The school maintains a list of guardians (e.g. parents) and their mobile phone numbers. Each guardian is associated with one or more students. When you send the word check to the phone number above, our computer will search for any students associated with your mobile phone number and return the matching names by SMS.
A parent with two children (John and Jane) at school, and a guardian spouse (Jim) might receive the following SMS reply:
check
Your contact is associated with: John (Gr 5), Jane (Gr 9); Additional guardians: Jim
Text the word pickup and your child will be notified (see example below):
pickup
Pickup alert will be shown for Johnny (Gr 5)
TV screens across school will display the notification message:
If your mobile phone number is not in the school's records, the following SMS reply will be sent. In this case, please notify the school's head office.
check
No information found for this contact number. See https://pickup.renertschool.ca/help .
If your mobile phone number is found in the school's records, but is not associated with any students, the following SMS reply will be sent. In this case, please notify the school's head office.
check
Your contact is in our system, but is not associated with any students. See https://pickup.renertschool.ca/help
Sending any words other than check will result in the following reply (please ensure you did not mis-type the word "check"):
checq
Unknown request 'checq'. Please try: check . See https://pickup.renertschool.ca/help