Emailing a Student

Frequently Asked Questions:

What is the character limit for an email?

A student's email address must not contain more than 100 characters, and the email message must not contain more than 4,000 characters.

 Permission

To complete the following steps you must have "School Profile: Limited Edit" permissions. To validate your permissions in District and School Settings, click here.

  1. Under the Students tab, type the student's name into the search box.

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  2. Click the student's name once it appears below the search box.

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  3. The student's name appears on the row of tabs with a yellow background. To learn more about the yellow tab, click here.

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  4. Select Message Student in the yellow tab.

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  5. An email appears with the student's name already in the TO: box.
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  6. Add a Subject.
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  7. If available, add an Attachment.
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  8. Enter a message.
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  9. Click Send.
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  10. A confirmation displays on the bottom right of the screen.
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 Note

The email icon in the upper right corner of the student's screen alerts of a new message.

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