We’re always working to improve and simplify communication between you, your child's teachers/principals and the district.
We know keeping up with your child’s coursework and communicating with his/her teachers is very important to you and affects your student’s well-being in the classroom and at home. It also provides you with vital awareness, knowledge and comfort about your child’s classroom success. Communication plays a big part in all of this, and we want to simplify this for you.
The district's free app features an innovative component called Thrillshare “Rooms.” This component offers an additional method of important two-way parent-teacher conversations. It also enables teachers to share classroom announcements and updates in a way that’s easy to use.
Parents will be receiving text messages and emails inviting them to join Rooms beginning today, Sept. 6.
As a reminder, the district's app offers:
Live feed updates
District and school news
Upcoming events
Breakfast and lunch menus
Push notifications for important and urgent announcements
If you haven't yet downloaded the app, here's how you can:
Android phones: Google Play Store/Minisink Valley CSD
Apple phones: Apple App/Minisink Valley CSD NY
With Rooms, you’ll have access to even more important features like:
Two-way messaging with teachers, staff and/or coaches
Classroom announcements, reminders about coursework and materials
Behavior tracking for celebrating good behavior and academic achievement
Automatic translation
Other important teacher-parent communications
A way for you to reach out directly to your child’s teacher(s) which supplements traditional email.
By using Rooms via the district’s new app, you’ll be able to find the vast majority of school and district information in one place. Simply use the new app and follow the link to create a login.
After you’ve created your login, you can access Rooms through the app. Once you’re there, you’ll see a toggle at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. Just touch “Rooms” to get started. If you have multiple children in the district, you’ll see them all listed in the menu section of Rooms.
We believe Rooms will offer you a simpler and, ultimately, easier communication experience. Please consider downloading the app and joining Rooms!