The Fayetteville-Manlius School District is streamlining its communication tools while maintaining its commitment to ensuring the F-M school community is informed in a way that meets the needs of our district families and staff.
In August, the district discontinued its use of PeachJar and will utilize Schoology for the distribution of digital flyers. The transition eliminates the need for users to pay a service fee, which PeachJar currently charges for flyer distribution. Updated flyer distribution guidelines and submittal information is available on the district website.
Additionally, the district will replace SchoolMessenger with ParentSquare as its primary mass notification system. Parents have received an email from ParentSquare to activate their account. If you have not activated your account, you can sign up on parentsquare.com or via the ParentSquare app, which is a free download for iOS and Android users.
Parents who do not activate their account will still receive text, email and phone notifications. You do not have to create an account to receive messages. If you do decide to make any changes in how you receive message, you will need to install the app and make those changes only when there is a need for a change.
Parents who do activate their account will be able to:
- Receive all district and school communication via email, text, phone and/or app notification
- Communicate in their preferred language
- Submit attendance notes
- Confirm contact information (changes must be submitted to your student’s school building)
- Manage communication settings and notification preferences
One of the many benefits of creating a ParentSquare account is the ability to manage your notification settings. Users can set their preferences to either Instant or Digest for email, text messages and the app. Instant users will receive a notification the minute a message is posted. Digest users will receive one daily notification at 6 p.m. containing all messages posted that day.
Instructions to update your notification settings in the ParentSquare app:
- Sign in to your ParentSquare account
- Click the triple bar on the top left corner
- Select “Account” on the menu on the left hand side
- Click on “Notifications” on the menu in the middle
- Choose how and when you want to be notified
Instructions to update your notification settings on the ParentSquare website:
- Sign in to your ParentSquare account
- Click the drop down arrow next to your name on the upper right hand corner
- Select “My Account”
- Click “Notification Setting” on the menu on the left hand side
- Choose how and when you want to be notified
Support resources are available at any time by clicking on the question mark on the upper right hand corner of the ParentSquare website or clicking on the “Help” tab (click the triple bar on the top left corner) in the ParentSquare app.
For questions or concerns, please contact the main office of your student’s school building.