Beacon guide · 5 steps

Send a school announcement

Share a message with the intended families.

Before you begin

Prepare the final message and choose the intended audience.

Step by step

  1. Open Announcements and choose New announcement.
  2. Enter the title and message.
  3. Choose the whole school, selected classes or selected children as appropriate.
  4. Review the recipients and exact wording.
  5. Choose Send when ready, then verify the resulting announcement.

Check the result

The announcement is available to its selected audience.

A useful check

Use Publish a document for a file that families need to read. It has its own composer and audience review.

If the result is different, check the account and school first, then contact the team with the task and error wording.

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