Oskaloosa Community School District

Would you like to be notified directly when classes are cancelled?

Sign up for Iowa School Alerts — a FREE e-mail notification service provided by the State of Iowa!

This school district is a participant in the Iowa School Alerts program, which means you can sign up to receive free e-mail notifications when classes for our district, or a particular school building, are to be closed, dismissed early or started late due to weather or other circumstances.

How to Sign Up:

This is a multi-step process that you only need to do once, but it is a bit tedious. It helps to print out these instructions and the email they send you for the Account Activiation process. This will take approximately 5-10 minutes.

1. Click on “Sign Up!” in the Main Menu at https://schoolalerts.iowa.gov. This will take you to the “Enterprise A&A” screen for the State of Iowa. (If you already have an account with the State (say, for another online application), there’s no need to create another one.)

2. Type in your First Name and Last name, then click Register.

Type in your email address twice, then click Save Account Details:

Next you will see this screen below, just click OK.

The next screen tells you that you will receive an email with the next steps of the registration. Usually the email arrives by the time you read this screen, so check your mail.

The email you get will show your account information and a link to click on or copy and paste into your web browser to continue the registration.

It helps to print this information, and keep it in case you would ever want to log back into this sytem later.

Account Activation Process Instructions.

1. Click the link found in your email.

2. Enter Confirmation Token found above in this email. The Token is also part of the link above, and may be pre-filled for you.

3. Enter Code from image on web screen. This is case sensitive.

If you are not sure what the letters or numbers are, you can click the button to get a new code.

4. Click "Confirm My Account" ---- (If you get an error see below for possible error reasons.)

Most common error reasons.

• Browser was closed and cookies were deleted. Some browsers can be configured to delete cookies upon exit. To avoid this do not close the browser that you used prior to receiving this email.
• Not using the same computer that the account was created on. Accounts must be confirmed on the same computer in which it was created.

5. Choose two baseline questions and then make your own question. --- (These are security questions you can answer later if you ever forget your password.) Click Save Identity Baseline when done.

6. Enter your password. (Reminder - Passwords must be min of 8 characters, a mix of upper and lower case, and must contain at least 1 number or one special character such as !$*) Click Save New Password when done.

7. Sign in using your new account. You do not need to check the box that says to take you to your account options.

8. Click on “My Subscriptions” to add the school districts/buildings you would like to receive notices for.

9. Click on the link for the Subscription Wizard

10. Type in Oskaloosa, then click go.

11. Your search results show in a list. Click on the Oskaloosa CSD link.

11. This will take you to another page to enter your email that you want the alerts sent to for Oskaloosa Community School alerts.

Enter your email address twice then click the Add E-mail button.

If you want to add more email addresses, you can add more, or you can add a cell phone email addres in the lower section of the page.

(Please note that some wireless services providers may charge you for receiving e-mails or text messages. You are responsible for those charges.)

WARNING: Do not click the button that says:

As this seems to delete the subscription you just created.

12. Now click on the My Subscriptions link again to make sure your subscription to the alerts for Oskaloosa CSD is listed.

That’s it! After signing up you will receive e-mail notifications directly from the school whenever classes are cancelled. You can review your alert settings and all current notifications for the state at any time by visiting the Iowa School Alerts website: https://schoolalerts.iowa.gov.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost?

There is no charge to sign up for Iowa School Alerts. Funding has been provided by the IOWAccess Advisory Council, which seeks to bring more e-government services to the citizens of Iowa. Please note, however, that you are responsible for any fees charged by your wireless provider for receiving messages.

Who do I contact with questions?

Contact the school’s administration office or send an e-mail to schoolalertsinfo@iowa.gov.