It is with great excitement and anticipation that we can announce

COMPASS PAY

has been approved and activated at BHS.

This function within Compass will allow parents to Consent and/or Pay for an Event on-line and paperless.

In case you weren’t sure - camps, excursions and activities are called “Events” in the Compass system.

A parent guide for Events - Permissions and Payments has been recently added to our website, under the Compass tab, for your assistance if required.

There are so many advantages for parents when using this Compass Pay module including:

Parents are alerted of new events as soon as they are posted in Compass– no more lost notes in the bottom of school bags
The Events Page provides all the required information for each event, for each student
Medical and emergency information can be updated easily
Permission is done with a simple click of a button
Payments can be done at the same time, using most credit cards
An email confirmation of payment will be sent
A history of events is available to view - a great checking tool for past and future events
Events requiring your action are highlighted as a reminder

Sometimes we may offer optional events, on a first come first served basis. These will be called Opt-In Event Invitations. An alert will show on the Parent dashboard. Following the prompts, you may choose to accept or decline the event invitation. Once the permission and payment have been processed your child will show as “Attending”.

From the BHS perspective, teaching staff can easily and efficiently access your permissions, lists of attendees, follow up outstanding items, see the medical and emergency information etc.

Office staff will be responsible for processing the banking file containing each day’s payments. The time between a parent making a payment and BHS receiving the funds is generally 4 working days, so please be mindful of this when deadlines are approaching.

Compass Pay payments are safe and secure. Compass does not store full credit card details nor CVV numbers. Basic details are stored for auditing and verification only. Transactions are processed over SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and passed to the bank. Compass and its banking partners all subscribe to PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Council) Tier 1 rules.

During this term all BHS events will transition to this new system. In the meantime, you may see a mixture of old and new systems in use. Please be patient with us as we change our systems and train all our staff.

Further information can be found in the Compass Parent Guide for Event Permissions and Payments located on our website via the Compass menu. If you have any concerns or feedback about Compass Pay, please do not hesitate to email us.

Ballarat High School Newsletter

Issue 6 · 30 Apr 2021

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