ParentSquare
ParentSquare, a new mass communication platform coming to RISD beginning in 2026-2027
One Place for School Messages
ParentSquare is used for:
- District, school, and classroom posts, newsletters, and direct messages
- Attendance messages
- Event reminders
- Smart and Urgent alerts
Download the ParentSquare App
ParentSquare App
StudentSquare App
What Is Changing?
How ParentSquare Helps Families
With ParentSquare, families are able to:
- Get school messages by email, text, phone call, or app notification
- Choose how and when they get some messages
- View newsletters and posts in one feed
- Get important alerts quickly
- Send messages to teachers and staff
- Use translation tools for two-way communication
- See school events, sign-ups, forms, and other updates in one place
Do Parents Need to Do Anything Right Now?
ParentSquare FAQs for Parents
No, you do not have to download the ParentSquare mobile app. However, it is recommended. With the app, you can see all your messages, notifications, and students all in one place.
Parents and Guardians who are in Focus as contact 1-3 with the custodial rights are automatically imported into ParentSquare each night.
Go to ParentSquare website and register with the email or phone number associated with your Focus contact information.
- Focus is the central source for all contact information. Please see the Student Data Specialist/Front Office at all of your children’s campuses to update your contact information.
- Your cell phone and email need to be unique to you. Parents and guardians should not use the same phone or email for two people. This will make it difficult for both people to login. Please update contact information in Focus with each campus.
- Once you’re logged in, you can click the question mark icon to access the ParentSquare Parent help files.
- Please reach out to your campus for help with contact information.
Please use Focus to upload an attendance note.
Students will only receive ParentSquare messages if a parent or guardian has opted them in. Students must be 13 or older to be opted in.
To update your choice, log in to Focus and select Applications and Forms on the left side of the screen. Start a new form or choose View/Edit to update a previous Communications form.
After the opt-in is updated, the student should be able to sign in to ParentSquare the next day using their @g.risd.org email address, after the overnight data update is complete.