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Message one student's family or a teacher

A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 9 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
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How to message one student's family or a teacher

  1. 1Click Messages in the sidebar — it opens on the Chats tab
  2. 2To talk back and forth with one parent, click New chat and pick them under their child's name (colleagues are listed below the families)
  3. 3For a note to a student, a teacher, or a class, click the School mail tab, then Compose
  4. 4Pick the audience chip — A student reaches that student and their guardians; A teacher reaches a colleague
  5. 5Search and pick the student or teacher under Recipient
  6. 6Write an optional subject and the message
  7. 7Read the "Sending to:" line — a message to a student also goes to every guardian on file
  8. 8Click Send — for a student it reads "Send to N", counting the student and each guardian
  9. 9Open the Sent tab to see the message filed under the recipient's name

Part of Messages & announcements

One compose reaches every family's portal inbox — plus teacher-to-family threads and an oversight search so leadership can stand behind every message.

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