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Every feature, in one list

Alerts, a feed, messaging, calendars, sports, staff tools and a web app, all in your school’s own private app. Here is each feature and what it does.

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Communication & feed

A feed each family shapes for themselves, and the tools staff need to fill it well.

More about My Feed

Personalized My Feed
Each user follows only the classrooms, teams and clubs they choose.
Public groups
One-tap subscribe to open groups like “School News.”
Private groups
Join by 8-digit passcode, or by a one-tap request a leader approves in the app.
Rich posts
Up to 25 photos per post, published in seconds. Admins can post as the school.
Scheduled & pinned posts
Write now and publish later. Pin a key update so it stays at the top.
Comments & replies
Families can join the conversation. Owners control where comments are allowed.
Writing Help
Five modes: more detail, clearer & warmer, shorter, grammar, and translation into 10 languages.
Clean links
Long URLs become tappable site names.
Google Forms
Attach permission slips and class forms to a post for quick, paperless collection.

Calendar, sports & school info

The everyday questions, answered in the app instead of at the front office.

Calendar & dining
Single-school or district-wide events. Add any event to a phone calendar in one tap.
Group calendars
Team and club leaders run their own events. Members filter the calendar by group.
Event announcements
An event can post to the group feed right away, or a week ahead so a whole season doesn’t flood families.
Athletics on the calendar
Games flow into the school calendar and the Today cards automatically.
Sports & schedules
Rosters, headshots, records, scores, directions, and posts from every linked group.
Staff directory
Headshots and contact details, searchable by name or subject.
Resources
Curated links from your administration. Any link can be limited to signed-in users.
Supporters & sponsors
Recognize local backers. Optional sponsor banners come with view and tap reports.
Weather & radar
Conditions and forecast at a glance.

Messaging & alerts

Three channels, each controllable: mass alerts, group posts and direct messages.

More about alerts

Mass alerts
Closings and emergencies by push, email and text, plus an automated call to anyone a text can’t reach.
Alert history
Every alert from the past year, kept in one place.
Push notifications
On iOS and Android, even when the app is closed.
Safe private messaging
Families reach staff and coaches directly. Every message is tracked and reviewable.
Photos & read receipts
Attach photos to a message and see when it was read.
Staff office hours
Quiet time for teachers: after-hours messages can wait, and families see the hours.
Event reminders
A day-before nudge for group calendar events, muted by the same group bell.
Per-group alert controls
Mute any group with one tap of the bell.
Contributor role & approvals
Parents and students can submit posts that publish only after a leader approves.

Security & platform

Built so the school decides who gets in, who can post, and who can reach whom.

Security & privacy in full

Passwordless sign-in
An email or phone code, done in about 20 seconds. Nothing to forget, with an optional password too.
Account-type access control
Students and parents can’t message one another.
Retention & oversight
Messages and posts are kept for review. District admins can see and join every group.
Report & block
Flag a post or block a user in two taps. Every report is reviewed.
Your own branded app
Custom logo, colors, menu and labels on the App Store and Google Play.
Multi-school
Switch schools within a district without signing in again.
Instant updates
Improvements ship over the air, with no App Store wait.

Easier to judge on a screen than on a list. We’ll walk you through it with your own schools set up.

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Web app

Teachers and office staff can do everything from a computer, with nothing to install.

Same app in a browser
Post, message, manage groups and run your calendars from a laptop or Chromebook.
Your school’s own address
yourschool.schoolcourier.app opens straight into your district, in your colors.
One account, both places
The same passwordless code or password. Your groups and permissions follow you.
Built for a keyboard
Write longer posts, paste from a document, attach photos straight from your computer.
Nothing to install or update
Always the current version. No app store, no IT rollout.
Bots & crawlers blocked
A one-time human check keeps the site out of search engines and away from scrapers.
Notifications stay on the phone
The web app is for working at a desk. Push alerts still arrive on the phone.

Devices & accessibility

Works on what your families and staff already carry.

Works on what you already have
iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, and any modern browser.
Tablet & desktop layout
Content settles into a readable column instead of stretching edge to edge.
Light & dark mode
Looks right in both, automatically.
Accessibility
Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and TalkBack are supported.
Built for patchy signal
The app keeps working through a dropped connection and catches up when it returns.
No ad networks
The only banners are the local sponsors you choose to recognize.

For staff & school leaders

Delegate posting to the people closest to the news without giving up the final say.

Roles per group
Owner, leader, contributor and member, each with its own posting, commenting and calendar rights.
Approve before it publishes
Pending posts and comments queue for a leader, who approves or denies in a tap.
Approval reminders
Leaders see what’s waiting at a glance, and a push and email nudge follows so no family is left pending.
Group management
Create groups, add leaders, share or reset passcodes, view the roster, set the order.
Custom menu & labels
Choose what appears in the tab bar and rename it for your school.
Staff directory & rosters
Bulk-import staff with headshots, subjects and contact details.
Office-hours defaults
Set school-wide messaging hours. Teachers can keep them or set their own.

Rollout & support

We do the launch work, and you can always reach the people who build the app.

Guided launch
We build your branded apps, submit them to both app stores, and set your district up.
Promo kit for families
Flyers, QR codes and social graphics ready to send home.
Help Center
A searchable how-to site for families, kept current with the app.
Per-page admin help
Step-by-step guidance built into every screen of the admin console.
In-app help requests
Staff and families report a problem without leaving the app, screenshots included.
Weekly onboarding updates
A Monday progress note: who has signed up, what’s waiting on a leader, and what we’d suggest next.
A real support line
Email support@schoolcourier.com and reach the people who build the app.

Need this as a handout?

The feature overview puts the whole list on two pages, ready to share with your leadership team or technology committee. No form.

Feature overview (PDF)