Dear Staff Member of the Westfield Public Schools,

I am pleased to announce that our new emergency voice-activated and text messaging system has been installed and is ready for you to establish your account.  This system will be used for both important district-wide messages and those pertaining to only your school or building.  At first we will utilize the system for emergency messages only, mostly for school closings or delays. 

Currently only your home phone number has been entered into the system.  Please register to ensure that the number is correct.

The benefit of the Honeywell Instant Alert for Schools is that you can enter your account and edit it to include other forms of notification, such as your e-mail address, cell phone, text messaging, pager, or PDA.  I encourage you to take this opportunity to expand the ways in which we can reach you in an emergency. You can accomplish this by following a few steps in the complete attached instructions. An abbreviated set of instructions is provided below. To register:

1.   You will log into the Honeywell Web site to establish your account at https://instantalert.honeywell.com. 

Proceed to the upper right hand corner to the second box from the top that says “New User? Sign Up Now.”

Click on “School Staff.”  (If you are also a parent of a student in our school system, click on “Parent” instead. If you choose ‘parent’ you will have to choose the state and the school name in the drop down boxes and then type in the first and last name of your child along with their date of birth.)

2.   Complete the “Authentication” page by filling in the fields as required and click “Submit.” 

Another screen will appear which will ask you to establish a password and other data to secure a password protected online profile.  Again, click “submit “when complete.

3.   An Edit Profile screen is next. This is where you will verify your information and fill out information that has not been entered.  You will have the opportunity to enter additional phones or devices in the “Alert Setup” and choose the devices that you want to receive messages on for the different types of alerts that will be sent out.  Please remember to SAVE when you make any changes or update your information. 

It is important to go online to update your account to ensure that the home phone number is correct even if you do not want to extend the messages to other devices.

If you have any questions regarding the above instructions, you may contact the help desk at Honeywell at InstantAlertHelp@Honeywell.com.  In some cases, Honeywell may determine that you need to address your problem to the school district.  In those instances, you may contact:  alert@westfieldnjk12.org.

Thank you.

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Sincerely,

Margaret Dolan, Superintendent of Schools