Articles and Press Releases

13 Sep, 2012

By December, all schools in Nova Scotia will have access to the online student-parent portal. Once it is fully phased in, students and parents will be able to see real-time information on marks, assignment due dates, school news, attendance, or feedback from teachers with a click of a button.

The program is a popular success in schools where it is already running.

“When we...

10 Jan, 2012

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. – Dec. 1, 2011 – Bhreagh Bauer, an 11th-grade student from Horton High School in Nova Scotia, Canada, today marked the 10 millionth student enrolled in PowerSchool, the industry-leading student information system (SIS) from Pearson.
 

22 Aug, 2011

PORT HASTINGS - That’s how Jack Beaton, superintendent of the Strait Regional School Board, jokingly refers to the student information system that is being rolled out to schools across the province.

The parent portal component of the online service allows parents to log in and view information ranging from class attendance to assessment information to ongoing assignments for their...

15 Aug, 2011

Students and parents of some Nova Scotia schools now have access to real-time information on attendance, marks, assignment due dates, school bulletins and teacher comments.

Since the fall of 2010, 94 schools in Nova Scotia started using a new web-based information management system that includes a student-parent portal.  Two hundred and eighteen (218) additional schools will follow...

07 Jun, 2011

Students and parents of some Nova Scotia schools now have real-time access to their attendance, grades, assignments, teacher comments, and school bulletins.   A new web-based student-parent portal is replacing those that existed in some schools, offering the same features, and more. 

"You can access it anywhere, any time," says Sackville High School student...

15 Mar, 2011

By PAT LEE Staff Reporter
Wed, Mar 9 - 4:53 AM

Like most kids her age, Sackville High School’s Taylor Shornys is armed with a BlackBerry and used to having information at her fingertips.

Since the fall, that has included using a new program called iNSchool to access real-time information on test scores, when assignments are due, what is coming up next period,...

10 Feb, 2011

Students and parents of some schools in Nova Scotia now have real-time access to their attendance, grades, assignments, teacher comments, and school bulletins.

A new, web-based student-parent portal is replacing those that existed in some schools, offering the same features - and more - in a more user-friendly way.

Parents, students and teachers will be able to access...

04 Nov, 2010

The Department of Education, in partnership with school boards, has developed a standard report card format.  Through the implementation of iNSchool, all of our 78 Phase I schools will be using this new report card format, starting this fall. 

The new report card consists of four sections:

The Learner Profile is a snapshot of your child...

27 Oct, 2010

In September, 78 schools in Nova Scotia began registering and managing student information on one common system.  And soon, students and parents of these Phase I schools (78) will see the same provincial report card format and connect with their school using the same student-parent portal.

It’s all part of iNSchool, a province-wide program aimed at leveraging technology to...

31 Aug, 2010

Think of how nice it would be to log on to your own, private online account and see your child’s grades, track attendance, learn about upcoming assignments, and catch up on school events or announcements - in real-time.  It won’t be long before you’re able to do just that.

Nova Scotia’s public education community is introducing an innovative, web-based...