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ParentSquare Integrated Calendar & Post Widget

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Reminder: After clicking on an article, sign into ParentSquare using the “Sign In with Google” option. Use your Hallco credentials to log in.

 

How to add a ParentSquare Calendar Events to Your School Website Calendar:

  • The ParentSquare Calendar event has to be created on the school’s ParentSquare calendar found on the home page (not a group’s calendar) in ParentSquare. The event must be shared to the whole school (not specific grade levels or groups).
  • It could take up to 12 – 24 hours for a ParentSquare calendar event to sync to the school website calendar.
  • To learn more specifics about how to integerate your school’s ParentSquare calendar events into your school website calendar read the following article:- Manually Add or Delete  Calendar Events

 

How to Share ParentSquare Posts to Your School Website:

  • The ParentSquare post widget allows you to post up to 10 ParentSquare posts on your school’s website.
  • To share a post to your school’s website click on the gear at the top of the post, select “Share”, and select “Share on Website”.  After you confirm and select “Share”, the posts will appear on your school’s website.
  • To learn more specifics about the ParentSquare post widget read the following articles:- How to Share a Post on a Website
    – FAQ for Social and Web Share
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2026-2027 DLS Beginning of Year Information

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Below is a list of resources and tools to help you update your staff.

DLS Back to School Video Chapter Links:

 

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2025-2026 BLaST End of Year Information

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Below is a list of resources and tools to help you close out the 2025-2026 School Year:

  • LaunchPoint Clean-Up:
    • TrustED Apps – please remember to review the TrustED Apps platform as digital resources are reviewed by your BLaST members and school leadership.
    • Software Updates
      • Bookflix access will be available through June 30th, 2026, and then it will be removed from LaunchPoint.
      • WeVideo will be available through June 30th, 2026, and then it will be removed from LaunchPoint.  If your school chooses to purchase licensing locally, please contact els@hallco.org for assistance with access.
      • Nearpod access will be available through June 30th, 2026, and then it will be removed from LaunchPoint. Guidance about Nearpod for teachers
  • Wrapping Up 25-26 Canvas Courses:
    • Courses will conclude end of day on May 20th and will be open to teachers until May 29th.  Courses will hard-conclude (disappear from Canvas dashboards) mid-June.
    • Identify courses which need to remain active (2-year)
      • IB Courses
  • Creating Canvas Courses for 26-27:
    • Using a Template?  Update before new courses are created.  Contact e-Learning (els@hallco.org) if you need help finding your school’s Canvas template or have general questions about using templates in Canvas.
    • Course naming convention – remember to have one and be sure to communicate it to your team members.
    • Make sure your teachers have at least one course created and aligned to the 26-27 Term so they will be sure to have access to Teacher Tools in July/August.
    • Continued emphasis on using Teacher Tools for course creation and rostering in Canvas.
    • Teacher Tools Functionality
      • Rostering
      • Associating blueprint courses (May 1st)
      • Grade Pass-Back
    • Importing teacher-made content from previous Canvas courses
  • Please Note:
    • Timing / Availability of IC rosters – roster data will be shared with our various vendors by mid-July, but it may take a while for the roster data to be visualized in the various platforms.  Our goal is to have everything operational by the first day of school, August 7th, 2026.
    • Teacher Sites Maintenance – after the last day of school, remember to turn off the Teacher Sites visibility for team members who will no longer be at your school.  Incoming team members will appear on your Teacher Site as they update/publish their Teacher Site for 26-27.
  • Information for Seniors, Transferring Staff, and Non-returning Staff:

Thank you all for serving as BLaST Leaders for the 25-26 school year!  Have a wonderful, restful summer break!!

 

 

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