The New York City platform for family engagement

Everything you need to communicate, engage, and collaborate with families for student success.

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Supporting New York City schools with family engagement

NYC schools are adopting the ParentSquare platform to streamline communications, empower administrators and teachers to engage every student’s family, and stay aligned with state and local requirements.

Available on ShopDOE

As an approved vendor with the NYC DOE, ParentSquare is available on ShopDOE for purchase by NYCPS schools.

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Aligned with NYC DOE policies

As a company, ParentSquare places the highest priority on helping NYC schools comply with all applicable legislation, including:

New York State Education Law § 2-d
NYC DOE Parents’ Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security
NYC DOE Chancellor’s Regulations
Enterprise Request Management Application (ERMA)

Proud sponsor of NYC professional educational organizations

Middle School Principals’ Association of New York City (MSPA)
The New York City Elementary School Principals Association (NYCESPA)

“ParentSquare has been a new addition to our school community this year, and we immediately saw a positive response from families enjoying the consistent communication and connection to classroom teachers and resources.

As an organization, ParentSquare has done a wonderful job in providing individual attention to customize the product to our school’s needs and assist with onboarding and implementation during the first few weeks of school.”

Carlos Romero
Principal
PS 126 Jacob August Riis

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Engage every family in your district, not just most of them

If your platform isn’t built to let families communicate with you in the way that works for them, you’re not reaching all of your audiences.

Available via email, app, SMS, and voice
Two-way translation into 190+ languages
Contactability metrics and tools to help you reach every family

A conversation between a teacher and a parent, automatically translated into the parent's preferred language of Korean.

Built-in translation for 190+ languages

Automatic translation means language differences won’t block healthy school-home interactions.

Import language settings from your SIS or let users set it in ParentSquare
Get instant two-way translation for direct messages, even with SMS texting
Set up automatic or manual translations for mass alerts, posts, forms, and permission slips

The platform behind family engagement: All of your tools, one platform

We meet families in the channels they actually prefer, like text, app, and real-time messaging, and let them choose how they want to connect. Parents have one place to go, and schools have one engagement platform to use.

Parent and community engagement

Power meaningful communication to engage families, schools, and communities.

Attendance improvement

Improve attendance with personalized communication, automated at scale.

Classroom communications

Keep classroom-level communication simple and consistent.

Mass alerts and notifications

Reach the right people quickly with district-controlled alerts and updates in one system.

School websites

Deliver accessible school websites that reflect your district and keep families informed.

ParentSquare Intelligence

AI and data intelligence to reduce workload, mitigate risk, and surface insights.