Feature Updates
We are thrilled to share the latest updates and features coming your way this month! Updates for users will be available on: July 12th and July 19th 2025.
Dismissal
This school year, we’re introducing a new feature that allows staff to indicate when a student has left the classroom or holding area and is en route to their dismissal location. The icon, visible on both the Dispatcher and Dismissal Progress pages, provides real-time confirmation that the student is in transit.
Reunification
Updated filters on the Reunification Check-In page now allow staff the ability to broaden their search by the first letter of a student’s last name. This helps staff quickly sort students into larger alphabetical groups, such as last names beginning with A-D.
Staff can easily review student statuses during reunification from the new Reunification Progress page. This feature is particularly useful for supervisory staff who need a centralized view of reunification activity.
Emergency Alert System
When determining emergency messages for their schools, administrators will have the option to use the I Love U Guys Foundation Standard Response Protocol (SRP). These pre-constructed messages incorporate the specific vocabulary, actions and icons designated for use during an emergency.
Once an emergency drill or event is over, Admin Users will be able to terminate the notification and send an ALL CLEAR notification and disable the chat function. *Chat function must be enabled within the message in order to be used during the reported emergency.
To support implementation of the Reunification and Emergency Alert Systems, additional information and documents from our mission partner, the I Love U Guys Foundation, can be found in the Emergency Resources tab in the portal.
School Messaging & Student Contacts
We’re streamlining the student information workflow by moving student contact emails from the Edit Student page to the Student Contacts page within the student profile. Each contact will now include full names and relevant details – this will allow schools to notify these contacts when using School Messaging.
Check-In Feature
When using the check-in feature, staff will receive a pop-up notification if they attempt to check a student into a location where they are already checked in.
Pikmykid School Portal Reports
In addition to viewing and downloading reports from the portal, staff can now easily print them directly – making access and sharing even more convenient.
Training Materials
The Training Materials feature in school portals will direct school users to the new Customer Knowledge Base! Found in your portal’s Success Center, the Knowledge Base serves as a central hub of resources to support a successful implementation.
Data Integrations
FACTS SIS
Schools integrated with FACTS will have the ability to sync daily attendance to and from their school portal.
PowerSchool SIS
Schools that use PowerSchool for their data integration will have the ability to choose what identifier to use for their students. This will allow students to use a familiar student number in the Hall Pass Kiosk and also allows school to use their Autosend feature, which is only compatible with student numbers.
Clever SIS
Schools using Clever can now create classrooms using “extension fields” (available in V2.1 of Clever), allowing them to define classrooms based on custom criteria.
Pikmykid Parent App
Parents will be able to use SAML SSO (District SSO) as a login option for the Parent App.
Questions? Please contact us at [email protected] for more information!