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Emergency alerts now available via text message
Release Date: October 20, 2009

About SNN

School News Notifier (SNN) is an alert system that sends subscribers school and district news, announcements, and information
such as emergency closings and school newsletter links directly to their e-mail.

Change Your Notifications

If at any time you would like to change which notifications you receive, log-in at the SNN log-in page. You will immediately be brought to a page that allows you to select or deselect notifications. Check the ones that you’d like to add; uncheck the notifications you’d like to remove. Click on the “Update Your Profile” button once finished.

Forget your password?

For returning users, if you do not have your SNN password, click on the words “Forgot Password” at the bottom of the SNN log-in page. Follow the steps provided to access your account. 

The forecast of snow in certain parts of New York in recent days serve as a good reminder that winter weather is on its way and with it may come school and activity cancellations and delays.

In addition to local television and radio stations and media Web sites, parents and community members have been able to learn about cancellations, closings and delays through e-mail in recent years with the district’s School News Notifier System. This year, that system is introducing a new service — text messaging alerts for emergency notifications.

Signing up is simple: Existing SNN users and those new to SNN should follow the instructions below that apply to them.

Existing SNN Users

• Log-in to your account at the bottom of the SNN log-in page. (If you have forgotten your SNN password, please use the “forgot password” feature beneath the returning user log-in area).

• Once you are logged-in, enter your cell phone number (no spaces or dashes) and cell carrier in the appropriate boxes. Click “Update Profile” and you are done.

Users New to SNN

• Visit the SNN log-in page to set up an account.

• Once you are at this page, begin enter the information in the “create profile” area. All fields are required, except for your cell phone number and carrier. Fill out these fields only if you are interested in receiving emergency alerts on your cell phone.

• Once you have entered your account information, enter a password and select a user group that applies to you. Then click on the button that says, “Create a new profile.”

• Once you click on the button to create a profile, you will be brought to a page indicating that an e-mail will be sent to you with a confirmation code to complete the sign-up process. Do not close out of this page. Enter the code that you will receive in your e-mail within minutes in the appropriate box on this same page.

• Next, on the same page where you entered the confirmation code, select the notifications you would like to receive. Click “subscribe” at the bottom of the page to complete the process.

 

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