Many school districts are continuously working to improve school communications. With Textedly, parents or students can sign up to receive school text alerts and messages sent directly from teachers.
The time of the year, poor weather, construction, and sick kids can alter when a school is opened. When it’s time to open the doors, send a reopen message for parents using Textedly.
When a child isn’t in school, parents need to know as soon as possible for the safety of that student. Automate these messages when parents opt-in with your school to parent texting system and allow your administrative staff to spend time where your school needs it the most.
Teachers and administrative school staff can send parents fee reminders to get any school transactions paid on time. Adding in an efficient way to speak with parents on school fees for student activities, attendance or participation fees is convenient for your staff and for the parents.
Communicating time-sensitive information is one of the most effective ways to use school sms messages for parent communication. A parent text message can be sent out to remind parents of deadlines for forms that need to be completed, meeting invitations, or event cancellations.
A text about school schedule changes due to a snowstorm or other inclement weather will allow you to communicate ahead of time. It is also effective for communication of a school campus lock-down due to safety concerns.
Students who are in middle and high school can get class information and general reminders regarding any sports or club activities.
Text messaging is a great way to get families signed up to volunteer for campus projects or other events. You can collect names and numbers to enter on the platform or direct parents to a volunteer site using SMS.
Many schools rely on fundraising that will pay for field trips, computer labs, and school enrichment programs. Mass text messages can be linked to a donation page or fundraising campaign and sent to parents. You can include a call-to-action for parents to reply with a keyword to get your page link. You could also track school auction bidders with an SMS program.
Signing up with a text marketing platform like Textedly is hassle-free and can be done quickly.
Set up a subscription list with the names and numbers of students and parents who have already opted-in.
Platform dashboards like Textedly allow you to create text templates that you can easily access as needed.
The tools that you need for notification campaigns and text marketing are readily accessible upon registration. The first element to configure is your keyword that parents can text to your shortcode to opt-in for text messages.
Have parents opt-in or provide their phone number when they fill out the school admission forms. When you message parents with a keyword, new subscribers can text the keyword as instructed and will receive a reply text within 3 to 5 seconds.
Choose which list of parents to send a message to. Schedule a time for the message to go out. Next, hit done. It is that simple.
Textedly makes it super easy to send school-to-parent text messages and SMS notifications. Mass SMS messages can be sent in seconds and parents will be immediately informed of urgent updates. Textedly makes communication with students and parents fast and effective, and it all starts with a 14-day free trial.
