To jumpstart the new year, we are going to be sharing ParentSquare tips weekly throughout the month of January. We hope this will help the community get more comfortable with the platform and become ParentSquare Pros by the end of the month! Our third set of pro tips are about interacting with communications.

The Alerts and Notices page consolidates your recently received smart Alerts, Urgent Alerts, auto Notices, and Attendance notices.

Step 1: From Home, select Alerts and Notices in the left sidebar.

Step 2: Click a Tab to filter to the type of alert or notice, or click All.

Tabs will appear if you have at least one recently received alert or notice of that type. The possible tabs are:

Alerts and notices will display for 3 weeks.

Step 3: Select one of the ways the alert or notice was sent to you.

Click the Email, Text Message or Voice Message tabs to switch between each mode’s content. Recorded voice messages will appear as an audio player.

Step 1: In the email notification you receive, click Send Response.

Step 2: Sign in to the ParentSquare website (if needed.)

Step 3: Click the Notice tab. 

Step 4: Click Send Response.

Step 5: Type your note and then click Submit.

When you sign in to ParentSquare, your main feed shows Posts. Another way to communicate is by Messages (also called Direct Messages), meant for communicating with one or a few individuals. ParentSquare allows parents to send a message to a teacher or school staff member. Some schools allow parents to message other parents.

You will receive a notification from your child's school when a message is sent to you. You can choose how you want to receive notifications: by text, email and/or app notification. You do not have to be logged in or have a registered account to receive notifications. However, when you are logged in to ParentSquare, you can view messages for each of your children's schools within one account.  

Click the printer to print the conversation. 

Click the trash can to delete the entire conversation. Note: this deletes it from your account only, and not for the other members of the conversation.

When you see this message, "You can also reply to this email," you can reply in your email program. You do not need to sign in to ParentSquare to reply. 

If "Reply via Email" has been disabled, you will need to click View or Reply button to respond.

Tap on link in the text message to respond.

Check out our ParentSquare Information for Families page on the website to learn more about the platform! See links to download the app, see frequently asked questions, and learn how to explore all that ParentSquare can do!