Power Announcement allows the school to send messages using email, voice, and text messaging. Voice calls will be sent with (703) 691-3040 as the caller ID number and text messages will be sent using a caller ID of 77811. You may want to add these phone numbers to your address book to help you recognize incoming calls from the school easily. Please note you will not be able to reply to text messages sent from the school.
Power Announcement is integrated with the existing PowerSchool Parent Portal. When you log-on to the Parent Portal you will now see a link called “Power Announcement”. You will be able to see all the contact information our school has listed for you. Within this section of the Parent Portal, you will also be able to choose your communication preferences based on message category, such as School Closures or Student Bulletins and message type, such as email, voice and/or text message. You may opt-out of any message category except for Emergency Messages.
Setting up your parent preferences is your responsibility. To receive text messages, you must go to Preferences by Message Type and check the box “contact me using Text Messaging.” By default, phone calls and email are chosen. You will receive messages to every contact field shown and every message category that has all three message types chosen. Tolls and charges associated with receipt of messages from the school are your responsibility and not the responsibility of the school. Please be sure to set your unique preferences if there are any numbers or addresses where you do not want to be contacted.
Emergency messages are always sent using all three message types (email, text, and voice calls) and to every contact field shown even if you have opted out. Emergency messages are labeled as such so you will know it is an actual emergency.