Email Login and Basics

Gmail for Pembroke Public Schools

Your Pembroke Email Important Things to Know:

School/district emails are always public records. As soon as you hit Send on an email it is stored in our system and is considered a public record.
Never use your work email for personal communications like messages to your doctor, your child's teacher, other jobs, etc.
Never log into your school email on a public wifi network (i.e. coffee shops, stores, airports). When in public, after selecting a wifi network on your device, if you are not asked to enter a wifi password, then you are accessing an open, public network, and it is not secure. Hackers can see your username and password in plain text as it is sent over public wifi from your device to the site you are logging into. (The same is also true for logins to any personal accounts).

Logging into Gmail

IMPORTANT: Desktop applications will NOT work with Gmail. We must access Gmail through a web browser, preferably Chrome.
Go to https://mail.google.com
Click Sign In
Enter your email address in the format firstname.lastname@pembrokek12.org
Click Next
Enter your Pembroke Public Schools Google password
Click Next
Your inbox opens

Step 1: View the Tutorial Video to Learn Some Gmail Basics

Step 2: Review and Choose your Basic Settings

From your Gmail Inbox, click the Settings icon near the top right.
You will see options to adjust your density, set your theme, and a few other basics.

Step 3: Set up your Gmail Signature

From your Gmail Inbox, click the Settings icon near the top right.
Click See All Settings
Scroll down to the "Signature" section
Click Create New
Type in your signature. Be sure to include your full name, position and building. You can adjust font colors and sizes for a professional looking signature.

Step 4 (Optional): Make Gmail your Default Email so that Email links open in Gmail

You must be in the Chrome Browser:

If you do not see the Handler icon in your address bar: