08/09/2026
📣 EXCITING NEWS FOR OUR ROOM PARENTS & FAMILIES! 🎉
This school year, we have a new communication tool available through ParentSquare, and I am SO excited about the possibilities it could provide for our Room Parent program! 💙💛
One of the biggest challenges with being a Room Parent has always been finding an easy way to communicate with all of the families in your classroom. ParentSquare is designed to bring classroom communication, organization, sign-ups, and family involvement together in one place.
✨ What could this mean for our Room Parents?
Room Parents may be able to use ParentSquare to help coordinate things like classroom parties and celebrations, volunteer opportunities, Field Day needs, classroom donations/supplies, reminders, event RSVPs, and other classroom activities throughout the year. The platform includes group and individual messaging, volunteer and supply sign-ups, event RSVPs, forms, scheduling, photos/files/links, and more.
Even better, families can receive communication in the way that works best for them—through the ParentSquare app, text, email, or web—and two-way messages can automatically translate into 190+ languages. 🗣️📱 Families can reply directly, helping make communication much more accessible and keeping everyone connected.
My hope is that this will make being a Room Parent easier, more organized, and less overwhelming—no more trying to create separate contact lists or juggling multiple ways of communicating. Everything can stay connected to our school community in one central place. 🙌
We are still learning exactly how ParentSquare will work for our district and how we can best utilize it with our Room Parent program, so there will be more information to come!
I’m really excited to explore it and hopefully make communication between our teachers, Room Parents, and families easier than ever. 💙💛
If you’re interested in becoming a Room Parent for the 2026–2027 school year, come see me at the Scio Parent Club booth outside the office during Open House!
📍 Look/ask for Megan Simon
Scio Parent Club Volunteer Coordinator
I can’t wait for another great year! 🦅💙💛
Megan Simon
Scio Parent Club Volunteer Coordinator
Involve EVERY Parent