Setting up Skylert Notifications in
Skyward Family Access
Skylert is the district’s automated notification system that provides emergency alerts and
attendance notifications via phone call, e-mail and/or SMS (text message). Parents/guardians
have a great deal of control over how to receive these messages. This can be configured as
shown in this guide.
To begin, you will need to login to your Family Access, which every guardian has. If you do not
remember how to access your account or do not know your account information, go to the
Skyward Login page at www.lakewoodps.org Resources - Skyward Student/Family Access and
click “Forgot your Login/Password?” If you experience any difficulties, contact your school’s
main office.
Setting Up Skylert Options
After logging into your Skyward Family Access account you should see a screen that looks
similar to the one below. From here, click on the Skylert option on the left.
A Skylert screen similar to the one below will be displayed. This shows your current settings for
receiving notifications.
The options are described below:
School Hours Emergency – Any emergency that happens during the school day, including
school closings or lockdowns.
Non-school Hours Emergency – Any emergency that happens before school starts or after the
school day ends including school closings, delays, or lockdowns.
Attendance – Attendance notifications will only be made when your child has been marked
absent and the school has NOT received confirmation from the parent. The time of these calls
will differ by school.
General – General notifications will ONLY be sent to the home email address. They include
general information coming from the district, building, or teacher.
Survey – Surveys will ONLY be sent to the home email address.
To setup options for which notification you wish to receive, simply check the box in the
appropriate column.
By default, SMS text messages will NOT be sent. If you would like to receive text messages, be
sure to enter your phone number under the “Text Message Numbers” field and check the boxes
of the types of text notifications you would like to receive. Enter only numbers – no dashes,
spaces, parenthesis or other characters.
If there is another phone number that needs to be called that doesn’t appear in your notification
fields, you can add that to Additional Phone 1. When multiple phones are selected, the system
will call each phone number, starting with the Primary Phone and continues through the list up to
three times until it receives an acknowledgement that the message has been received.
If you want to add another additional number, email address, or number for text messages,
please have another parent or guardian log into Skyward Family Access to add the information.
Enter mobile
numbers here if you
wish to receive Alert
Text messages
from the District
