• Board and  school websites: School websites have been reorganized to make them more user-friendly including following a similar template so that students, families and staff moving between schools can easily find information. 
  

• Communicate broadcast tool: This new tool, which replaces Synrevoice, allows the Board and schools to push important messages to students, families, and staff via text, email or phone message. The tool is linked to the Board’s student information system and families will choose how they wish to receive these alerts.

• Safe Arrival: This student attendance management system allows families and schools to better report and manage student absences. This tool reduces the time it takes for our school staff to verify student attendance, and respond to unexpected or unplanned student absences. 

• Board Mobile App: This free app for Smartphones allows users to view district and school news and events, sync school calendars to their personal phone, receive school messages and report and review student absences. 

User Guides

To help users become more familiar with these new tools, please refer to these user guides:

• Set up a SchoolMessenger App account: set up your account, review your contact information and communication preferences, join teacher-instant messaging groups, and view all your alerts and messages in one place. Watch the video tutorial
  
  
• Report a student absence: set up your account, report and explain student absences in advance. Watch the video tutorial.

• Use the Communicate broadcast tool: choose how you will receive alerts including how to opt-in for text messaging. Watch the video tutorial.

• Use the Board mobile app: how to choose your schools, see your messages and report and review student absences. Watch the video tutorial.

• Subscribe to school calendars: receive email alerts or download calendars or individual events to your personal calendar