At Cardinal Gibbons High School, we believe that technology in the classroom is an expected part of the learning experience in the same way that we expect students and educators to use pens, pencils, calculators and textbooks. We empower our educators to design their lessons utilizing the best tool(s) to meet their learning goals.
Cardinal Gibbons High School became a 1:1 laptop school in 2014. All Gibbons issued laptops are covered by both a warranty and insurance policy for the four years that the laptop attends Gibbons. The majority of repairs are serviced through our onsite Lenovo Repair Center. Depending on Lenovo parts availability, repairs are often completed same day.
Partnership
The Gibbons 1:1 laptop experience is a joint stewardship model for laptop hardware care. We ask that all families partner with us to ensure the devices are performing optimally. Please report all damaged laptops to the Technology Team so that we can begin the repair process.
Laptops with user-induced damage will be assessed a maximum fee of $250 per incident. Families are charged the cost of the parts replaced and are not assessed a labor fee. If a laptop is determined to have a defective part, there will not be a fee for the repair.
Each parent or family member should create their own PowerSchool account using their unique email address and the Student Access Code that was issued at enrollment.
Creating a parent portal account and adding students with Access ID & Password.
3. Enter your name, your personal email address, desired username and password. **The email address must be unique and cannot be in use with an existing account at Cardinal Gibbons High School.
4. Student Name: The legal name of your student. Access ID/Access Password: The PowerSchool Access ID/Password provided to you at enrollment.
**This is unique to each student and is needed to create an account.
5. Enter the Access ID, Access Password, and Relationship for each student you wish to add to your Parent Account.
Select the relationship of the person creating the account.
6. Repeat the process for each additional student you wish to add to your account.
7. Scroll down and click Enter
That's it. You're done.
3. Enter your name, your personal email address, desired username and password. **The email address must be unique and cannot be in use with an existing account at Cardinal Gibbons High School.
4. Student Name: The legal name of your student. Access ID/Access Password: The PowerSchool Access ID/Password provided to you at enrollment.
**This is unique to each student and is needed to create an account.
5. Enter the Access ID, Access Password, and Relationship for each student you wish to add to your Parent Account.
Select the relationship of the person creating the account.
6. Repeat the process for each additional student you wish to add to your account.
7. Scroll down and click Enter
That's it. You're done.
The new Parent LaunchPad is an easy way to access all of the Gibbons learning platforms in a single location.
Before you can create a LaunchPad account, you must have a Parent PowerSchool account. This is the primary account for all parent access to Gibbons Technology platforms.
Once you have created a Parent Powerschool account, use the corresponding email or phone number to register for a LaunchPad account.
13 STEPS
1. The first step is to open Cardinal Gibbons High School website ... and click Learning Platforms
2. Scroll down and click on the Parent LaunchPad icon.
3. Claim your account using the email or cell phone number associated with your Gibbons PowerSchool Parent Portal account.
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6. Click Next
7. Enter the one time registration code sent to your email address/ phone number.
Schoology, Cardinal Gibbons’ learning management system, is a user-friendly hub for students and families to access day-to-day academic information.
What to find on Schoology
In-depth course information and assignments
Class to-do lists
Academic calendars
Assignment grades
Daily attendance records
PowerSchool, the school’s student information system, will continue to house final course grades and official attendance records. This is also where you can update demographic information and register for courses.
1. Login to the PowerSchool parent portal. You can access this via the Gibbons Launchpad, from the Gibbons website or from this URL: www.cghsnc.org/powerschool
2. Enter the username and password you created when you enrolled at the school. If you never created an account, you can create one now by clicking on the Create Account tab. Contact PowerSchool@cghsnc.org if you need your access id and code.
3. Click Student Reports
4. Click Schoology Access Codes
5. The letter that is generated contains a unique code for you to use to associate your account to your student. If you have multiple students, you will need a unique code for each student.
Creating a Schoology account and adding additional students.
7 STEPS
1. Open the PowerSchool Schoology Report to get the unique code for your student. Visit https://app.schoology.com/register to complete the Schoology registration process.
2. Click Parent
3. Paste the unique code from the PowerSchool Schoology Report.
4. Enter your name, email address and desired password. Click register.
5. This is your parent Schoology experience.
6. Click Groups. Throughout your Gibbons journey, you may become a member of parent groups and other Gibbons activities.
7. Toggle to view Schoology as your student or to add an additional student to your account. You will need the unique Schoology code from the PowerSchool Schoology report for each additional student.
Creating a Schoology account and adding additional students.
7 STEPS
1. Open the PowerSchool Schoology Report to get the unique code for your student.
Visit https://app.schoology.com/register to complete the Schoology registration process.
2. Click Parent
3. Paste the unique code from the PowerSchool Schoology Report.
4. Enter your name, email address and desired password. Click register.
5. This is your parent Schoology experience.
6. Click Groups. Throughout your Gibbons journey, you may become a member of parent groups and other Gibbons activities.
7. Toggle to view Schoology as your student or to add an additional student to your account. You will need the unique Schoology code from the PowerSchool Schoology report for each additional student.
FinalForms is our secure online forms database provider, which will store your student’s immunization record, COVID testing results, current physical, school permission slips, and manage their athletic eligibility, should they choose to participate in athletics. See the Resources/Forms page under Gibbons Athletics on our website for more information.
1. Download & save all files from the laptop hard drive, OneDrive, Google Drive and Adobe.
2. Decide if you will keep or donate the laptop and let us know.
3. Submit a STARs ticket for any outstanding repairs. Warranties expire in June!
4. Login to your laptop and connect it to the internet on May 18, 2022 to receive a laptop reset.
*Students with make-up AP Exams will have an alternate date.
