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p permission forms, vaccin
nation notices, m
meet the teaccher dates & times, etc). You’ll be nottified by e‐maail when a do
ocument has been placed in the folder an
nd you’ll be aable to view tthe documennt on your ho
ome or work ccomputer, orr even your mob
bile device if yyou have the application.
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u will find a sttep‐by‐step tutorial explaiining how to ggo about con
nnecting with the RHS Goo
ogle Drive for Parents: Google Chrom
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performance issues with Internet Exxplorer. 1. Here’s the besst part: If you already have
e a Gmail accoount, you alreeady have acccess to your O
OWN Google Drive; and you are just 1 step aw
way from acceessing the RHS Google Drivve for Parentss. If you
u do have you
ur own Gmaill account, pleease skip to sttep 4. 2. If you do not h
have a Gmail aaccount alreaady, go to thiss link and create an account: nts.google.com/SignUp?se
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3Dgplp0&hl=en 3. Fiill out the req
quired information (circled
d in blue) 4. Now that you have a Gmail account, simply send an e‐mail, from your Gmail account to: [email protected] with the subject line “RHS Google Drive for Parents” and you will be granted access to the file, where you will be able to view the documents that will be distributed to parents for the 2014‐2015 school year, as they become available. 5. To access your own Google Drive, use this link: https://drive.google.com 6. Enter your username and password. 7. To access the RHS Google Drive for Parents, click on the “shared with me” option (blue arrow). 8. There you will see the RHS ‐ Parent Information folder containing all the relevant documents: 9. You are now connected to the RHS ‐ Parent Information folder on Google Drive! 10. If you would like to connect to the RHS ‐ Parent Information folder on Google Drive via your mobile device or tablet, simply download the Google Drive app (it’s free!) from your app store, enter your username and password and you are ready to go