When students enroll at St. Mary's Academy, they are given the option to provide a "preferred" first name. We use this when setting up various computer accounts like email.
It is understood that there are occasions where a name change will take place for students whether legal or preferred. In all of these cases students and/or families should contact Ashley Sheridan for more information about the process.
Important Notes
- In PowerSchool the first or last name changes will only occur when there is official government documentation of a legal name change.
- Preferred first name change approved requests will appear in the following areas:
- Preferred first name field in PowerSchool.
- First and full name fields in all Microsoft accounts, school managed Apple ID, Adobe and Schoology.
- An alias email address will be set up with the new preferred name.
- Changing the alias email address to be the primary email address does take some coordination with Tech Help and not all requests for this will be approved. For instance, if a senior is in their last semester of school, we will likely not make this change.
- Once approved only an email from Ashley Sheridan or Liz Olsen will initiate the change on our systems.
If you have any questions about the above, please Submit a request at the top of this page.