In our effort to improve communication between parents and school, Immaculate Conception High School has implemented a telephone broadcast system that will enable school personnel to notify all households and parents by phone within minutes of an emergency or unplanned event that causes early dismissal, school cancellation or late start.  The service may also be used from time-to-time to communicate general announcements or reminders. This service is provided by SchoolReach, a company specializing in school-to-parent communications. Immaculate Conception will continue to report school closings due to snow or weather on local radio and TV stations, our school website, but will use this system as an overlay to the public announcements.

When used, the service will simultaneously call all phone numbers in our selected parent contact lists and will deliver a recorded message from a school administrator. The service will deliver the message to both live answer and answering machines. Unanswered phones (phones ringing over 40 sec.) and busy signals will be automatically retried twice in fifteen minute intervals after the initial call.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

1) This requires NO registration by the parent on the SchoolReach website.

2) All information and contact numbers are strictly secure and confidential and are only used for the purposes described herein.

3) If accurate contact information is not maintained in our database, you will not be contacted in the event of a school closing or an emergency. 

Here is some specific information you should know:

• Caller ID:  The Call ID will display 630-530-3460, which is the main  number for ICHS.

• Live Answers:  There is a short pause at the beginning of the message, usually a few seconds. Answer your phone as you normally would; “hello” and hold for the message to begin. Multiple “hellos” will delay the message. Inform all family members who may answer your phone of this process.

• Answering Machines:  The system will detect that your machine has answered and will play the recording to your machine. The phone will ring for up to 40 seconds. Make sure that your machine answers after four rings or you may miss the message.

• Message Repeat:  At the end of the message you will be prompted to ‘press any key’ to hear the message again. This is very helpful when a child answers the phone and hands it to a parent, who can then ‘repeat’ the message in its entirety.   

Opt Out

If you wish to opt out of our SchoolReach communications, please contact the ICHS Main Office at 630/530-3460.

Thank You,

Pamela M. Levar, Principal