Houses in Master Schedule

dcamarena
Journeyman

Houses in Master Schedule

Hello, 

 

We have begun building our master schedule and will have two different bell schedules, one for 6th grade and the other for 7th-8th grades. Does this mean that we have to put 6th grade in one house and 7th-8th in another? What do you recommend? We are using PowerScheduler. Thank you. 

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nicolebond
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@dcamarena You can separate students into Houses, which is like having a school within a school. Houses are used to group students together, and students can only take courses from teachers associated with that house. If you use houses, you will need to associate the teachers, students, and room numbers to a specific house. 

 

https://help.powerschool.com/t5/PowerSchool-SIS-Knowledge-Base/Creating-and-Using-Houses-in-PowerSch...

 

You can also have more that one bell schedule. If the 6th graders are on a different schedule, it might be easier to have the teachers post the schedule in their classrooms and students move to their next class at the appointed time.  Are the sixth graders housed in a different building from the 7th and 8th graders?

 

 

Nicole Bond
Director of Attendance and Enrollment
Haywood County Schools
Brownsville, TN

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JeffG9
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@nicolebond wrote:

 

 

You can also have more that one bell schedule.

 

 


Hi Nicole,

 

You cannot have more than one Bell Schedule per day in PowerSchool.

 

 

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dcamarena
Journeyman

Hi Jeff, 


Thank you for your reply. Any advice on how to go about putting the following bell schedule in PowerSchool?

 

7th-8th M-T-F

6th Grade M-T-F*

Period 1 8:30-9:18-48

Period 2 9:21-10:09 - 48 

Recess 10:09-10:21-12

Period 3 10:24-11:12-48

Period 4 11:15-12:03-48

Lunch 12:03-12:43-40

Period 5 12:46-1:34-48

Period 6 1:37-2:25-48

Period 7 2:28-3:15-47

Period 1 8:30-9:18-48

Period 2 9:21-10:09-48 

Period 3 10:12-11:00-48

Recess 11:00-11:12-12

Period 4 11:15-12:03-48

Period 5 12:06 - 12:54-48

Lunch 12:54-1:34-40

Period 6 1:37- 2:25-48

Period 7 2:28-3:15-47

nicolebond
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@dcamarena I included a link to setting up a bell schedule.  Are you wanting to set up 2 bell schedule in PS for the same day? You can have bell schedule but have the grade levels in different classes.

 

https://help.powerschool.com/t5/PowerSchool-SIS-Knowledge-Base/How-To-Bell-Schedule-Basic-Setup/ta-p...

Nicole Bond
Director of Attendance and Enrollment
Haywood County Schools
Brownsville, TN

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nicolebond
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I don't think he is trying to have the bell rings on 2 different schedules.

Nicole Bond
Director of Attendance and Enrollment
Haywood County Schools
Brownsville, TN

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dcamarena
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Hi Nicole, 

 

The 6th won't be entirely housed in another building. Because of electives, they will be moving across campus but their core classes will be in the same building.

 

See our possible bell schedule for next year. What would be the best way to do this in  PowerScheduler? Thank you!

 

7th-8th M-T-F

6th Grade M-T-F*

Period 1 8:30-9:18-48

Period 2 9:21-10:09 - 48 

Recess 10:09-10:21-12

Period 3 10:24-11:12-48

Period 4 11:15-12:03-48

Lunch 12:03-12:43-40

Period 5 12:46-1:34-48

Period 6 1:37-2:25-48

Period 7 2:28-3:15-47

Period 1 8:30-9:18-48

Period 2 9:21-10:09-48 

Period 3 10:12-11:00-48

Recess 11:00-11:12-12

Period 4 11:15-12:03-48

Period 5 12:06 - 12:54-48

Lunch 12:54-1:34-40

Period 6 1:37- 2:25-48

Period 7 2:28-3:15-47