Regarding the 12/2024 PowerSchool Cybersecurity Incident - 03/10/2025
Dear Families and Educators of the Wallenpaupack Community,
PowerSchool has begun sending emails out to those whose information may have been involved in the 12/28/2024 data breach incident. If you receive one of these emails, please read it carefully and follow the directions given to establish your credit monitoring account with Experian. Please note that this is between you, Experian, and the PowerSchool corporation. The Wallenpaupack Area School District has nothing to do with this process.
As previously mentioned, PowerSchool has engaged Experian, a trusted credit reporting agency, to provide complimentary identity protection and credit monitoring services to current and former students and educators that had information exfiltrated from PowerSchool SIS. PowerSchool is doing this regardless of whether an individual's Social Security Number was exfiltrated. In the coming weeks, Experian (on behalf of PowerSchool) will be distributing direct email notifications to involved individuals (or their parent/guardian, as applicable) for whom PowerSchool has sufficient contact information.
Additionally, PowerSchool has worked with Experian to set up a dedicated, toll-free call center to answer any questions associated with these offerings and the incident. All the information regarding the activation of and access to these services will be included in the email sent to you by Experian. Whether or not you receive an email, you may also visit PowerSchool's website to learn how to activate the offering from Experian, linked here:
http://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/notice-of-united-states-data-breach/.
Protecting our students and teachers remains our top priority. Thank you again for all of your support and understanding during this time.
Sincerely,
Keith Gunuskey
Superintendent
Welcome to PowerSchool!
PowerSchool Student / Parent Portals create an online learning community. Everyone stays connected. Students stay on top of assignments and parents are able to participate more fully in their student's progress.
Important Login Information:
PowerSchool logins are based on the student's or parent's name with an eight character requirement + 3 random numbers for duplicate login names. Each year new logins and passwords will be issued to maintain a high level of security.
mLearning Guides are now available for the PowerSchool Student and Parent Portals
(for use with iBooks on an iPad)
mLearning guides are digital books with interactive modules available as a free download through the iBooks bookstore.
You now have a resource for parents and students to use the PowerSchool Portals. The mLearning Guide titled PowerSchool Student and Parent Portals is available free.
| Resources for Students | |
| How to use the Student Portal | Tutorial for students in the use of their PowerSchool Portal |
| Resources for Parents | |
| How to use the Parent Portal | PowerSchool Portal User Guide. Please Note: Not all features in the guide are in use at Wallenpaupack. |
| How to Create a Single Sign-On Account - PDF | Printed instructions for creating a parent access account on the Parent Portal. |
| Frequently Asked Questions | Answers to many of the questions you have regarding the Parent/Student Portals |
| Resources for Teachers | |
| PowerTeacher Pro Users Guide | Tutorial for teachers in the use of PowerTeacher Pro features |