Districts, schools and teachers use different tools, platforms and apps.
Parents/Guardians are confused and can’t keep up! Schools and districts don’t know what’s really working.
Schools and districts can see what's working and who they are not reaching.
Parents/Guardians know exactly where to go to find information and engage about their students!
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FEATURES
ParentSquare is made for family engagement
and communications equity
ParentSquare is the only fully unified product that engages every family with school communications and communications-based services—all the way from the district office to the classroom teacher, and all in one place.
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Mass Communications
Maximize engagement and ensure consistency with all the tools district leaders need.
URGENT ALERTS
Send important alerts with a few clicks from your desktop or phone. Delivery reports show you exactly which student families did/did not receive the communication.
Social & web share
Save time by managing both internal and external social posts through ParentSquare without having to share Facebook or Twitter passwords.
COMMUNICATIONS & NEWSLETTERS
Send media-rich messages to families. Save time with built-in distribution lists through SIS integration and ensure district-wide brand consistency with pre-defined templates.
SECURE DOCUMENT DELIVERY
Save time and money by sending confidential, student-specific documents — such as progress reports, IEPs, etc — to all parents electronically.
AUTO ATTENDANCE/LUNCH BALANCES
Automatically alert all parents or guardians with student-specific notifications and let them respond via text, email, voice calls, or app.
Classroom Communications
Empower teachers to reach every family, with the tools and channels they need at their fingertips.
ONE-TO-ONE & GROUP MESSAGING
Conveniently message a parent privately, start a group conversation, or send a post to every parent/guardian of students in a class/grade/period, etc., with 2-way translation.
Volunteering & Supplies
Make it easy for parents to contribute their time or provide needed items by adding sign-up slots to your posts. Easily track progress and send reminders with a click.
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
Increase participation with time slot sign ups and automatic reminders for your families.
STUDENTSQUARE APP
Teachers and admins can send posts, messages, and alerts to students in a safe, private place with administrative oversight.
DIRECTORY
Make it easy for parents/guardians to connect with teachers, staff, or even each other (if enabled). Search by name, email, phone, or student.
Fully Integrated School Services
Embed interactive forms, documents and other services to increase response rates and participation.
FORMS & PERMISSION SLIPS
Securely embed permission slips or forms requiring a signature into your posts, pre-filled with known student/parent information, translated to parents’ preferred languages, to save time and ensure accuracy.
APPOINTMENTS
Grow participation rates for any type of appointment by adding time slot sign ups to your post. Streamline material pick-ups/drop-offs, counselor appointments, office visits, etc.
INVOICES & PAYMENTS
Add online payment requests directly to your posts and/or set up invoices for one-time or recurring monthly payments. For example: field trips, optional supplies, uniforms, after-school programs, and lost library books.
CALENDAR & RSVP
Easily get a count of adults and students attending a school event with built-in event RSVP options, including event reminders. Establish a two-way sync between your public school calendar and ParentSquare.
SURVEYS & POLLS
Quickly gather input from parents when you need it. Pre-built templates, multi-language versioning, and fields pre-populated with known student/family data help everyone save time.
HEALTH SCREENING WORKFLOWS
Streamline daily health check processes for staff and students with secure, customizable forms, multiple language versions, automatic flagging of positive responses, and detailed admin reports.
SECURE DOCUMENT DELIVERY
Save time and money by sending confidential, student-specific documents — such as progress reports, IEPs, etc. — to parents electronically.
Track the performance of all schools services
with detailed reports.
One Unified Platform
Streamline support, save time, and empower your organization through a single secure platform.
OVERSIGHT
Oversee and manage all communication from the district level to the classroom, complete with role-based permissions and audit-logging.
REPORTS & ANALYTICS
Easily measure and improve engagement with visual reports on parent reach, participation, and engagement.
2-Way Translation
Translate to 100+ languages to improve reach and better communicate with ELL families.
EASY ONBOARDING AND PROACTIVE SUPPORT
ParentSquare’s smooth onboarding process and ongoing support are consistently praised by customers as among the best in edtech.
DATA ACCURACY
DATA PRIVACY
ParentSquare is fully compliant with FERPA and COPPA, and we are proud signatories of the Student Privacy Pledge.
DATA SECURITY
We safeguard the confidentiality of all information we collect by adhering to industry-leading security protocols for data transfer and storage.
SIS INTEGRATIONS & SINGLE SIGN ON
Intelligent integrations with your SIS and single sign on capabilities streamlines support and ensures secure, up-to-date data across all systems.
TESTIMONIALS
Delight all your stakeholders through a single platform
- Superintendents
- Comms Officers
- Tech Leaders
- Principals
- Educators
- Parents/Guardians
Superintendents
- Increase family engagement
- Gain visibility and oversight
- Grow your community
Concord School District (NH)
Twin Rivers Charter School (CA)
Comms Officers
- Increase contactability & communications equity
- Ensure branding consistency
- Gain visibility and oversight
Monterey Peninsula USD (CA)
Napa Valley USD (CA)
See more testimonials on our Wall of Love.
Tech Leaders
- Protect privacy and security
- Streamline support & training
- Gain visibility and oversight
Wayne Township MSD (IN)
Santa Barbara USD (CA)
See more testimonials on our Wall of Love.
Principals
- Know what’s going on across your school
- Eliminate niche apps that aren’t secure
- Reduce administrative overhead
James Madison Elementary
Gorman Learning Charter Network
See more testimonials on our Wall of Love.
Educators
- Reduce administrative tasks
- Communicate with any family in their preferred language
- Increase parent contributions for the classroom
Lake Elsinore USD (CA)
BASIS Independent McLean (VA)
See more testimonials on our Wall of Love.
Parents/Guardians
- Always know what’s going on
- Easily stay involved and connected
- Support your student’s success
Honeoye Central School (NY)
KIPP Comienza Community Prep (CA)
See more testimonials on our Wall of Love.
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