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Parents as Partners.
“It takes a village” to raise and educate a child. What happens when a district’s village isn’t engaging the right partners? Ongoing research shows that family engagement in schools improves student achievement, reduces absenteeism, and restores parents’... read moreThe Power of Branding. Telling your School’s Story
Creating brand identity is at the core of how businesses grow and succeed. This should be no different for schools. Using the activity feed and the communication tools of the School Rush platform, districts can clearly convey to parents and the community about the... read moreStaying On Top Of Events Shouldn’t Be Hard. A School District Calendaring App that Works for You.
School Rush App provides parents instant access to current and upcoming School and District events for each of their children in a personalized planner. Continue reading
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School administrators, teachers, parents, and students use multiple communication tools to stay connected with what’s going on at school. Multiple websites, apps, calling, texting and email platforms create confusion and cost more. School Rush App offers a... read moreItaly ISD school shooting incident response with School Rush! App
On Monday January 22nd, shortly before 8a.m, Noelle ” Cricket” Jones was in her high school cafeteria when a gunman opened fire and shot her multiple times. School Rush! App was critical in supporting communications during and after the incident. Hear the... read moreREGION 10 TO PARTNER WITH SCHOOL RUSH!
June 21, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Richardson, TX – Region 10 Education Service Center and School Rush! have entered into a partnership under which Region 10 will offer the School Rush! communication platform to schools within R10’s ten county service area. School... read moreWhy parents abandon custom school app after only one use
School districts are increasingly looking at Apps to improve Parent engagement. Several school districts have already developed and launched custom school app for their district. But some school districts have learned the hard way that nearly 1 in 4 people abandon... read moreNobody has ever said they can’t wait to go home to look at the school website – Why parents prefer School Rush school app?
Nobody has ever said they can’t wait to go home to look at the district website. #ICE17 — Michelle Russell (@michellerussell) March 3, 2017 And yet, school districts spend 1000s of $s on Websites! The above tweet by instructional technologist, Michelle Russell,... read moreSCHOOLRUSH APP AMONG THE MOST INNOVATIVE SCHOOL COMMUNICATION APPS
In addition to sending homework assignments and school events to parents’ smartphone calendars, the School Rush app allows teachers to share pictures, documents and text messages with parents. The app also offers push notifications, and has a daily planner (for both teachers and parents) in addition to a student and staff directory. Continue reading
read moreBuilding an Engaged Parent Community as School
School Rush! has been recognized as one of the most innovative School Community Communication tools by District Administration Magazine. Mobile entry point Native communication systems Ease of connection with student and staff directories Keep parents up to date with... read more
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