Parent Alerts and Emergency Notifications

Remember that phone call you received from the school district last winter announcing that school was closed because of inclement weather? The call was made to the home of every district student using a rapid-notification system that delivers messages in minutes. 

The system in use in the Rush-Henrietta Central School District allows district administrators to record, schedule, and send personalized voice messages to thousands of families within minutes. This communication tool also distributes the district and principal E-News messages, giving the district a more powerful way to quickly and reliably reach the entire school community.To make the system as efficient as possible, please enter the contact information you’d like used with this system on your student’s blue card at the beginning of the school year. Then, update home, work, and cell phone numbers with your child’s school as soon as any changes occur. 

We encourage you to also check the district website at www.rhnet.org on a regular basis for parent alerts and special notifications. As part of the district’s ongoing efforts to enhance communication, alerts are activated as needed at www.rhnet.org to draw attention to announcements and/or emergency notifications. Depending on the situation, specific headings will be used to inform the community of a variety of circumstances, including parent alert, event cancellation, snow day, school closing, and other special announcements. When activated, these special messages will automatically pop up when you visit the website for the first time after activation. Once you have viewed it, you can minimize the alert. 

Thank you for supporting the district’s efforts to enhance communication between the home and school.