Wouldn't it be great if you could have a premade Google form, into which you could enter important progress information and have it immediately converted into an email for parents?
With a bit of setup, this is possible.
If you are tech-savvy, you can do this setup on your own by following this tutorial (the new Google Forms looks a bit different, but the information in the tutorial is still good):
The main difference between the new Google Forms and what you see in this video is when you are asked to click "View Responses" (at 1:21 in the video) it will actually look more like this, and require two clicks:
Click "Responses"
Then click this symbol to enter spreadsheet view:
If that setup seems a bit out of your league, I would be happy to come set this up for you. Once set up, your form would look something like this (with the questions as specific or as general as you wish):
After clicking "Submit", the parent is immediately emailed. (There is also the option to delay all emails until a pre-set time, giving you the chance to delete or edit them before they go out later.)
A parent would receive an email that looks like this:
Click here if you would like help getting this set up for your parents!
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