The Winnisquam Regional School District subscribes to the ALERTNOW Rapid Notification Service to enhance parental communication.  This service will allow us to send a voice and/or email message to ALL of our student’s parents on ALL of their contact numbers within minutes, if an emergency occurs at a school.  The ALERTNOW service will also assist us for informing you directly when school cancellations, delays or early releases occur due to inclement weather. At a later time, ALERTNOW will help schools to reduce the resources needed to pass along key information regarding school events or reminders.  

The district will be utilizing ALERTNOW for:

- Emergency Notifications

- School cancellations, delayed openings or early dismissals due to Inclement weather (generally, delayed openings and cancellation notices will be sent out to student families no earlier than 6:00 a.m.  Staff/faculty notices will be sent out no earlier than 5:00 a.m.)

The ability to deliver a message is only as successful as the contact information we have for our families, so please make certain we have the most up-to-date direct dial numbers and email addresses.  If this information changes, please let your child’s school know immediately.  

About the AlertNow Notification Service:

1. Your caller ID will display your school or the district’s main number anytime a non-emergency call or notification of inclement weather is generated.  Caller ID will not display a name with the number.

2.  Your caller ID will display 411 anytime an emergency call is being sent.  Examples of an emergency include evacuation or lockdown.   

3.   The service will leave a message on your voicemail or answering machine. 

4.   If you have such things as Telemarketer Zapper or Privacy Director on your telephone lines, you may not receive the call. 

5.   The service does not call extensions.  If you have a direct dial number at work, you should provide your child’s school with the direct dial number not a main number plus an extension.  You may want to inform your place of employment that an automated call from the district may occur.
 

Click here for more AlertNow Frequently Asked Questions.

As always, thank you for your continued support of our schools.