We are excited to announce that Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District will be ushering in a new form of school-to-home communication platform for our entire District called ParentSquare. We are officially making the transition to one singular communication platform starting in February 2025. ParentSquare is designed to keep parents and guardians informed and encourage greater engagement and connection with RCS. There will still be moments when using SchoolTool to communicate is appropriate, but we want our family’s communication experience to be unified throughout our District. ParentSquare provides a safe way for district administrators, school principals, teachers, staff, and parents to:
Send and receive school and class information
Share pictures and files
See calendar items
Sign up to volunteer
Schedule parent-teacher conferences
and much more... all in one centralized place!
Activate Your Account
After the February Recess, RCS families will receive an invite to sign up for ParentSquare through an email or text notification. Please click the link to activate your account. It takes less than a minute. You can use ParentSquare on any device. You can download the free mobile app for iOS or Android or use the desktop version at www.parentsquare.com. Our goal is for every family to join ParentSquare and engage with our school community. We will start to use ParentSquare starting Monday, February 24, 2025, to send out District communication and use it throughout the remainder of the school year.
Those who do not register for ParentSquare will still receive text, email, and phone notifications about delays, closures, and transportation updates, as they would today. We have provided families with a space on our website to get familiar with our new platform, and receive information and tips on how to use ParentSquare - check it out here. Our elementary schools may continue to use other current communication platforms to support their classroom behavioral plans.
ParentSquare will be fully implemented throughout the entire District at the start of the 2025-26 school year. It is important at this time to review your contact information by logging into SchoolTool. Please take a look at the listed guardian phone numbers, emails, and home addresses to make sure they are still accurate. If you only have a landline listed you will not receive text messages. If you are using a work email to receive communication from the District, consider changing the email address to a personal address. This recommendation is due to increased cybersecurity on business email accounts which may cause District emails to sometimes blocked and not delivered. If you have moved, please visit our website to complete an address change form or contact Diane Palazzo, Registrar at 518-756-5200 x 6008.