NEW SCHOOL TALK FEATURES:

The new features for School Talk will include the capability to send voice and email messages in pre-selected languages. Voice and email messages can be sent in English and Spanish, and text messages can be sent in English. Other languages are also available. Although not all of the languages spoken by APS families are included, it does give us a place to start. We will add more languages as they become available from the vendor.

In addition, because subscribers can now indicate their student's ID, as we begin to activate the full functionality of the new system, APS leaders will be able to send messages to parents with targeted information. For example, we will be able to tell parents about issues such as significant delays on your student's bus route, news about individual class activities and field trips for student(s), and district, school or classroom news appropriate for each subscriber's individual student(s). And as students move through the grade levels and school levels, APS School Talk will automatically update subscribers so that information is provided appropriately for each student.

UPDATE YOUR SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION NOW:

1. First, as a current subscriber, please update your profile to include your student(s) name(s) and student ID number(s) as well as to reaffirm your cell phone numbers for emergency messages. (Note: Each student's ID number is located on the report card, and is also the student's lunch ID number.) To update your profile, click here.
2. Once you have updated your profile, you will receive an email reply by the next day with instructions on how to activate your new APS School Talk account and set up your preferences.
3. Finally, please add APSSchoolTalk@apsva.us to your trusted list in your email address book.