Providing the first and best source of
Port Byron Central School District news
We know that the community desires to be connected and informed about what’s happening across our district and
in our schools. Below are several communication tools we hope you will find helpful as we work together to fulfill the
district’s mission of providing opportunities for students to become literate, lifelong learners and pursuers of dreams.
District Website
Social Media
Let’s Talk!
The district website is updated
several times each week with
information about district and
building level activities, programs and
announcements. Check it out!
www.pbcschools.org
School Calendar
Follow us on Twitter
@PortByronCSD
Get up-to-date district
news and announcements,
including emergency
school closings and delays.
A.A. Gates Elementary School is also
on Twitter: @AAGatesPBCS.
Up-to-date event information about
district and school events can be found
on a comprehensive online calendar at
www.pbcschools.org. Because you
determine the calendar settings, if you
have children in multiple schools, you
can view events for each building on
one calendar.
Become a fan on Facebook
www.facebook.com/
PortByronCSD
View photos of school
events and receive updates
on district, building
student and staff news.
Mobile App
SchoolMessenger
Think of it as an online
suggestion box - a
place where you can
share comments, ideas,
concerns, questions
and praise with district administrators
anytime, anywhere.
Let’s Talk is a two-way
communications tool that allows
stakeholders to submit feedback
electronically to an individual school,
district-level department or to the
superintedent of schools. Users have
the option of sending their message
anonymously, or with their contact
information included.
To join the conversation, click on the
“Let’s Talk” icon located on the district’s
website, www.pbcschools.org.
Get your news and
information on-the-go with
Port Byron CSD’s app for
iOS (Apple) and Android
devices. Download the
app for free from iTunes or
Google Play.
Port Byron eNews
Each week, Port Byron
Superintendent of Schools Neil
O’Brien and the district’s team of
building principals compose an
electronic newsletter for parents
and guardians, staff and community
members. The newsletter is delivered
to subscriber’s inboxes and covers
a variety of topics related to what’s
happening inside Port Byron’s
classrooms -- and beyond.
To sign-up for the e-newsletter,
please visit the district’s website,
www.pbcschools.org and click on the
“Notes from the Superintendent” icon.
SchoolMessenger allows the district
and its schools to send parents and
guardians messages via telephone,
email and text to notify them of
upcoming school events, emergency
situations, closings and delays,
etc. Parents and guardians will
automatically recieve phone calls and
emails via SchoolMessenger, but will
need to text the word “subscribe” to
68453 to sign-up for text notifications.
SchoolTool
The district’s parent portal is a
password protected, secure website
that offers parents and students
access to personalized information
about a student’s academic program.
Student report cards, bus schedules,
interim reports and academic
schedules are posted. Some
teachers also use SchoolTool to post
assignments and to communicate
with individual students/families.
Parent Today
Port Byron CSD
believes that strong
parents help develop
strong students. We
want to thank our
students’ parents for
their continued engagement in the
education of the children in our
community and offer another way
to be even more engaged. Parent
Today is an award-winning, opt-in
email newsletter delivered for free
to subscribers’ inboxes each month.
The information it provides allows
us to foster stronger connections
between families and our schools
and encourages parents to be even
more involved in the education of
their children. Sign up at
www.parenttoday.org, and use
district ID number 13140.