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School Messenger
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Minneapolis Public Schools uses SchoolMessenger to communicate important information to our families.
Text alerts
Families of MPS students, you can now receive text alerts on your cell phone. With this free* service, you will receive text messages notifying you of inclement weather, safety alerts and other important information from Minneapolis Public Schools.To subscribe, text
YES
to
67587
.
Your privacy is important – your information will not be sold or provided to third parties. Once you have subscribed, you can opt out from alerts at any time – just reply with
STOP
to any message or
HELP
if you need assistance.
*Message and/or data rates may apply
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Change your preferences
Families can now edit communication preferences – calls, texts, alternate phone numbers, etc. This feature also gives you a place to review messages you may have missed.
If you have multiple children attending MPS, you will be able to add them all to the same account.
Follow these steps create an account through the secure Contact Manager website provided by SchoolMessenger or
download the PDF
guide with screenshots.
Go to
https://go.schoolmessenger.com/#/home
and click the
Sign Up Now
link in the top right of the page.
You will be taken to the
Sign Up
page where you will need to enter a valid email address, a password and your name.
Click
Sign Up
when you are done.
Log in using your email address and password.
Once you’ve activated your account, you’re ready to add your child to your account. Click the
Click here to begin
button.
Select the option that says, “I do not have an Activation Code and want to activate by phone,” and click
Next
.
Add your child’s MPS student ID #
Simply follow the instructions on the page to call in and activate your account. You will need to be able to call into the system from one of the phone numbers associated with your child’s student record.
When you have finished adding your child to your account, navigate to the
Contacts
tab and click the edit link to right of your child’s name. There you can simply check which types of messages you would like to receive and at which phone number or email address. Make sure that you click
Save
when you are done making changes.
At any time you can simply go to
https://go.schoolmessenger.com/#/home
to access your account.