How ParentSquare notifications work

ParentSquare is one of the most common ways schools reach families. It can notify you three ways (the app, email, and text), and understanding the difference is the key to not missing what matters.

The three kinds of ParentSquare messages

• Posts: regular school and classroom updates (events, reminders, flyers).
• Urgent alerts: time-sensitive notices like closures or early dismissals, usually pushed by text and app right away.
• Digests: a once-a-day bundle of the routine posts, so you're not pinged for each one.

Setting your notifications

In your ParentSquare account, notification settings let you choose instant or digest for each channel. Instant means every post pings you; digest means one summary a day. Most parents land in a bind: instant is too noisy, but digest can bury an urgent item until evening.

Why parents still miss things

Even with notifications on, ParentSquare is just one of several channels, your inbox still has Canvas, Remind, and direct school email too. An urgent ParentSquare post can arrive the same way as a spirit-week reminder, and it's on you to spot the difference.

A simpler way to catch the urgent ones

AVVI watches out for your ParentSquare messages (and the rest of your school communication) in one place, tells the urgent posts from the routine ones, and shows you only the ones that matter, so you can leave ParentSquare on digest and still never miss an early dismissal.

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