Welcome
Hinsdale High School District 86 is pleased to make it possible for parents to access their child’s academic progress in each of their classes through the Internet. District 86 believes this kind of access will improve parent and teacher communication as well as student responsibility. Parents will be able to view a summary report of their child's grades, along with a detailed report showing every assignment.

How to Access Grades
In order for access to be granted you must register for a parent account using the link below. After District personnel are able to authenticate the registration information, a letter will be sent home to you with a Login/Username and Password. A single password and login allows parental access to all family members who are students.
 

IF YOU ARE WANTING TO ADD A STUDENT TO AN EXISTING ACCOUNT, OR IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WHEN LOGGING IN, PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER AGAIN.  SEND AN EMAIL TO spalmer@hinsdale86.org, or call 570-8213

    

Please Note Before Registering
If you are registering more than one child enter the first student, and then click “Add” and a second student registration box will appear.  Once you have registered one, or two, or three students, then click “Submit Request.”

Accessing portal sites requires one of the following:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, plus the latest service pack
• Internet Explorer 5.5, plus the latest service pack
• Internet Explorer 6, plus the latest service pack
• Internet Explorer 5.2 for Mac OS X, plus the latest service pack
• Netscape Navigator 6.2 or later
• Netscape Navigator 6.2 for Mac
• Netscape Navigator 6.2 for UNIX

Privacy
District 86 will not make your username/password publicly available. The grades of your child posted on the website can be accessed only by appropriate official school personnel and by the private username and password that will be generated for you.   It is the parent's/guardian's responsibility to keep the password secure.

What You See
Please remember the grades you see might not include all assignments or tests that have been completed by your child.  As teachers complete the grading of assignments and tests and enter these into their grade book, the information available to parents is updated.  Please be patient while waiting for grades to appear. 

Teachers use different averaging methods for their classes. Some use a “total points" method, where all points earned are totaled and divided by the amount possible. Others use a "weighted average" method, where some categories (e.g. tests, homework, labs, etc.) are worth more than others. If you try to calculate a student’s grade from the “Assignment” page you may not get the average that the teacher gets when they calculate.  The quarter grade on the “Grade Summary” page should accurately reflect the teacher’s grade calculation.

Should question arise about individual student progress or grade entries for particular classes, the parent or student should communicate directly with the teacher by phone or email. 

If you have questions about the Parent Portal, please first refer to the:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), then call:

Stephanie Palmer
Assistant Principal
570-8213
spalmer@hinsdale86.org

Necessary Notifications
District 86 does not make any guarantee as to the accuracy or timeliness of the information displayed on the Portal. Information retrieved via the Portal site should be regarded as unofficial and nonbinding. Grades are current to the last entry of each teacher.  Should questions arise about individual student progress or grade entries for particular classes, the parent or student should communicate directly with the teacher by phone or email.

Because the security of your personally identifiable information is of concern to the district, Hinsdale District 86 has physical, electronic and managerial procedures in place to assist us in providing secure transmission of your information from our servers to your PC.  Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure.  As a result, while Hinsdale District 86 strives to protect your student's personal information, we cannot and do not ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk.

If you have any questions about security, please contact:  Tim Hohman at thohman@hinsdale86.org or 655-6155.