Name & Gender in Student Information Systems

Registration Guidance

Please use the information below to assist you in filling out name and gender fields in Skyward during the registration process. If you would like to make a change to one of these fields during the school year, please contact your building counselor for assistance.

Name & Gender Fields in Skyward

Preferred Name & Identity Fields

Name

Student's affirmed name. This is the name that will generate a computer login and student email address and will display in all district technology systems visible to students and teaching staff. No legal documentation is required to support a change of this name.

Gender Identity

Student's affirmed gender identity. This optional field will override the "gender" field for anyone who reports a gender identity. This is the gender that will be visible and printed on any local reports including gender, such as class rosters. No legal documentation is required to support a change of this gender identity field.

Options for this field are:

  • male

  • female

  • nonbinary

  • no gender

  • gender nonconforming

  • other

Fields for State Reporting

Legal Name

This name needs to match the name on the student's birth certificate. This is only utilized for state reporting purposes, and is visible to only a small group of necessary staff members. A change to this name requires an update Social Security card.

Gender

This is the term Skyward uses to refer to a student's sex assigned at birth and needs to match the sex listed on the birth certificate. This is only utilized for state reporting purposes, and is visible to only a small group of necessary staff members. A change to this name requires an updated Social Security card.