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Announcements & the Booster Feed

Booster officers and band directors use announcements to reach every family at once: schedule changes, payment deadlines, calls for volunteers, and good news. The first part of this page is for families. The second part is for officers who post.

Read announcements

Announcements show up in two places:

  • the Booster Feed on your Dashboard, newest first, along with payment reminders and open volunteer spots;
  • your booster group's Announcements page, which keeps every past post.

Some posts are tied to a calendar event. On the Announcements page, tap the event name on the post to jump to it on the calendar.

Comment on a post

Under the post, tap the comments link (it shows a count, such as "3 comments"). Type your reply under Add a comment and tap Comment.

  • Every family in your booster group can see your comment. If it contains bad language, you'll be asked to reword it.
  • A post marked Comments off doesn't take new comments.
  • If an officer locks the comments, you can still read them, but you can't add more.
  • Comment removed by an officer. means an officer took that comment down.

Choose how you're notified

When an officer posts, every family gets:

  • a notice on the bell at the top of the screen;
  • an email, unless you turned announcement emails off;
  • a pop-up alert on your phone (a "push notification"), if you turned those on for that phone.

To change this, tap Settings, then Notifications. You can turn emails on or off for each booster group. To get pop-up alerts, tap Enable push notifications on each phone or computer you want them on.

Post an announcement (officers)

Any booster officer (president, treasurer, or assistant) can post, and so can the band's directors.

  1. Open your Booster Organization page. Under Manage, find Communication and tap Announcements. (Or tap Post an announcement on your Dashboard.)
  2. Tap New announcement.
  3. Fill in the Title and Message.
  4. Posting about an event? Choose it under Related Event. Families can tap it to find the time, place, RSVP, and volunteer spots, so you don't need to repeat them in the message.
  5. Allow comments starts out checked. Uncheck it if you don't want replies.
  6. Tap Post Announcement.

Every family is notified right away.

Manage a post (officers)

Each post has these buttons for officers:

  • Edit: fix the title or message.
  • Turn comments off / Turn comments on: stop or allow new comments. Existing comments stay visible.
  • Lock thread / Unlock thread: close the comments to new replies, or open them again. Existing comments stay visible.
  • Remove (under a comment): take down one comment. A Comment removed by an officer. note takes its place.
  • Delete: remove the post and all of its comments, for everyone. This can't be undone. To just end the discussion, tap Lock thread instead.