Welcome to the Maranatha Christian Academy community. We are excited that you have decided to have your student here at MCA. MCA utilizes multiple mediums for communicating with families: email, social media, phone messaging systems, announcements, fliers, just to name a few. However, the primary tool utilized is the family and student email addresses that are supplied to you within the Office 365 platform. Hopefully, this page, with subsequent instructions and videos will help get you connected to these tools. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are having difficulties, or if you simply have questions. Again, we are truly glad that you have become a part of the Maranatha Christian Academy community.
Parent/Guardian accounts are different than student accounts. While some appear the same (i.e. Office 365,) licensing and permissions are governed by the software providers. Additionally, the permission and information is different based on account type. Please be sure you have confirmed you are signed up for your tools as well as your student.
MCA Family Email
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PowerSchool Unified Classroom
Parent/guardian gradebook and more!
MCA is proud to announce that in 2019 we will be transitioning all family accounts in PowerSchool to Single Sign-On with their Microsoft Office 365 Credentials.* Using the same user name and password as their family email account (see your “Regular Contact” tab) parents/guardians will be able to access the newest tools in PowerSchool to help them keep track of student grades, attendance and much more. If you have a school-provided email you can log in to PowerSchool right now from Parent/Guardian Tab of the “Resources Menu.” Sign in by clicking PowerSchool UC and then click on “Sign in with Microsoft.”
*Please note that while the new PowerSchool Unified Classroom is mobile responsive and will work on your mobile device the PowerSchool App for mobile devices still relies on the old method of signing in to PowerSchool.
PowerSchool has announced that they will have the Single Sign-On available for the mobile app by the end of 2019 (in the middle of the school year.) If you would like to maintain access using the mobile app until then, contact the IT department and they will be happy to help you with your user name and password!
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Resource Menu
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How to Pay Optional Fees
Here is a short video that shows how to gain access to your Smart Tuition account and pay any sort of optional fee.
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Appy Hours
MCA has special “Appy Hours” that are available for our new and existing families to help them become familiar with our Tech Tools. You are invited to come and we would be happy to help you set up your school accounts on your phone, laptop, etc. Or, just show you how to find the things you need online. This is your invitation. We look forward to seeing you there
Access MCA’s Exclusive HelpDesk
Don’t miss that you can search hundreds of articles, videos and other helps not only on the MCA HelpDesk, but directly from our web page; right now! Click on the “Help” button in the lower left hand corner of any of our webpage to search for help.
Please note you cannot raise tickets with the help button on the web site. Please sign in and submit your requests via the HelpDesk– it is the fastest way to get help with school tech! (See above image.)
New Elementary Parents
Student accounts are different than parent/guardian accounts. Most student accounts will be set up in class or within the first week of school depending on grade enrollment thus, it is possible that some tools will not be available if you try to sign up before school begins. You are invited to sign up here for these tools if you have been informed the tools are available to you or, school has already begun.
MCA Students are introduced formally to their resources within the first few weeks of school. If a family would like to look at the available tools for their students they are able to locate these in the same “Resource Menu” referenced above.
