School Calendar Setup

Your school’s calender and marking periods (semester, quarters, trimesters, etc.) should have been set up at the previous year-end rollover time. If the calender and marking periods have not been established they need to be set up by SchoolWise support.

Setting Up Calendar School Days

From the File menu in the desktop system, click on District Setup and then School Calendar Setup. When the school calendar opens, the School Days tab will be shown.

The day type should be set to regular, distance, or mixed. 

The day type for a specific date can be changed by clicking the day type and selecting the desired option (such as Emergency Closed Day).

To change the day type in bulk, click on the Bulk Change Day Type button and then select the new day type and enter the effectivity date.

Note: Once setup, changes to the school year start/end date may require the student class map to be recalculated.

Setting Up Calendar Marking Periods (SchoolWise Support)

Note: Once grades are entered, changing the marking period type becomes very difficult if not impossible. 

From the File menu in the desktop system, click on District Setup and then School Calendar Setup. When the school calendar opens, click on the Marking Periods tab.

Click on the Marking Periods - Edit Track Periods button.

Note: Some schools use dual track marking periods.

 Choose the type of marking period from the menu.

Note: If a school only has an annual period (ie. 'Full Year - No Marks'), no marks can be entered in the Desktop and Gradebooks cannot be used. This calendar type is used for scheduling only.

If choosing trimesters, for example, you will be prompted to enter the ending dates of the terms. 

You may include progress report sub-periods by check the Include Progress-Report Periods box.  

Click OK to create the marking periods.