Send an announcement

Use an announcement for a closure, a schedule change, or any notice for families.

1. In the left menu, open Communications and click Communications.
2. Click the Announcement button.
3. Type a Title and your Message. To reuse a saved notice, click Use next to it under Saved templates.
4. Under Who gets it, choose All active members, Families in a program, or Families of selected students.
5. Under Channels, tick Also send email. The announcement always goes to the parent app as a notification, but many families do not use the app, so email makes sure they see it.
6. For a notice that should stay visible, tick Pin to the portal notice board. This works for announcements sent to all active members.
7. Optional: under Send a test first, send a copy to your own email to check how it looks.
8. Click Send announcement.

Good to know

• If your school has turned off announcement emails in Admin › Settings › Email notifications, the email copy will not go out. The test email tells you when this happens.
• If you see a message saying QuickKicks could not confirm the announcement went out, do not send it again right away. Check the notice board and the Communications log first, because it may already have reached families.
• To keep a notice for next time, click Save as template before sending.