Afternoon bus routes do not begin as soon as soon as schools dismiss. Buses normally depart schools within seven minutes of the end of the school day to allow time for students to exit the building and board the buses. For example, if an elementary school day ends at 3:55 p.m., the bus is not expected to begin its route until 4:02 p.m., which is considered an on-time departure for that bus.

Yes. Download and install the Canvas Mobile App for Parents iOS or Android. Students can download the “Canvas Student” app from their app store.

Yes. For resources on how to use HCPSS Connect, please visit HCPSS Connect Guides.

Emergency contact information will be there from last year. However, please review all information and update as necessary.

HCPSS Connect provides access to a variety of student information and classroom instructional tools offering personalized communication and timely, relevant and easily accessible information relating to your student. To login to HCPSS Connect, visit www.hcpss.org/connect/

Canvas is the Learning Management System (LMS) used by HCPSS. It is a one-stop shop for your students’ information, grades and coursework.

Check your spam or junk folder for messages from notifications@instructure.com. Mark the email as not spam, and add this email address to your safe senders list. Adding notifications@instructure.com to your address book can prevent your email provider from filtering Canvas notifications to your spam folder.

To adjust your Canvas notification preferences, go to the Notification Settings screen. You have four options for notification frequency for each category: "Notify immediately," "Daily summary," "Weekly summary," or "Notifications off." Please note that daily and weekly summaries are sent as a single digest email from notifications@instructure.com around 6 pm.

For additional Canvas resources, please visit the Canvas Orientation Course.

Teachers have the ability to include informational content, class assignments, videos, quizzes, projects, and discussions. Teachers also use Canvas as a communication tool to post course announcements or to send direct messages via the Inbox.