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ParentSquare

A smartphone displays a colorful, abstract logo on its white screen.

Have you been hearing about ParentSquare and wondering what it is? ParentSquare is the district's mass communications system, and allows the district and your student's school to send you announcements, messages, and alerts. It is also used for attendance notifications and give you the ability for you to communicate with your student's teacher in the language of your preference. SUHSD uses ParentSquare to send messages like these:

  • Newsletters

  • Informational emails

  • Mass notifications, such as event reminders

  • Urgent alerts during emergency situations

  • Direct messages that you can reply to from your mobile device or computer in the language of your choice.

  • Attendance notifications. You will receive an email and/or text message if your student is absent, and you can reply via email or text rather than calling the attendance office.

You will automatically receive all notices sent via ParentSquare via email and text message, if you provided a valid email and mobile device number when you registered your student for SUHSD.

  • If you choose to register your account, which we encourage, you can choose your preferences for receiving information, including whether to recieve messages via email or text, and whether you receive them instantly or in a daily digest. (scroll down for detailed instructions.)

  • For your convenience, ParentSquare offers an app, but you do not have to use the app. You can download the ParentSquare app from your smartphone’s app store (iOS or Android).

  • If you prefer, you may register via the web version.

  • You will receive messages whether or not you download the app or register, but registering has some benefits.

How ParentSquare messages look when you receive them as an email and/or a text message:

The foreground shows an email with the subject %22Board Notes, October 8 Meeting%22 and sender information, while the background is a blurred white interface.
A blue user icon is on the left, with text including %2236794%22, %22[SUHSD] Special Board Meeting%22, and a URL on the right, all within a red border.

How to Register Your Parent Square account

Visit https://www.parentsquare.com/signin

  • Under Register, enter Email or Cell Phone Number. You must use the same email/phone you provided to your school.
  • Click Get Started.
  • If the email/phone matches the information in ParentSquare, the user receives an account activation email/text to register.

Make sure your language preferences are set, so you receive messages in the language you prefer.

Once you are registered, ParentSquare gives you the power to choose whether you want to receive notifications via email, text, and/or the ParentSquare app. You can set your preferences to Digest, grouping your messages to receive at about 6 pm, or Instant, which sends all notifications in real time.Senders have the option of overriding Digest and sending messages instantly, which the district may choose to do for information that is timely. During an emergency, you will receive messages, even if you have turned all notifications off.

A smartphone displaying the ParentSquare app is on the left, while the right side shows a website interface for signing in or registering with ParentSquare, with red arrows pointing to the %22Sign in with Google%22 and %22Get Started%22 buttons.

Step 1: Sign into ParentSquare. (If you are not already registered, please click on Get Started. You need to register to set preferences.)

Red arrows point to a profile picture and a %22Manage account%22 button in the foreground, with the name %22Naomi Hunter | District Admin%22 visible in the background.

 Step 2: Click on the arrow next to your profile at the top right of the page, and click on Manage Account.

A red arrow points to %22Notification Settings%22 in a menu with account options above and settings like language and office hours below.

Step 3: Select Notification Settings in left hand menu.

Step 4: Choose whether you want to receive messages via email, text or app, and whether you want to receive them instantly or in a daily digest.

Step 5: Choose your language preference from among 130 languages offered.

A dropdown menu displaying language options is open in the foreground, with the %22Language Setting%22 title visible in the background.