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Step 2: Your school year calendar and terms

Add your quarter and semester dates so TardySweep knows when terms start and when to reset counts.

For administrators · 1 min read · Reviewed October 2, 2026

Open School Configuration

TardySweep uses your school calendar dates to know when the year, each semester and each quarter begin. That decides how reports group tardies ("This Quarter", "This Semester") and when student counts reset.

Before you start

Have your district calendar handy with the first and last day of each quarter (or semester or trimester).

Steps

  1. Go to Admin → School Configuration and scroll down to School Calendar.
  2. Click Add Date. The Manage Calendar Date window opens.
  3. Give the term a Name, for example "Quarter 1 2026".
1: Name. 2: Start and end dates. 3: Start Date Signifies. 4: Save.
1: Name. 2: Start and end dates. 3: Start Date Signifies. 4: Save.
  1. Enter the Start Date and End Date (MM/DD/YYYY).
  2. Under Start Date Signifies, pick everything that begins on that day: Start of Year, Start of Semester and/or Start of Quarter. For example, Quarter 1 usually starts the year, the first semester and the first quarter, so pick all three.
  3. Click Save. Repeat for each quarter or term in the year.

Examples

Quarter 1: Start of Year + Start of Semester + Start of Quarter

Quarter 2: Start of Quarter

Quarter 3: Start of Semester + Start of Quarter

Quarter 4: Start of Quarter

How to know it worked

Each term appears in the School Calendar list with its dates, and Set your calendar & terms is ticked off on the setup checklist.

Tip: Add next year's dates before summer ends so reports and counts roll over on the first day without anyone having to remember.

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