line (614) 221-3228.