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Set up your community profile

A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 7 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
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How to set up your community profile

  1. 1Click More in the portal menu, then Settings
  2. 2Scroll to the Your Community profile card (it shows only if your school uses Community)
  3. 3Add a picture under Your photo (JPG, PNG or WEBP, 8 MB or less); without one your card shows your initials
  4. 4Write a line or two in About you
  5. 5Tick the choices you want under What other families can see: Hide my children's names, Show my email address, Show my phone number
  6. 6Click Save; your card updates for the other families in your spaces, and you can see it in Community, Directory
  7. 7To stop other families messaging you, untick Let other families message me in the Family messages card (it shows if your school has family messages on)

Part of Family & student portals

One login per parent, covering every child: grades, attendance, this week's plans, library books, and invoices — and a student portal that answers "what do I owe and when."

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Do it in your own school

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