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

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 6 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

1Open "Messages" in the sidebar under Communication
2Click the "Compose" button to open the "New message" dialog
3Under "Send to", click the "All students" chip (admin-only) or "All teachers" — no recipient search needed for these audiences
4Add an optional "Subject" (e.g. "Field trip Friday") and write the message body
5The send button counts the recipients first — click "Send to N" to commit
6Open "Sent" to see it at the top — every family (or every teacher) has it in their Messages inbox, and parents see it 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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Do it yourself in the live demo

Follow these steps in a real sandbox school — admin, teacher, family, and student views. Sample data resets daily.

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