JMC Starting the 14-15 School Year Checklist - New Client - Manual (Page 4)

benchmarks (elem) report cards. This can be a time and money saver for your
district.
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Choose Standardized Test Scores to be seen “On Screen” and “On Transcripts” in
Grading
 Transcripts  Test Score Selections. The “On Screen” settings are
saved for each user.
Period Attendance
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Anyone who is recording daily attendance in the office should view the “Intro to
Period Attendance – Next-Gen” instructional video.
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Review the reasons for student’s absences and cutoffs for full/half day attendance
in Period Attendance
 Data  Edit Reasons and Cutoffs. Add or delete any
reasons as is necessary and review all checkmarks in the “Include in conversion”
column.
Standards and Benchmarks
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The Standards and Benchmarks module is typically used for elementary (K-5)
report cards. Please contact Sara Freid (email: [email protected]) at JMC to get
the process started if you are interested in utilizing elementary report cards
through JMC.
Health
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We recommend that all Health Professionals view the “Next-Gen Introduction to
Health Module” instructional video.
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Review and add/remove Health History Categories in Health  Data  Health
History Categories. The Health History Categories settings are saved for each
user.
Lunch Module
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Please view the “Nex-Gen Lunch Parts One - Four” instructional videos. Follow
the instructions given in the videos.
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If you use Family Lunch Accounts, create lunch contacts for all new students
using Lunch
 Data  Initialize Family Lunch Contacts. This should not be done
until all primary contacts have been entered in the Attendance module and
attached to each student.
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Adjust lunch contacts for any students who have lunch contacts that are different
than their primary contact in Edit
 Student Data.
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Enter meal prices and (optional) the state and federal reimbursements in Lunch 
Data  Edit Meal Prices.
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For all parents/guardians who applied for free or reduced status, determine free
and reduced status in Lunch
 Data  Determine Free or Reduced Status.
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New Teachers/Office/Administrator/Staff should have a lunch account created for
them. This is done by creating each of them as a new student (in Edit
 Student