Backpack Family

School admin, done — and the actions to keep your family on track

Backpack reads school email and apps, pulls out what needs doing, and drafts the reply. You tap confirm.

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  • ClassDojo
  • ParentSquare
  • Google Classroom
  • The school website
  • Email
  • The class group chat

Somebody has to read them all.

Six apps, one parent

ClassDojo, ParentSquare, Google Classroom, the school website, email and the class group chat — all separate, none talking to each other.

The deadline is on page 3 of the PDF

Forms, fees and field trips hide inside newsletters. You find them the night before, or the morning after.

You're the family's human calendar

Your partner asks you. The kids ask you. The school emails you. Backpack gives everyone the same list.

Backpack on a phone — Today view

Backpack does the admin, not just the reminder.

Other apps put the date on your calendar. Backpack also writes the reply, fills in the RSVP and tells your partner.

Backpack on iPhone — morning brief, inbox review, and synced planner views
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How it works

Three steps. Then you're caught up.

Connect Gmail or forward

Connect Gmail for direct intake, or forward any school email to your family's private Backpack address. Forwarding alone is enough — nothing sends without your OK.

Connect Gmail

or forward to

family-7k9m2x@inbound.backpackfamily.com

Backpack reads the email — you confirm

We keep the original message and pull out dates, tasks, and who each item is for. Confirm, edit, or dismiss before anything hits your calendar or to-do list.

Original message
From
Lincoln Elementary <office@lincoln.k12.example>
To
sebastian@backpackfamily.com
Subject
Field Day Update + permission slip
Hi families,

Field Day is this Thursday. Please return the permission slip by 4pm today.
Spirit colors Friday.

Thanks,
Lincoln Elementary
field-day-permission.pdf· PDF attachment
School · Lincoln ElementaryFor · SebastianDue today · 4pm
  • DEADLINEP1

    Return permission slip

    Due today · 4:00 PM

  • FYIP3

    Spirit day Friday

    Wear school colors · Friday

That's it — synced across your household

Confirmed items land on shared calendars and task lists. Switch views anytime — calendar, to-do list, kanban board, or agenda list — without re-entering school admin.

Mon

Tue

Permission slip due

P1

4pm · DEADLINE

Wed

Thu

Field Day

P2

9a · EVENT

Fri

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One plan for the whole household

All your kids, all their schools, both parents. Start with a 0-day trial on your real school email.

Founding households

$0 / month, locked

$0 / month list price after launch

  • Every kid and every school
  • Both parents, or two homes
  • Drafted replies, RSVPs and reminders
  • Cancel or pause for summer anytime
Join as a founding household