1. MS Office 365, PowerSchool & Student Activities

2. Please distribute Microsoft Office 365 handouts to students to follow along as you show this presentation.

3. Accessing MS Office 365
Available on our web site at or

4. Features You Get for FREE
An professional Spokane Schools address for professional correspondence through Outlook.
Access to the OneDrive (25 gigs) cloud-based storage for your files.
Access to full web-based versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote.

5. Teachers: Can send you emails with reminders on assignments, grade updates, and helpful feedback.
Counselors: Can send you information on college visits, scholarship deadlines, and graduation reminders.
School: Can send out announcements to all students to keep you updated on school events, deadlines, and activities.

6. Access to everything on your OneDrive storage account wherever you are:
Photos, documents, and other important files are available on your phone, tablet, PC, or Mac.
Important school files are no longer tied to a single device so you can access them from anywhere you have Internet access.

7. Regardless of what device you are working on, when you log into your MS Office 365 account, you have access to full versions of: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
You can choose to save your files on the OneDrive or to your desktop.

8. Click on video below regarding email etiquette.

9. Email Etiquette Reminders
Include a greeting – just like in a written letter, it is nice to add a greeting such as “Dear Amelia” and a closing line such as “Thank you,” then your name.
Be clear and concise – add a relevant subject line so the reader knows the topic. Avoid long, rambling messages, but provide enough details to make the message clear.

10. Email Etiquette Reminders
Check your tone – your reader may not be able to recognize your humor or sarcasm. In s, it is best to say things in the clearest way possible.
Reply carefully – if your message is meant for just one reader, avoid the “reply all” option. Double check the CC and BCC fields to make sure you aren’t replying to everyone.

11. Email Etiquette Reminders
Review before sending – check for spelling/grammar errors and make sure you entered the correct address for the recipient.
AVOID CAPS LOCK – writing in all caps is the same as shouting. Your reader may think you are angry or upset. Also, all caps are much more difficult to read.

12. is a privilege!
Any inappropriate use of /technology can result in a loss of all /technology privileges, and in extreme cases school suspension.

13. PowerSchool Start checking your grades in PowerSchool now! How?
Log in to and click on the PowerSchool link.
Enter your username and password.
Need to know what it is? Check your class schedule you received on the first day of school. It has your PowerSchool login information as well as your locker number and combination!

14. What are you going to be involved in at school?
Click here to see the most current list of LC activities:
Don’t see a club you want to join? START ONE OF YOUR OWN!
Find a staff sponsor, time & space
Get it approved through Mr. Norton
GO FOR IT!

15. LET’S TALK!
Share out with your Seminar class if you are currently involved OR planning to get involved in a club, activity or sport this year.

16. You get a little more by being a tiger!