New Participating Schools: How to Set Up Your School Account

This article is intended to help new participating BESE-approved Nonpublic Schools understand how to set up their Odyssey school accounts. 

To begin, the school’s principal must first receive a welcome email from Odyssey with a link to register & set up the password for the school account. Once completed, they can log in to the Odyssey School account which will look like this: 

Step 1: School Confirmation Set Up 

Please click the [Start Registration] button to begin.

Step 2: Review Primary Contact Information

As part of this process, you’ll be prompted to review and update the primary contact information. This person is the main account holder on the Odyssey platform and will be able to add additional users once re-verification is complete.

Step 3: Verify the School Information

1. Review and edit the school address. 
2. Provide the Parish your school is in. To do so, click on the Parish box and select the Parish from the dropdown. 
3. Once done, check the box for "The address and details listed above are correct". 

Step 4: Provide Additional School Information

1. Enter the Minimum and Maximum grade levels approved by BESE from the dropdown that will pop up.
2. Enter the projected capacity of GATOR students per grade level.
   • Please note that entering the projected seats does not constitute any requirement to admit GATOR students to your school; it’s only for planning purposes.
     
     
   • You can click on the [Add Grade Level] to add other grade levels or on [Remove] to delete any grade levels.
3. Select the assessment(s) you will administer to each grade level during the 2026-2027 academic year. 
   
   • You can click on the plus sign to add other grade levels or on the minus sign to delete any grade levels.
   • Please note you can select multiple assessments per grade level and may edit the selection throughout the school year.
4. Review and confirm the Acknowledgements and click [Next] once you're done. You may click [Save & Exit] if you want to continue at a later date.

Step 5: Review the School Acknowledgments

1. Read all the attestations and confirm them by clicking the checkbox next to each one. This is a required step.
2. Once you check each box, please digitally sign and click [Submit] to finalize the re-verification.

Step 6: Finish the School Confirmation Set Up

After completing this portion of the setup, you’ll be taken back to the homepage where you will see a checkmark next to [School Confirmation]. To continue with the setup, click on [Complete Banking Setup].

Step 6: Complete the Bank Account Set Up

1. Carefully read the instructions for the Stripe Setup. We recommend having the business or financial manager of the school assist with the setup process.
2. Enter the school’s address information, a mobile phone number to which you can receive Stripe’s verification code, and the school tax identification number.
3. Check the box next to “On behalf of the school, I verify that the details listed above are correct”.
4. Click [Submit].
5. You will be taken to Stripe’s website where you will finish setting up your Stripe account by following the instructions as they come up.
   1. For detailed instructions on how to set up a brand new Stripe Account, please refer to How to Set up and Connect a New Stripe Account for your School.
6. Once everything is completed, your school account will be set up. You will be taken back to the homepage where you will see a check mark next to Bank Account Setup, meaning you've successfully enrolled as a school in the LA GATOR Scholarship Program. 
   • If, during the school year, you need to update the assessments you'll be providing, please click [Edit Tests]. 

Please note: If you're managing more than one school, you must complete the registration and/or re-verification process for all schools.