Test of St. Michael's Emergency Notification System

Dear St. Michael’s Families,

We have recently implemented a new school notification system called SwiftK12. This notification system is loaded with new features that will make it easier for us to keep in contact with your family.  In order to guarantee the notification system is used efficiently, we will need to confirm your contact information is accurate and up-to-date at all times.

SwiftK12 allows our school to send messages using phone, email, and SMS text messaging.  Phone calls will be sent with the school main line, 804-272-3514, as the caller ID number.  You may want to add this phone number to your address book to help you recognize incoming calls from the school easily. Text messages will be sent from 804-608-2101. Feel free to add this number to your cell phone contacts as “STM ENS” to help you recognize incoming texts from the school easily. Please note you will not be able to reply to text messages sent from the school. 

SwiftK12 is integrated with the existing PowerSchool Parent Portal. If you log on to the Parent Portal (we suggest you log on using Chrome or Firefox) you will now see a new link called SwiftReach SwiftK12 on the left navigation pane under Alerting.  

Within the Alert Preferences section of the Parent Portal, you will be able to add additional contact information as needed. You can also customize communication preferences within Alert Preferences. Please note that families with multiple children who wish to customize Alert Preferences should do so for all children synced to the PowerSchool Parent Portal account.

Setting up your parent preferences is your responsibility. You will receive messages to every contact field shown in Alert Preferences until updated in the parent portal. Tolls and charges associated with the receipt of messages from the school are your responsibility and not the responsibility of the school. Please be sure to set your unique preferences if there are any numbers or addresses to which you do or do not like to be contacted. All phone numbers and email addresses must be in a valid format to save properly.

Emergency and General messages are always sent with all three message types (email, text, and voice calls) and to every contact field shown. Emergency messages will be labeled as such so you will know it is an actual emergency. You do have the ability to opt out of specific communication types for Emergency messages within the Alert Preferences screen.

If you do not have access to log into the PowerSchool Parent Portal, you may contact the school directly to request changes. If any assistance is needed regarding the SwiftK12 Emergency Notification System, please contact Michael Jones, Director of Technology (mjones@stmschool.net).

Sincerely, 

Michael Jones, Director of Technology