Honeywell Instant Alert for Schools

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Keeping parents informed and involved helps to assure student safety and improve student success. With today’s on-the-go lifestyles, it has become more difficult for our schools to reach families quickly and effectively. This is why Becton Regional High School has decided to implement a new system called Instant AlertTM for Schools.

Instant Alert for Schools should prove to be an essential tool for notification and communication. Within minutes of an emergency, school officials can use Instant Alert to deliver a single, clear message to the students’ parents or guardians by telephone, cell phone, e-mail, pager or PDA in any combination. Instant Alert can also be used to notify you of a school closing due to inclement weather. It is an equally effective way to keep you informed of everyday activities, such as changes in event times and locations.

Instant Alert is an Internet based system. It allows each family to maintain a secure, password protected online profile. Included in this letter is an instruction sheet for accessing the system and creating your individual profile. You can log into your profile at any time to update your contact information. Maintaining the accuracy of your profile will increase the ability of the school to keep you informed. I would urge you to take a few minutes today to complete this process.

Your online profile will enable you to:

• Add your personal contact information
• Select which type of school information you would like to receive on each of your contact devices
• Send yourself a test text message to make sure your text messaging contact information is entered correctly
• Add contact information of other caretakers of your children, such as a grandparent or neighbor
• Designate these caretakers as the main contact for your children if you are out of town

In addition to receiving communication alerts on your designated contact devices, the alert messages will also appear in your online profile. You can use this feature to read any alerts that may have been erased or deleted accidentally on your other contact devices.

Parents Choose How to be Contacted

Phone/Cell Phone	E-Mail	Pager	Cell Phone

Parents can customize how they want to receive messages and where they want them sent. Send a message to your home phone or e-mail. It's your decision about where and how messages are delivered.

Types of Alerts We Will Use

• High Importance (School closing, emergency, etc.)
• Transportation (bus related updates, field trip information, on-campus transportation pattern updates, etc.)
• School to Parent Communication (absentee notifications, academic communication, etc.)
• Activities (special events and opportunities)
• Announcements (general information updates)

Please update your account to be able to receive these alerts via your preferred communication device.

 Parent Instructions (pdf)

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