Shared family and school calendars

One calendar for a class or a household: exams, trips, birthdays, and reminders, shared only with people a manager has approved.

Who it is for

Parents and guardians who need the same school dates as the rest of a class, and families where more than one adult has to know the week. It holds activities and reminders. It does not replace the class chat.

What usually goes wrong

A trip form, an exam, and a birthday invitation often land in different chats. Each adult then copies them into a different calendar, and a later change leaves the old date in place. A space keeps one activity for that event, so the people approved into the space see the same date and the same edit.

Month calendar in Parent & Family Assistant, with class activities on several days

What the app does today

These are the pieces that exist now. Each one applies only to spaces you have joined.

Shared Calendars

Month, week, and day views, plus a list. An overview can show activities from every space you belong to, and you can hide spaces you do not need in that view.

Role-Based Permissions

A manager creates a space and approves who joins. Any member can add an activity. A manager of that space can delete one. You can edit an activity you created.

Push Notifications

Each activity can send a reminder a chosen number of days before it, and an optional reminder at 07:00 on the day. That day-of reminder is not offered when the activity starts at or before 07:00. Each phone or browser needs its own permission.

Activity Management

Dated items such as exams, birthdays, school activities, and general events. A birthday asks for a location. An exam asks for the study material. Family Calendar spaces can repeat birthdays and events yearly.

Space Collaboration

A Class space is for dates the group shares. A Family Calendar space is for the household. People join with an 8-character code, and a manager approves each request before they can see the dates.

Real-time Updates

Editing an activity updates what members see on the calendar. If the date or the reminder settings change, the scheduled reminders are updated to match.

How a shared space works

One person records the date. The other members of that space do not each have to copy it into a private calendar.

Create Your AccountSign up with email or Google. A new account can join spaces and add activities. Creating a space requires the Manager role.
Set Up SpacesA manager creates a Class or Family Calendar space and shares its 8-character code. Everyone else submits that code and waits for approval.
Add ActivitiesAdd the exam, trip, or birthday once. Include the place or the study material, and choose when the reminder should go out.
Stay OrganizedUse the calendar, the list, or the overview of all your spaces. Turn notifications on separately for each phone or browser you actually check.

Guides you can read before you sign up

The guides explain how to share school and family dates: what to write down, who should update a change, and what to keep out of a class list. They do not require an account.

Set up a shared calendar

Create an account with email or Google, join a class or family space with its 8-character code, and add the first activity. A new account can join spaces and add activities. Creating a space needs the Manager role, which you can request from your profile. Approval is not automatic.

Class spaces and family spaces

Use a Class space for dates the whole class needs, such as exams, trips, and class birthdays. Use a Family Calendar space for the household. People join with an 8-character code, and a manager approves each request before they can see the dates.

Write an activity people can act on

Include what it is, when it is, where it is, and what someone has to do. A birthday requires a location. An exam requires the study material. When the plan changes, edit that same activity instead of adding a second one.

Read the week across spaces

The calendar shows spaces you belong to in month, week, or day view, and as a list. The overview can show activities from all of those spaces together, and you can hide spaces you do not need in that view.

Reminders and who receives them

Each activity can remind members a chosen number of days before it, and optionally at 07:00 on the day. The day-of reminder is unavailable when the activity starts at or before 07:00. A reminder is sent only on devices where that person allowed notifications.

Who can add, edit, and approve

Account managers create spaces. A manager of a space approves members and can delete activities in it. Any member can add an activity, and can edit an activity they created. Users can request the Manager role from their profile. That request is not granted automatically.