Family Handbook 2024-25

OUR COMMUNITY

Veracross Veracross is Havergal’s school information system that connects parents with the school and the school with parents. Havergal uses Veracross to send emails—and, in rare urgent cases, short messaging service (SMS) texts—to you, so it is imperative that you keep your phone number and email contact information up-to-date. Parents access Veracross through the Parent Portal using this link: https://accounts.veracross.com/hc/portals/login. The Parent Portal provides your family with student, grade and school-specific information about your child’s academic, athletic, performing arts and co-curricular life. It is through the Veracross Parent Portal that you will be able to access your child’s report cards, reach out to her teachers by email, update your household profile, access class schedules and review messages.

Learning Management Systems at Havergal

Students in JK to Grade 3 are enrolled in SeeSaw. Teachers use SeeSaw to send information to parents and to share student work.

Students in Grades 4 to 12 use Canvas as their learning management system. Students use Canvas to access their class resources and the Gradebook. Parents do not have access to Canvas, but can ask their child to log in and show them the course materials.

School Publications

In addition to the Parent Portal on Veracross, report cards and parent-teacher conferences, Havergal College also produces:

● The Weekly: A central resource of communication with parents is TheWeekly , an email sent to all parents/guardians on the last day of the week from either the Head of Junior School or the Heads of Middle and Senior Schools. TheWeekly includes essential information about school operations and upcoming programs. ● Inside Havergal : This whole-school focused monthly e-newsletter is sent to all parents/guardians, faculty, staff and Senior School students on the last Tuesday of each month as a way to highlight a variety of school programs, initiatives and other school-wide news. ● Torch : The school’s annual digital magazine, Torch , is shared with all parents, Old Girls/Alums, faculty, staff and donors in early spring. ● Impact Report: Havergal’s digital annual report is shared with all donors each fall.

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