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September 2024

Grade Book District Mass Synchronization

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Don’t forget to sync your gradebooks before school starts. Directions are in the Grading Setup Checklist under Help->Checklists. 
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August 2024

Checklists

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Make sure you are following along with our Opening School Checklist to verify everything is setup for the new year. Many items in this list can be missed during this busy time, and are often questions we receive once school starts. Help the start of your year by getting these tasks done early!There is also a Grading Setup Checklist to help with the settings that need to be updated or checked each year. This checklist covers setup and questions than can impact your teachers throughout the year wh...
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July 2024

Grading Setup Checklist

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After completing the Year End Checklist and the Opening School Checklist, your next step is the Grading Setup Checklist. If you're cruising your way through your school setups this summer, you'll find this checklist in the Help area too. 
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Opening School Checklist

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Once you've finished everything for the 2023-24 school year, check out the Opening School Checklist in Help to get a jump start on your setup for 2024-25. It's not necessary to complete these steps in order so get started now - even if you're not ready to change the Current Year. 
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GPA Calculation Setup

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Has your school changed any GPA points or requirements in recent years? Now is a great time to verify GPA calculations for the 2024-25 school year. Reach out to synergy@region1.k12.mn.us for help with your GPA setup. 
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June 2024

A Note from MDE: How the DIRS Batch is Processed After Uploading

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Below are the general batch processing steps after you upload the DIRS Batch.1.  DIRS validates the schema – checks the overall file structure and format.2.  DIRS reviews field data values and formats – to confirm all are as specified.3.  Read & process file     a.  DIRS identifies each incident by the External Reference Number (ID number assigned to each incident by your SIS).     b.  If there is no existing record with that...
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DIRS 2023-24 Updates

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  Marijuana has been removed as a drug type under Illegal Drugs, and Cannabis has been added as a separate Incident Type with its own State Code. Region 1 has made this change in all districts and updated all incidents that were listed as Illegal Drugs – Marijuana to pull correctly in the XML.   The following two disciplinary action types will replace the previous “Offender withdrew from school” disciplinary action type in DIRS:  1) “Student withdrew from s...
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May 2024

Year End Checklist

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Now is the time to start looking at the Year End Checklist. This can be found in the Checklists folder from the Help button.
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Grading Checklists

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Make sure to check out the Grading Checklists in our Checklist folder on the Synergy Help page. For schools using the Subject Based Traditional report cards, use the Secondary Grading Checklist. For schools using the custom Objective Based report cards, use the Objective Grading Checklist. 
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April 2024

Scheduling Documentation

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If you are currently working on scheduling for next year, or are about to get started, check out the Scheduling folder under Resources on the Help page. 
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