Nixle.com--Aquin's newest Emergency Broadcast System
Aquin Catholic Schools'  Emergency Broadcast System is now provided by Nixle.com. Through this system, we are able to notify all households with a text message and email within minutes of an emergency or unplanned event that will affect the school schedule in the next 24 hours. Examples of what this system will be used for are weather closings, crisis situations, early dismissals and, in rare instances, lockdowns.

When used, the service will simultaneously contact all registered cell phone numbers and email addresses and deliver a text message. We will continue to use our present notification systems--email, website, television, radio--when appropriate. 
 
This system requires registration by anyone who wishes to be contacted in this manner. To register, participants must access the site at Nixle.com by clicking here.

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Further Information
1. You will have to register yourself for the service if you want to use it. Click here to do so now. Follow the screenshots below to help you in this process. 

2. Once registered you will receive a text message from 888777:
Reply YES to confirm that you have signed up for Nixle alerts.

3. Once registered at the site, go to the 'Home' tab to view all organizations to which you are subscribed.  Other tabs offer you additional services and options.  Please maintain your account here.  Aquin does not have access to your account.  You must maintain it.   

4. Standard text messaging rates apply.

5. Messages will be delivered as text messages and emails.

6. We will also provide our bulk email alerts (from laura.diemer@aquinschools.org or michele.morrison@aquinschools.org).

7. We are now able to customize our messages (something we could not do with WREX).

8. This is a free service.  Thank you Nixle! 

WREX.com--Aquin's Secondary Emergency Broadcast System 
Aquin Catholic Schools' Secondary Emergency Broadcast System is provided by WREX.com. Through this system, we are able to notify all households with a text message within minutes of an emergency or unplanned event that will affect the school schedule in the next 24 hours. Examples of what this system will be used for are weather closings, crisis situations, early dismissals and, in rare instances, lockdowns.

When used, the service will simultaneously contact all registered cell phone numbers and email addresses and deliver a text message. We will continue to use our present notification systems--email, website, television, radio--when appropriate. 
 
This system requires registration by anyone who wishes to be contacted in this manner. To register, participants must access the site at WREX.com by clicking here.

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 Further Information
1. You will have to register yourself for the service if you want to use it. Click here to do so now. You will need to select the alerts that you wish to receive. Be sure to select 'school closings' and then 'Aquin Catholic Schools'. All other options are up to you.

2. Once registered you will receive the following text message from 89074:
Reply YES to confirm that you have signed up for 13 News alerts. Reply YES now!

Once you have replied 'YES' to confirm, you will receive the following text message from 89074:
Thanks for texting 13 News. Msg & Data rates apply. Text STOP to end at anytime and HELP for help.

3. You must 13 years or older to subscribe to this service.

4. Standard text messaging rates apply.

5. Messages will ONLY be delivered as text messages.

6. We will also provide our bulk email alerts (from laura.diemer@aquinschools.org or michele.morrison@aquinschools.org).

7. The messages we are able to send are pre-defined. With WREX, we will be able to select from a list of status updates (such as: school closed today, early dismissal, game cancelled, etc.). Additional information will be posted on our website as needed (as we have been doing).

8. Supported Carriers with WREX.com are:
ALLTEL
Appalachian Wireless
AT&T
*Bell Mobility
Bluegrass Cellular
Boost
Cellular One of East Central Illinois
Cellular One
Cellular South
Centennial Wireless
Cincinnati Bell
Dobson
Immix Wireless
MetroPCS
*MTS
Nextel
*NorthernTel
NTelos
Revol Wireless
*Rogers Wireless
*Sasktel
Sprint
SunCom
*Telus
T-Mobile
Unicel
USCellular
Verizon
Virgin Mobile
West Central Wireless
Cellcom

Thank you!

If you have any difficulties or have any questions, do not hesitate to contact laura.diemer@aquinschools.org or call 815.235.3154 x 226.