eChalk Releases New Mobile Notification System for K-12 Schools

NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Keeping students, families and staff connected to school news and resources just got easier. eChalk is pleased to announce the release of eChalk Notify, a new mobile notification and emergency alert system for K-12 schools and districts.

Notify pushes emergency alerts and personalized announcements out to everyone's mobile devices. It is fully integrated with eChalk's school and district websites, so administrators can post alerts and announcements on the website and push them out to subscribers in one simple step. Students, families and staff can also get reminders and news from the classes, groups or departments they belong to.

    --  In an emergency: schools can put critical messages where everyone will
        see them immediately--on the lock screens of their mobile phones.
    --  Day-to-day engagement: Teachers, coaches, department chairs and PTA
        leaders can push announcements, news, events and links to resources
        directly to everyone's mobile devices.

Notify is part of eChalk's suite of online communication and collaboration tools for K-12 schools and districts. eChalk has been a leading provider of school websites and communication tools since 1999. The eChalk suite includes:

    --  School and district websites that are beautiful, mobile ready, ADA
        compliant and easy to build and maintain
    --  Public pages and members-only collaboration tools for classes, groups,
        teams and departments
    --  Online learning tools designed with K-12 teachers and students in mind

eChalk Notify is now available for purchase to schools and districts for the 2018-2019 school year. The Notify app is available for free download for students and families on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

About eChalk

eChalk (www.echalk.com) is the premier provider of integrated website, mobile notification, and online collaboration and learning tools for K-12 schools and districts. Headquartered in New York, NY, eChalk has been serving the K-12 community with innovative online learning and communication platforms since 1999. eChalk was founded on a simple mission: creating software solutions that make life easier for students, parents, teachers and administrators. Their platform uniquely integrates school and district websites with mobile emergency alerts and notifications, online spaces for classes and groups, and a learning management system (LMS) to create one simple, organized online space for communication, connection and collaboration.

Media Contact: Laura Cree, eChalk, 6145636258, lcree@echalk.com

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