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2021: Year In Review

2021 marked the 10th anniversary of ParentSquare. I’m so proud of the platform we’ve created, and I’m just as proud of our team. We’re all passionate and united in our mission of helping schools better connect with families. I invite you to learn about our core values that define and drive us every single day. I hope these values give you even more confidence in ParentSquare and our support and dedication to you.

Big Rocks

We had an exciting year of growth at ParentSquare, and it’s all thanks to our incredible schools who continue to share their ParentSquare success with other school communities. Here are some of our biggest accomplishments from 2021!

Product enhancements for remote learning scenarios included:

Product Updates

This year, we delivered some of the biggest and most exciting product updates we’ve ever done and we hope they helped you elevate your school-home communications. Here’s a recap of a few of the things we brought to you throughout the year.

 

  • Community Groups lets community members sign up for email communications on a district or school-branded public webpage for fundraisers, alumni gatherings and more.

  • Pure Contact contact verification ensures you have the correct contact information for all parents and guardians, so you can reach every family when you need to most.

  • District Direct Messaging lets district administrators and staff send and receive direct messages from a district-level inbox.

  • Smart Alert recipient filtering allows users to better target Smart Alerts by creating custom segments when choosing recipients within schools, classes, or groups.

  • Design Blocks allows users to create mobile-responsive, custom newsletters by dropping image and text “blocks” into posts and templates.

Fresh Content

Our team created tons of valuable web, visual and blog content—covering all things school-home communications. Here are some of our favorites from the past year. Please feel free to share with your colleagues and other school communities!

What’s Coming Nex

2021 was the year of “getting back on track” and we’re proud of all that we accomplished. Our team can’t wait to bring you more exciting things in 2022 such as

  • More reports in the dashboard. Look out for messaging activity, and posts and alerts digests to better understand the amount and kind of messages being sent home.

  • Secure Documents E-Signatures. Gather signatures on important documents you send home via Secure Documents.

  • Partner integrations. We want to make your life easier through technology, and integrating with other software programs is key. Watch out for more integrations in the year ahead.

  • ParentSquare API. This year, we’re aiming to provide access to your data in ParentSquare through an API so you can integrate it into your own business processes.

  • Enhancements to existing features like Direct Messaging, Forms and Personalized Auto Notices. We are listening to your feedback and will continue improving upon what we’ve built.

 

It’s been another great year for us here at ParentSquare and we feel blessed, but it wouldn’t be possible without you, our schools, so thank you. Almost everything we’ve developed this year has come out of the creativity of our community—please keep those ideas coming. Here’s to another great year together in 2022!

With gratitude from Santa Barbara, CA
Anu
Founder, ParentSquare

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