There are three ways you can communicate with students and parents: Gmail, Classroom, and Progressbook.
Gmail is the fastest and easiest way to communicate with students and possibly parents.
If you have parent email lists already created, use these. If you do not, watch the video in Progressbook to your right to email both students and parents.
Teachers can email all students from Classroom using the People tab. Below is a tutorial to help you.
Progressbook can also be used to communicate with students, parents, or both.
Click on a class. On the next page, under Classroom Administration, look for Class Notifications. This is ProgressBook's built in email system.