Greetings Parents & Guardians,
This is Hadley Duvall the communications coordinator with a special reminder about the Prairie Grove district app, powered by Apptegy.
When searching in the App Store or Google Play, search “Prairie Grove Schools, AR”.
Download this free app. Once in the app, you’ll see a toggle icon in the bottom right corner, called “School App (and) Rooms”.
When the school app is highlighted, you will have full, regular access to the district app, which shows things like our Live Feed, school events, breakfast and lunch menus, staff directory, athletic events, and so much more. When you touch “Rooms” in the bottom right corner, it will take you to your child(ren) who attend Prairie Grove.
Rooms FAQs can be found on our website in the golden bar on the District homepage. Click Rooms FAQS to access.
Other apps such as Class Dojo, Remind, WhatsApp, etc. are no longer supported for use by the district. Rooms will be our streamlined, main sources of information. You will continue to receive text messages and Facebook postings from the district.
So, what is Rooms? Rooms connects parents/guardians directly to their children and their children’s schedules, including directly connecting to your children’s teachers. Simply touch Menu in the bottom left to toggle between children, if you have more than 1 child.
For each child, there is Stream, Classwork, Messages, and Materials.
Stream is like announcements. They are posted by the teacher to everyone in the classroom. You cannot reply back.
Messages are where you have direct, two-way communication capabilities with your child(ren’s) teacher(s).
Materials is where a teacher could upload documents, class handouts, and other important resources of class and/or school interest.
All communications and activities are securely archived to maintain a professional and appropriate environment on this platform and to keep everyone safe and accountable.
I cannot stress enough the importance of this app and the multiple features it offers students, teachers, parents, and guardians. If you have not done so already, please download this app today.