Emergency and Announcement Email Listserv

In an effort to increase the reliability of our communication with parents, IMS, has two systems of communication: an Announcement listserv by classes for general school information, events and important dates and an Emergency listserv for school closures and safety issues.

Announcement Listserv

The Announcement Listserv is divided by class and will be used to communicate timely announcements, and event reminders. We are transitioning systems (the new system is called "Constant Contact") so the following will be helpful information.

• Email Distribution Method:  Parent email addresses from the Skyward system will be used as the initital distribution list for Constant Contact communication. 
• Deleting an email from the listserv:  Please use the UNSUBSCRIBE feature in these communications
• To subscribe with a different email address:  email imseditor@gmail.com with parent first and last name, any email addresses you would like to add and the current grade level(s) of your student(s).

Emergency Listserv

The new Emergency listserv is housed by a different organization and is tied directly to the school closure and late start media broadcast system.

All messages of an emergency or safety related nature will be broadcast using this system. To activate your account, please go to http://www.schoolreport.org and follow the instructions to subscribe.

• On the schoolreport.org front page, select the subscribe button on the right hand side of the page. Then add your email under the Sign Up Now header and select the right arrows to continue. You will be asked to confirm your email through a link in a message to your email account.
• Once you have added your email account, select the Add a School Link and a Wizard will popup. Step through the Wizard selecting: a Member District, Mercer Island School District, Islander Middle School and BOTH Emergency and Informational Messages, and then Finish.
• You can add additional buildings for other children in your family.
• By subscribing to a building, you will receive both Mercer Island School District messages (like school closures due to weather) as well as building specific messages.
• The system is quite flexible and can take multiple email address, as well as you can have messages sent to pagers and cell phones.

Schoolreport.org's email addresses are being totally reset this summer. If you were a subscriber in the past, you should revieve an email mid August on how to resubscribe.

If you encounter difficulties joining this emergency list, please contact Andreeves Ronser.