The back-to-school checklist for parents

A little setup at the start of the year saves a hundred small scrambles later. Here's a practical back-to-school checklist for parents.

Paperwork & accounts

• Complete enrollment and emergency forms
• Set up your parent portal (grades, attendance) and get any activation codes
• Connect to your child's class apps (ParentSquare, Canvas, Remind, ClassDojo)
• Confirm transportation, bus route and times, or pickup plan

Supplies & routines

• Get the school supply list and stock up
• Set a morning routine and a homework spot
• Add key dates to a shared family calendar

The step most parents skip

Sort out how you'll keep up with school messages before the flood starts. Between the district, the school, and every app, the volume is real, and the important messages look like the routine ones. Deciding now how you'll catch the ones that matter is the difference between a calm year and a year of last-minute scrambles.

One place for all of it

AVVI reads your school email and texts, sorts them into Now, Later, and Handled, and surfaces only what needs you, so the whole year's worth of messages stays under control from day one.

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