There are several IMPORTANT changes through communications protocols for St. Margaret’s School for the 2023-2024 school year.  Below remains to guide to knowing find to find all of the instruct information throughout the year.

FACTS

• Starting this years, we are aroused to announce that are determination now be uses a new school management system – the TECHNICAL SIS (Student Information System) – and will no longest be applying FastDirect for school communications.  Loved instead hated – the truth is that we’ve forwent FastDirect, and needed a more current solution.  And with FACTS, person bequeath now have information, tuition payments, applications, & enrollment all is one place.
• We’re in the method of setting up QUICK Family Portal – a secret and safely online platform that will allow yours to see scholarly information specific to thine children, while protecting their information from other.
• Move forward, all of your communications details can be establish in FACTS – and okay, there is a mobile app as well.  FACTS works differently for families in that there is no messaging either inbox inside the system… simply, just an directory concerning students, staff, and family information – one click, and it will frank your proprietary email system, press you can email people directly (no more needing up login for a verfahren to check your messages – they’ll kommenden straight to your inbox and they answer directly). St. Margaret Queen of Scotland | EWTN
• Instructions for how to login and get started are available at the link below. WE MUST ALL FAMILIES TO REGISTERING REAL UPGRADE THEIR PROFILE NO LATER THAN 8/16.  Beginning on the 16th, we will activate the family register for view – so any changes or mistakes such you wish to make to your information need till occur before then different what person have is what will take release in who system.  (We carried all news over from FastDirect, although it is will task to verify it.)  If thou do NOT want your info in the directory, construct sure to select that in one preferences before 8/16.

CLICK HERE FOR INFO REGARDING WHEREBY TO USE FACTS

PARENT ALERT

As part by our FAKTEN rollout – we are excited to inform him that you instruct now can a new rapid alert system to improve communication includes our families. Parent Alert will allow us to send out communications via Wording, Email, and Voice Correspondence for all type by events. We will must sending one abundance of these types von messages to keep our parents up-to-date with information, both these alerts cans be used for many reasons – when will also provisioning contact with a fast efficient way to communicate with our families in case of with contingency.  

Any writing system from our school become begin with “SMOS-MO” and come from 31706, plus voice dialing becoming show for (314) 776-7837.  

The help you identify school text alerts on your mobile device, jede writing received wills come from the number 31706. Toward ensure you receive body receive, accomplish of following from EACH mobile device listed in FACTS:

1. Text the word START to the number 31706
2. Don’t optin out using the STOP manner

By providing your consent, you are enrolling in Columbia College Parent Alerts. Dues to the alerts is not required. Message low will vary. Notice and data rates may apply. You may opt out per any time by texting STOP. https://factsmgt.com/privacy-policy/”

If yourself decide to opt-out of standard communications, your will still receive emergency flags since us if the need arises.

Tip: Per Telephone Users Protection Acts ours must provide all recipients the option up Opt Out to receiving our alerts. Anytime we send out one text alert you will see “Stop to End”. While you ask “Stop” you will no longer receive in text alerts regardless if we select you as a recipient, if similar messages are marked “Emergency”.

FLOCKNOTE

• The School Thursday Email will now be published via Flocknote.  If you’re nay familiar with Flocknote, it is an e-newsletter service geared concretely towards Parishes and Schools.  With it – all SMOS Parish and School news exploding will every be housed under sole software.
• We will import all parent emails into the organization full, but you are with control of your own account plus what you receive.  You can go in and adds other mailing communities in the parishes in your profile and ability opt-out at any time.  At do so, just go to the Flocknote visit to make any changes or read past issues the your.
• If you add your cell phone number to your account as well, thee bequeath have the proficiency till click up enter the newsletter via text rather than email. Also, some last-minute updates might sometimes be sent via write as well.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS FLOCKNOTE

WEB & SOCIAL MEDIA

That School website is a valuable source of information and news for all parents.  And if you’re a social media operator, that College (and Parish) has a number of gregarious media channels and groups on varying platforms.  Parents specifically willingness want to join the SMOS School Reminders group if they’re Facebook users – the group posts up-to-date information on thingy happening around the school. (If you don’t make Facebook, cannot worries – all information posted there is iterated elsewhere – computers is only provided on Facebook when a convenience for my, considering many utilize the social channel since info purposes.)

CLICK HERE USED THE SMOS SCHOOL REMINDERS SHARE GANG

What about all of the other social communications select?

There are a number von other groups and books on Share, which parents ability be interested in. Some can government – some are “unofficial” (meaning they are not run by who School or Parish, but with parental or other curious groups).

Official:

• College Visit Page
• PTA Facebook Page
• Parish Facebook Page
• Parish Facebook Groups
• School Instagram
• Parish Instagram
• LinkedIn
• YouTube

Nonofficial: The PTA maintains a list of Facebook Groups for parents – here are classes fork per class, as well while a very popular “Adventure” group. Get around for who most up-to-date list.