Welcome to EPIC! - Week 6

Dear EPIC Family:

As our new-parent orientation series continues, it is important we talk about school-to-home communication. EPIC has students enrolled in all 77 Oklahoma counties and being able to clearly and regularly communicate with our parents through email, phone, text, direct mail and social media is key. We want to make sure you receive critical information about your child’s education and opportunities such as EPIC school events, extracurricular opportunities, scholarships, etc.

POWERSCHOOL/PARENT PORTAL

PowerSchool now houses the new Parent Portal. PowerSchool is where your contact information is housed. Any time we need to email, call, text, or direct mail you important information, we draw from PowerSchool for your current contact information. So, should your contact information change after enrollment, it is imperative that you update it via the “Forms” section in your Parent Portal. If you ever forget your username or password for Parent Portal, there is a "Forgot my username" and a "Forgot my password" link on the home page of PowerSchool/Parent Portal: https://epiccharterschools.powerschool.com/public/home.html. Your EPIC teacher or Live Chat through the EPIC website is always a good resource should you need assistance with Parent Portal.

At EPIC, we rely heavily on email for both informal and formal communication with you. It is a more time-efficient and cost-effective. Please check your email daily to see if you have received communication from your teacher or school. And while federal law allows a citizen to unsubscribe to emails, please never unsubscribe to EPIC as it will result in you not being fully informed from the school on matters pertaining to your child.

PHONE AND TEXT

EPIC partners with School Messenger to be able to more easily send you automated voice messages and text messages about urgent school news. Again, this is why it is important the contact information listed for you and your family is always up to date in Epicenter/Parent Portal. Should you receive any notifications from School Messenger related to information, opting into alerts, etc., please trust the credibility and security of the information coming to you.

Epic Charter School App

EPIC is so pleased to announce we have added an app as a new means of keeping connected. You will find all of the links you need access to for keeping up with your student(s) grades and attendance as well as the news from the school and the weekly podcast. This app allows us to send communications quickly and easily to you through your phone.

Android: Download Here

Apple: Download Here

SOCIAL MEDIA

We share a lot of news and answer a lot of questions from our parents on our social media platforms. Make sure you are a follower of ours. At the bottom of this email are icons that link to all of our social media platforms so you can follow us if you aren’t already. We regularly share videos, podcasts, tips, links, and news that we know will be of interest to our parents on all of these platforms. Don’t miss out! We are always looking out for students who are doing incredible things! Want to brag on your kid? Please send an email to communications@epiccharterschools.org with what makes your student extraordinary and a picture of them doing what they do best for a chance to be featured on our social media pages!

LIVE CHAT

Live Chat through the EPIC website is available every day from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., as are our phone lines. Live Chat is an effective way to get quick, timely assistance. Our customer service representatives are responsive to questions sent through Live Chat within minutes, so do not hesitate to utilize this resource at epiccharterschools.org.