It is important to connect parents with student portfolios, so they can access their child's online gallery, leave encouraging comments, and add family and friends to their child's fan club. Parents and fans receive an email notification when new art is published. Once a parent is connected, the student's artwork is also included in the school's public gallery, and parents can purchase keepsakes with the art imprinted. 20% of keepsake purchases are donated to your school art program.

Ways to connect parents to student galleries:

• Submit a spreadsheet that includes your students' names, grade levels, and parent email addresses.
• Print and distribute custom permission slips for students to bring home to their parents.
• Share a school-wide code with parents at home or at a school event.
• Have your students add their parent's email address using the Class Portal.
• Sync your ClassLink classes and parent email addresses.

Another reason to connect parents to student galleries is so you can communicate with them using the eNewsletter tool.