With current national attention being focused on children’s health and wellness issues, Thorndale School District’s Food Service Department is excited to provide parents a convenient, easy and secure online prepayment service to deposit money into your child’s school meal account at any time.  This service also provides parents the ability to view your child’s account balance through a web site called MyNutrikids.com.  By having money in each child’s account prior to entering the cafeteria, we find the lunch lines move along much faster so your child has more time to eat and be with friends. 

Also, parents will have the ability to print out a copy of their child’s eating history report.  This history report will show you all dates and times that your child has purchased a breakfast and or lunch within the past thirty days. 

To access these services:
1. Simply go to the district web site at www.thorndale.txed.net. 
2. Click on the Online Services link.
3. Click on the MyNutrikids link.  From this site you will create your account and add money to your child’s school meal account. All you need is your child’s name, student ID number and school ZIP code. The instructions listed below will guide you through the easy online account set up process. 

Things to know:
* If you have more than one child in the District you can handle all online prepayments from the same online account. 
* Payments may be made through an existing PayPal account or with a major credit or debit card.
* In order to use the online prepayment service, a small convenience fee for each transaction will be assessed to cover the bank fees.  The convenience fee is $1.75 per deposit transaction.  Parents placing money into multiple meal accounts will only be assessed the $1.75 fee once per deposit transaction.  The Thorndale School District will not profit from the use of this site. 

We are very excited to offer these new services, in direct alignment with the District’s Strategic Plan/Safe and Healthy Environments priority, and are confident this new system will benefit you, your child and our District.  However, if you choose not to take advantage of the online prepayment service you may continue to make advance payments via check, which should be made payable to the Thorndale School District.  Please write your child’s full name on the check. 

If you have any questions about these new services, please feel free to contact my office at 512-898-2030. 

Best Regards,

Lorrie Thomas
Food Service Manager

- You will first need your child’s student ID number; you may get this number by contacting your child’s school or contacting my office.
- Go to the district website at www.thorndale.txed.net, then click on Food Services, click on the link to MyNutrikids.com OR go to www.MyNutrikids.com.
- Click Sign Up and enter the required information.
- Click Finish to complete the initial registration process.

Add Students to Your Family Account
- When you log in you will be taken to the homepage.
- Click MyKids from the main menu OR from the blue navigation bar above.
- This is a listing of the students in your account.  It will be empty on your first visit to the site.
- Click Add Child and enter the required information.
- Click Add (next to your child’s name) to continue.
- Click Add Child to repeat the process for additional children.
- NOTE:  Your child’s transaction history report will not display information during the initial account set up process.

How to Make a Deposit
- Click Deposit Money located next to Add Student.
- Enter an amount in the Deposit column next to your child’s name.

•  If you have more than one child, enter the amount you wish to deposit into the column next to each child’s name. DO NOT deposit money for your entire family into ONE child’s account.

• You have the option to use your existing PayPal account or a major credit card to make your payment.
• If you are using your PayPal account, enter your email address and PayPal password to continue.
• If you are using a credit card, enter the required information. For your protection, MyNutrikids.com will not store your financial information.

Dear Parent/Guardian:

Thorndale ISD knows that you are as interested as we are in the progress and success of your student.

To keep you informed progress reports are mailed at the mid-point of each three weeks and report cards at the end of each nine weeks.  We will enter grades regularly and adhere to the grading standards and guidelines for each course.  Grade books are works in progress, reflecting changes as assignments are completed. 

The timely and convenient viewing of your student’s progress can only encourage them to do their best.
 

The administrators and teachers of
Thorndale Independent School District

Thorndale ISD ParentConnection User Agreement 
Thorndale ISD strives to maintain an atmosphere that encourages sharing of knowledge, creative processes and collaborative efforts within the school district's educational, research and service missions with parents and community. Access to these electronic information systems is a privilege, not a right, and must be treated as such by all users of these systems. All users must act honestly, responsibly, and prudently. Every user is responsible for the integrity of these information resources. All users must respect the rights of other computer users, and take care in acting responsibly to safeguard the security and confidentiality of electronic resources, information, and similar assets. 

PRIVACY
The ParentConnection program will require the following information when the user is requesting an online account: 
 Last name 
 First name 
 Home address 
 Primary phone number 
 E-mail address 

Thorndale ISD uses this information in order to assist in the verification and activation of the account. For further information on privacy policies, Thorndale ISD’s Board Policy Manual may be accessed by contacting the Superintendent’s office at 898-2538.

Only those Thorndale ISD employees who work directly with the ParentConnection software will have access to the information you enter online.  Thorndale ISD, under certain circumstances, may be required to disclose information to authorities when it is reasonably believed that such action is necessary to: (1) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal processes; (2) protect and defend the rights and property of Thorndale ISD; or (3) protect the legal or personal interests of Thorndale ISD employees. 

Because the security of your personally identifiable information is of concern to us, Thorndale ISD has physical, electronic and managerial procedures in place to assist us in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be secure. As a result, while Thorndale ISD strives to protect your personal information, we cannot and do not ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk

Users may not supply false or misleading data, nor improperly obtain another user’s password, in order to gain access to computers or network systems, data or information. Users shall not misrepresent others on the system or attempt to gain unauthorized access. 

Thorndale ISD accounts are all password protected so that only authorized members are permitted to access them or view the member information relevant to the account. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Thorndale ISD will not ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or email. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password and any account information. 

SECURE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
Firewalls – Access to the Thorndale ISD’s application network must pass through firewalls in order to secure access to the ParentConnection database. 

PASSWORD PROTECTION MEASURES 
A carefully chosen password would NOT be: 
 Simple dictionary words, common campus phrases, or names. 
 Your name, a family member’s name, your birthday, or Social Security number.

A carefully chosen password WOULD be: 
 At least six characters in length and consist of letters and numbers.

LEGAL CONTEXT OF THIS POLICY
Regarding legal context; all existing laws (local, state and federal) and district policies, regulations and rules apply; including not only those laws, policies, regulations and rules that are specific to computers and networks, but also those that apply generally to personal conduct. 

We have several complaints from parents about not being able to view all materials in the student’s accounts. 

Listed below are minor troubleshooting suggestions: 

• Make sure Java Script is enabled or prompted.
• Go to Tools
• Internet Options
• Advanced
• If you have an anti-phishing program, make sure it is set one step below the high setting.

• McAfee users-make sure your script block is set to off.

• Suggest using Firefox as an internet browser (www.firefox.com) or Safari web browser (www.apple.com).