Getting started: your family's first week

This guide walks you through what you can do in your first week as a parent. Work through it in order, or jump to whatever you need first. Each step takes a few minutes.

Some of these features depend on what your school turns on. If a tab or button is missing, your school has not enabled that part yet, and that is normal.

1. See your child's progress

Open your child's profile and look at their observations and progress. The teacher records what your child works on during the day and tracks their growth across the areas of development.

The progress view shows each area with a status for every skill, from not yet presented through to mastered. Children move at their own pace, so it is normal to see different levels in different areas.

2. Add your guardians and contacts

Open your child's profile and click the Contacts tab. Add the guardians and caregivers in your family, plus medical professionals and any other important contacts the school may need to reach.

Mark anyone who is allowed to collect your child as authorized for pickup. The school checks this list when someone other than you arrives at the door, so keep it current.

3. Read report cards

Open your child's records to read their report cards. They are published at the end of each assessment period and describe how your child is growing across each area of development.

Montessori report cards do not use letter grades. The narrative the teacher writes is the part to read closely, since it explains what your child is doing and what comes next.

4. Sign up for meal plans

If your school serves meals, sign each child up for the meal plan from their Meals tab. Open the child's profile, click Meals, and make your selections for the days the school allows.

What you can do here varies by school. If the Meals tab does not appear, your school handles meals in-house and there is nothing for you to set up.

5. View and pay your invoice

Open the Payments tab to see your invoices. Each one shows the amount, the due date, and whether it is paid or still outstanding.

Click an invoice to review the line items, then pay with a card. Payments run through Stripe, so your card details go to Stripe and are not stored by the school.

6. Upload important documents

Open your child's profile and click the Documents tab to upload the files the school needs, such as vaccination records or identification.

Keep these up to date. If the school asks for a document you have not provided yet, this is where it goes.

7. Add clubs and activities

Open your child's Subscriptions tab to subscribe them to after-school clubs and other activities. Pick the activity, confirm, and the school adds your child to the roster.

The subscribe button is only active when a club is open to your child's classroom and they are not already in it. If your child is already in every club open to their room, or none are open to it yet, the button is greyed out.

8. Message the school and other parents

Use messaging to reach your child's teachers, the office, and your classroom group. Open the messages icon (the speech bubble) in the top navigation bar.

Each classroom has a shared board that the parents and teachers in that room can see. For something private, message a teacher or the office directly.

9. Check the school calendar

Open the Calendar tab to see school events, closures, and trips. You see school-wide entries and anything specific to your child's classroom.

Click an entry for the full details. You can also add the calendar to your own app so events sync automatically.

10. Sign up for the daily digest

Open your profile and go to Notifications, then turn on the daily digest. You get an end-of-day email summarizing your child's day, including attendance and any tracking entries.

This is the easiest way to stay in the loop without checking the app throughout the day. You can turn it off again any time from the same place.

That covers the basics. From here your week settles into a rhythm: check the dashboard in the morning, read the digest in the evening, and message the teacher whenever you have a question. The rest of this help center covers each area in depth.