Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. My Zoe had to take a break every few presents because it was just too exciting.
Now I have a belated Xmas present for all of you (ie. anyone who reads this site... anyone... anyone). A new customization for PowerSchool that lets you easily add messages to the admin/teacher login screens and the parent portal header. I call it Login Notes and you can find in the PowerSchool tab.

Also, if your using the Illinois state version of my BIG Registration Screen I've updated it to work with the changes brought about by the 12/12/12 state reporting update. Specifically the home language, native language, and il_fer fields.

Why worry about filling out those silly family_rep checkboxs in PowerSchool? Just go download my Instant Family Rep customization and be done with it. Then with all the time you've saved come to DrupalCamp Chicago (Saturday 11/10/12)! A fun filled day of drupal geeks teaching other drupal  geeks about drupal. At $21 a ticket (includes lunch) how could you not go!

Version 3 of the instant family_rep page has the following improvements:
- Now loads on it's own dedicated page to avoid slowing down the admin home page
- Takes twins/triplets/4sees into account
- Includes students with a blank home_phone

This fever stinks!
But it did give me a chance to catchup on a few things. Like having a look at the ISBE SIS Key Dates PDF. If your involved with state reporting in Illinois you probably know what I'm talking about.
I painstakingly added the dates to my iCal. Then I got to thinking, why should everyone need to suffer through this. So the .ics file for this calendar can be downloaded HERE. Import it into your calendar program of choice.
Each event has a alert set for 3 days before.

CHEERS!