Periods

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Use this page to view the list of periods already created for your school. Periods are set on the Years and Terms page. For more information, see Years and Terms. Here, you can edit period names and abbreviations.

Note: Each school on your PowerSchool system creates and maintains its own list of class periods.

Periods are used in combination with days to create schedule expressions. For example, a section of Biology that meets for the first period on each day of a two-day schedule has the expression 1(A-B). Periods are also part of what is defined as a section meeting. That section of Biology has two meetings, which are noted as 1(A) and 1(B). When running reports or viewing schedules, you can often filter by periods and/or days. Before displaying the results, however, your selections are validated against your school's bell schedule and calendar to determine if the period is valid for the selected date or date range.

View Periods

1. On the start page, choose School under Setup in the main menu. 
2. Under Scheduling, click Periods. The Periods page displays the following:
   • Period Number
   • Name
   • Abbreviation
   • Sort

Sort Periods

1. On the start page, choose School under Setup in the main menu.
2. Under Scheduling, click Periods. 
3. Note the Sort column indicates the order in which the periods will appear.
4. Drag and drop the period you want to move.
5. Repeat Step 4 for each period you want to move.
6. Click Submit.

Edit a Period

1. On the start page, choose School under Setup in the main menu.
2. Under Scheduling, click Periods. 
3. Click the period Name or Abbreviation column. 

4. Use the following table to edit information in the fields:

   Type	Description
   School Name	The name of the selected school appears.
   School Year	The selected school year appears.
   Period Number	The number of the selected period appears.
   Period Abbreviation	Edit the abbreviation for the period, not to exceed three characters. The period abbreviation appears on various pages, such as the Edit Section page.
   Period Name	Edit the name of the period. The period name can be descriptive.

5. Click Submit.