Welcome to New Families

We're excited to welcome new families to our community, and are looking forward to meeting you and sharing information about our great school.

If your student is starting school at McCoppin Elementary in the fall of 2024, here are steps to take to connect with the school and the PTO:

Over the summer, get in touch. The best way to stay-up-to-date with all things McCoppin is to provide the PTO with your contact information over the summer (including your email address, student name, and what grade they're entering) at mccoppin.parents@gmail.com so that we may invite you to ParentSquare, our school-wide communication tool. PTO Volunteers work to add this year's student information beginning in August right around the time school starts, and will contact current families (in August) to let them know when they can register and/or sign in.

ParentSquare is a communication app/website designed to keep parents informed and facilitate participation at school. It provides a safe way for our principal Mr. Lee, teachers, staff, and parents to send and receive school and class information, share pictures and files, see calendar items, and more. Learn more in the ParentSquare section here on our website (about/parentsquare).

Over the summer ... Join our Facebook group. The Frank McCoppin Elementary School Parents group is a social community for parents of students at the school. Our goal is to relay pertinent information and to get to know each other.

Keep an eye out for your ParentVUE activation key, which will arrive in the mail from the San Francisco Unified School District. When it arrives, you'll use that key to active your ParentVUE account. ParentVUE is SFUSD's secure family portal, where you can privately access student information such as grades and attendance. It’s different from ParentSquare (you should sign up for both). Learn more in the ParentVUE section of this website (about/parentvue).

Don't hesitate to contact the PTO if you have any questions. Our email address is mccoppin.parents@gmail.com; we check email even during summer vacation (just not as often, thanks for your patience :) ). If we don't know the answer to your question, we can help find it or direct you to the right person.