Phone: Schedule and send a phone message

You can schedule a phone message to go out immediately, or at a future date and time. 

Prerequisite: The phone message is created.

1. On the Main Sections menu, click Communicate, click Phone Messaging, and then click Schedule Calls.

TIP: You can also schedule a phone message by clicking Schedule at the top of the phone messaging page.  Main Sections > Communicate > Phone Messaging:  

2. In the Select Message list, find your message and click 

   

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3. Select the filters you want for the phone message. 

4. Click 

   

   . Charms displays all the recipients matching your filter.

5. Select Select All Numbers to include all results, or select individual numbers.

6. Send the phone message immediately by clicking 

   

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7. Schedule the message to send later, by clicking 

   

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8. Fill in the message date and time, and then click 

   

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9. Confirm your decision by clicking 

   

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Now you can view your scheduled phone messages.

IMPORTANT: If a parent/student phone number is in Charms multiple times, the system will try and reach that number for every instance in Charms.

The phone service will try to reach a number three times with a six minute interval between attempts.

You may wish to make your parents/students aware of this so they understand why they may get the same call multiple times.