14 AUTOMATED PRERECORDED TELEPHONE MESSAGE SYSTEM The automated and prerecorded telephone message system is used to alert parents of upcoming events within our school and to contact families when children are absent. The automated absence called go out at approximately 10am, these calls cannot be stopped, even if the day has been proactively excused as an absence. The home number listed on the student data form will receive these phone messages. Phone numbers and emails must be accurate in order to receive the messages. Please be sure your phone number is always up to date. These are the same numbers we will turn to if your child is involved in an accident or injury while in school therefore the numbers you give us must be accurate. Please notify us, using an updated student data form each time your email, home, cell or work numbers change! Robo messages will translate into other languages. TALKING POINTS MESSAGING SYTEM TalkingPoints is a free platform utilized by the school and district to communicate with families. Families have three easy ways to use TalkingPoints and to communicate with their children’s teachers for free! They can use text messaging, download the separate app - TalkingPoints for Families - or they can use it on the web at TalkingPoints for Families. You can opt to receive text messages or download the TalkingPoints for Families mobile app. You can also use TalkingPoints on the web. There will be no charge from TalkingPoints to use text messages, the mobile app, or the web. SCHOOL PICTURES Pictures of individual students are taken in the fall. Class pictures and individual pictures are taken in the spring. Each time they are made available to all parents on a preorder/prepay basis. Every effort has been made to select the most reasonably priced pictures service offered; and everything feasible has been done to see that quality service is provided. Contact information for the photo contractor will be provided upon request or if there are concerns with the picture order once received. FIRE/SAFETY DRILLS Drills will be conducted on a regular basis throughout the school year. If you are in the school when a fire bell rings or an announcement regarding an emergency, please follow the instructions given to you by school personnel. Drills of this nature are practiced with everyone present in the building in order to ensure overall school safety and well-being. BE IN THE KNOW…WEEKLY MESSAGES/FACEBOOK/WEBSITE Information about upcoming events will be posted to the school website and Facebook in addition to being published in the weekly message. Please refer to this for special dates of importance to your child. If necessary, the school will send out special notices, so you are informed regarding any changes of events. Make sure your child’s student data forms are up to date to ensure timely delivery of information.
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