Dear Families,
We are always working to improve and simplify communication between you and our district. Keeping up with your child’s coursework and their teachers directly impacts their well being — both in the classroom and at home. School communication plays a big part in all of this, but it’s often not set up to be as simple and easy to access as it could be.
With that said, we wanted to connect with you to let you know about an exciting new feature called Rooms that we’re rolling out in our district app next week! On January 22nd, we’re adding a new feature called Rooms to our district app. Rooms enables you to have two-way parent-teacher conversations and keep up with classroom announcements.
Our district app currently offers the following:
Live feed updates
District and school news
Upcoming events
Push notifications for important and urgent announcements
With Rooms, you’ll have access to even more exciting features such as the following:
Two way messaging with teachers, staff, and coaches
Classroom announcements, reminders about coursework, and materials
Behavior tracking for celebrating good behavior and academic achievement
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So what does all of this mean for you? This means that you don’t need another app or tool to keep up with your child’s teachers and coursework. You’ll be able to find the vast majority of school and district information in one place: within our Selfridge Public School app. If you don’t already have it, the district app is free and you can search for it in the Play Store and App Store!
Next week, you'll receive an invite to Rooms by email or text. Once you receive the invite, you'll follow the link on your browser to create a login. After you’ve created your login, you can access Rooms through the Selfridge Public School app.
We hope this offers you a richer, simpler—and ultimately—easier communication experience.
Best,
Kristi Miller
Superintendent