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The Milepost: New Website Look, Better Website Function

Posted Date: 12/06/24 (7:00 PM)

Milepost
New Look, Better Function
Website Upgrade Launches Today
December 6, 2024
The News You Can Use
Communication that keeps our staff, students, families and community informed and invested is an important part of what we do in the Chehalis School District. Providing you with the information you need is how we build mission coherence and strong community relationships. Whatever information you're looking for, whether it's a student handbook, business document or district event listing, we want you to find it. Today, we launch a new look for our Website aimed at keeping you up to date on what's going on in the Chehalis School District.
Partnering With ParentSquare
This fall, ParentSquare became our primary communication tool with families, replacing our use of Remind and SeeSaw. While we were all learning this new system, the district was already preparing to move our website to SmartSites, a ParentSquare company. Why? Better functionality and at a cost savings to the district. Our new SmartSites website will have:
  • A news feed of posts from ParentSquare gives our community greater access to news they can use
  • A calendar that is synced with our ParentSquare calendar, so no matter where you look for your information, it will be the same
  • Staff directories that are linked to ParentSquare so that our contact information is always correct
  • AI assisted ADA website compliance means every user can experience our site barrier-free
  • Better site translation provided by Weglot
  • All links on our site located in the top menu, helps ease of finding the information you need
Three examples of new features of the new district website
What You Need to Know
  • Our website is still located at the URL chehalisschools.org - no need to change your bookmarks!
  • We want our website to be easy to use. If you encounter a problem with the site, please email us so we can fix it.
  • Are you still confused about using ParentSquare? We will be offering some parent education nights starting after winter break. Stay tuned for more information.