If you would like to contact a few of your parents/guardians without posting to the entire class, please use the Direct Messages feature. Select Messages from the left sidebar on the homepage. Here, you can select either a single parent to message, or multiple parents. Just begin typing their name in the recipient field, and they will appear as an option. If you select more than one recipient, the choice will come up to have it as a private message or a group message. A private message will create individual threads to each recipient, whereas a group message will create one thread where all recipients can communicate. Here is a help article on Direct Messaging.

Teachers have the ability to create groups with students who are not in their class. Please visit Groups > New Group > New Static Group or New Auto-Update Group. From here you can create the group and choose a name and description for your group, as well as whether or not you want the group to be public or private. At the bottom, you can add your members by searching for them and checking the box next to the name of the individuals you would like to add. When you are finished click Save at the bottom. Here is a help article on creating a group.

Yes, if you would like to add a room parent to your class please visit Admin > Data Assistant > Classes.  Here is a help article on assigning a room parent to a class.

Yes, if you have parents/guardians who have contacted you about a sign up but have not signed up in ParentSquare, you can add these users manually. Go to the post with the sign up. In the post, click Add Someone under the Sign Up button next to the time slot or item. Search for the user, highlight their name and click Save! 

ParentSquare offers the capability to ask for both parent/guardian volunteers and items. Click New Post and create a post about your class project. Then, in the left sidebar you can select both Ask for Items and Request Volunteers. Input the items you need and how many as well as how many volunteers you need and what activities they will be doing. Once you are finished, click Post Now and watch your sign up fill up. Here is a help article on creating sign ups and volunteer lists.

You can combine your multiple accounts in ParentSquare. Cases where combining accounts makes sense include:

• User is a staff member and parent: combine staff account with personal parent account to access both with one login. All emails and phone numbers remain associated. Note: Staff must sign in with the email or phone number associated with their staff account.
• Parents share an email or home phone: their accounts will automatically link if they are listed with shared contact information.
• User is missing a student or school from their main account: they have a second account for student or school that can be merged. 

Learn how to merge accounts on the ParentSquare help page.