SchoolMessenger SafeArrival

Simplifying Attendance. Strengthening Student Safety.

Make attendance management faster and easier with automated, mobile, two-way absence reporting—saving time, reducing costs, and enhancing student safety

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Trusted by Schools and Districts

Niagra Catholic District School Board

Welland, ON

Niagra Catholic District School Board

Welland, ON

^{We turned to SchoolMessenger SafeArrival for a convenient way for parents to report absences and, in the process, created more time for school secretaries who were spending up to three-quarters of their day making calls to home.}

Ted Farrell Superintendent of Education
Niagra Catholic District School Board

Ensuring accurate attendance tracking for millions of students.

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Students

Unexcused Absences Identified in 2024

Make Tracking and Updating Unexcused Absences Easy

Improve Administrative Efficiency

SafeArrival automates the reporting and recording of absences, reducing the workload on your administrative staff and allowing them to focus on other important tasks. You will also maintain accurate and error-free attendance records, which are essential for state reporting and internal school management.

Enhance Student Safety

Ensure that your school is promptly informed of student absences, allowing for quick identification of unreported absences and immediate follow-up. Automated alerts notify families if their child hasn’t arrived at school and an absence hasn’t been reported, enabling swift action if there are safety concerns.

Better Family Engagement

Provide your families with a convenient way of reporting absences through various channels such as phone, app, or online portal. Families will receive immediate confirmation of reported absences, enhancing transparency and trust, and strengthening the relationship between them and your school.

Delivery and Reporting That You Need

Mobile, Voice, and Web Tools

Mobile, Voice, and Web Tools

Families can conveniently and securely excuse absences with just a few taps inside the SchoolMessenger app or the web-based SchoolMessenger interface. Families can also call a toll-free phone line to report absences and respond to absence notifications by phone.

Administrative Tools

SafeArrival helps staff quickly identify unaccounted-for students by reconciling absences in the SIS with family-reported absences. An automated phone call, email, text, or push notification reports unexplained absences. The SIS is updated as excuses are submitted, reducing staff workload.

Family Reporting Tool

With SafeArrival, families can notify schools of upcoming absences or quickly excuse an absence after it occurs. They can send attendance alerts for all their children and provide reasons for each absence in one simple communication.

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How PowerSchool Protects Data

We are dedicated to protecting your students’ data with a comprehensive security program that starts with “secure by design” principles at the inception of our products and extends through third-party penetration testing, robust cloud security, and a fully staffed 24x7x365 Security Operations Center. Our products are independently validated by third-party auditors, ensuring your data is always protected with PowerSchool. To learn more visit our security page.

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