Creating a New School Year

Be careful when using the steps that follow as the ability to delete a mistake is limited!!

  1. Click System Administration>Calendar>School Years

  2. Click New - the following form appears:



  3. In the “Label” field type in a short version of the year you are creating following the format of previous years if they exist (e.g. 12-13 versus 2012-2013)

  4. **IMPORANT** Leave the “Active” field Unchecked

  5. In the “Start Year” field, type in the four digit year that the school year will start within

  6. In the “End Year” field, type in the four digit year that the school year will end within

  7. In the “Start Date” field, enter a date that represents July 1 of the year the school year starts within

  8. In the “End Date” field, enter a date that represents June 30 of the year the school year ends within

  9. Leave ALL remaining settings as is and click Save

  10. Refresh your browser window (for Internet Explorer users just press F5 on the keyboard) - the new year should now be visible to you in the "Year" field drop down in the top left of the screen