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Send a school-wide announcement to all students or all teachers

A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 7 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
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How to send a school-wide announcement to all students or all teachers

  1. 1Click Messages in the sidebar
  2. 2Click the School mail tab, then "Compose" to open the "New message" dialog
  3. 3Under "Send to", click "All students" (admin-only) or "All teachers" — "A grade" narrows it to one grade
  4. 4Add an optional subject and write the message
  5. 5For all students, tick "Also send as a text" if your school sends texts — it shows the credit cost
  6. 6Check the "Sending to:" line, then click "Send to N"
  7. 7Click "Sent" to see it at the top — families and students read it under School mail in the portal

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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