Emergency notification system for King
George County Schools parents and friends
King George County Schools has relied on several methods of communicating with
parents and friends about emergency notifications over the past few years.
The division is consolidating all its notifications to one system beginning May
17th, 2012.
King George County Schools has
contracted with SchoolMessenger, a leading provider of notification services for
parental outreach, emergency broadcasts, student attendance alerts and other
communications for education.
The SchoolMessenger system is designed to automatically
notify parents for reasons that impact the safety and academic performance of
students. SchoolMessenger will extend the district’s existing community outreach
efforts and emergency preparedness procedures, as well as inform parents of
upcoming school events such as statewide testing and parent meetings. As a
comprehensive communication tool, SchoolMessenger will contribute to the
district’s involvement initiatives, allowing the district to engage the broader
educational community about a wide range of topics affecting students’ academic
success.
SchoolMessenger will replace all current school communication
methods used in the past. Schoolsout.com, KGALERT will no longer be used to
disseminate information concerning the school division after July 1, 2012.
Principals will still be accessible for live visits and will continue to
communicate via current methods including paper-based memoranda. The district’s
acquisition of the SchoolMessenger system is intended to extend its commitment
to remain personally connected with parents by offering additional and timely
communications. SchoolMessenger notification services are provided by Reliance
Communications of Santa Cruz, California, serving thousands of schools,
districts, colleges and universities with timely alerts since 1999.
King George High School - 775-3535
King George Middle School - 775-2331
King George Elementary School - 775-5411
Potomac Elementary School - 663-3322
Sealston Elementary School - 775-3400
In order to
enhance our ability to accurately deliver that information, we kindly request
that you create your own contact preference profile using SchoolMessenger’s
Contact Manager web site. Contact Manager allows you to control the ways in
which you prefer to be contacted. It also works like a mailbox, giving you a
place to review messages you may have missed.
If you have other children attending school in this district, you will be able
to add them all to the same Contact Manager account.
SchoolMessenger Frequently Asked Questions
SchoolMessenger Contact Manager - Families
SchoolMessenger Contact Manager - Staff
SchoolMessenger - SMS (Text Notifications)
Illustrated
Setup Directions in PDF Format
Once your account is created you may log into the
Contact Manager at
https://contactme.schoolmessenger.com/
Thank you for signing up, and we hope you enjoy the SchoolMessenger
Contact
Manager!
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