BrightArrow Notification Solution
Our partnership with BrightArrow enables school and district administration to efficiently communicate with our families via an automated notification system. The primary use of the BrightArrow notification system is to notify families of school happenings, delayed openings, early dismissals, school closings, and emergencies,etc. This will enable the district to disseminate information to each of our families in the most efficient manner possible through a variety of methods - including phone calls, email, and text messages. The system will also provide automated translation of important information to our families whose primary language is something other than English. The BrightArrow solution provides the necessary integration with our Powerschool Student Information System to allow for greater functionality for our schools.
Stay Connected!
Our BrightArrow notification system enables you to stay in touch in the event of emergencies, delays/cancelations, and other important events throughout the school year. In order for you to be able to receive these notifications, it is vital that you keep your contact information accurate and up to date with your child’s school.
You can confirm and/or request to update your contact information by signing into your PowerSchool parent portal. We encourage you to take a minute to make sure your contact information is up-to-date so you don't miss out on important notifications.
Want to Learn More?
- Confirm that your child's school has the correct phone number in PowerSchool. You can confirm this by calling the school Registrar and/or by reviewing your contact information in the Powerschool Parent Portal forms. It may take 24 hours for numbers to be changed or added to the district database.
- The school may notify via email before sending the opt-in text. Once you open the text, simply reply YES to opt in and receive future texts. You can also opt-in anytime by sending YES to 79041. Your phone number must be on file with the school to receive future text messages (see 1 above). After opting in, BrightArrow will confirm your enrollment.
*If you are uncertain as to whether or not you have already opted in, simply repeat the opt-in process above. There is no harm in sending the opt-in message more than once.
- Recipients may opt out by texting “STOP” to 79041 from their device.
Parents/guardians manage their notification preferences from their Powerschool Parent Poral. Look for the BrightArrow section within the Parent Portal where you'll be able to view and update notification preferences.
Email messages will come from:
Notification-Do_Not_Reply@target.brightarrow.com
BrightArrow uses the preferred notification language to automatically translate our email, text, and text-to-speech voice messages. We collect the preferred notification language during each new student enrollment as well as annually during the annual information verification process for returning students. The translations are machine-generated and include a link to read or listen to the original message in English. We hope that this is a helpful service for families. If you are receiving translations in a language that you do not want, please contact your child's school building for assistance.
Please note, although Howard-Winn does not charge you for this service, it does not pay for text message charges that may be incurred by you for sending or receiving text messages. Check with your wireless carrier for possible charges.