A Shared Calendar for Your Montessori School
Observation days, parent education nights, closings, conferences — synced to every family's phone. No app to download. No portal to check.
Create Your Montessori Calendar — FreeSound familiar?
It's a Tuesday morning and a parent walks into the Children's House classroom during the three-hour work cycle. Today is classroom observation day — she was supposed to sign up for a specific time slot and enter quietly at the back. Instead she walks straight in at 9:30, disrupts the lesson, and three five-year-olds lose their concentration. The observation protocol was in last month's newsletter.
Parent education night is Thursday at 6:30 PM. Your head of school prepared a presentation on cosmic education and the Montessori math materials. Nine parents RSVP'd. Three show up. The rest say they forgot, had a conflict, or thought it was next Thursday. Your head of school spent two weeks preparing for an audience of three.
Re-enrollment forms are due February 15th. You sent the forms home in backpacks, emailed a reminder, and mentioned it at conferences. On February 20th, four families still haven't submitted their paperwork. One family you were counting on says they didn't realize there was a deadline. Now you're not sure how many spots to open for new families.
How it works for Montessori schools
Add your school events
Add observation days, parent education nights, closings, conferences, re-enrollment deadlines — anything families need to know.
Share with families
Include the link in your enrollment packet, mention it at the parent orientation, or text it to families. They tap once to subscribe.
Events appear on their phone
School events show up in their regular calendar — right next to work meetings, doctor visits, and family plans.
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Here's what Montessori schools typically share with families:
What this looks like in practice
Elena, the school administrator, sits down in July and enters every event for the year. Observation weeks in October and March, parent education nights each quarter, all school closings, the peace celebration in January, and the moving-up ceremony in June. She creates one calendar for the Primary community and another for Elementary. It takes 30 minutes.
David, a father in the Primary community, subscribes from his phone at the fall orientation. Two months later, he is eating dinner on a Wednesday when he sees "Classroom Observation — Sign Up Required" on his calendar for the following week. He emails the teacher that evening to reserve a slot. He shows up prepared, sits quietly in the back, and watches his daughter do the golden bead material for the first time.
In December, a water main break forces Elena to close school on a Tuesday. She adds the closing event at 6 AM. By the time parents are getting kids ready for school, the closure is already on their calendars. No calling through the class phone list. No parents pulling into the parking lot to find a locked building.
How iCalFeed compares
vs. Monthly school newsletter
It is four pages long. Parents read the first paragraph and file the rest. Dates on page three go unnoticed.
Each event is a separate calendar entry on their phone. Clear, simple, impossible to bury.
vs. Classroom bulletin board
Only the drop-off parent sees it, and only if they walk all the way into the classroom.
Both parents subscribe from their own phones. The whole family stays informed.
vs. School management portal
Parents set up their account in September and never log in again. Notifications pile up unread.
Events appear in the calendar they already check daily. No separate login.
vs. Notes sent home in backpacks
The note arrives crumpled and stained with watercolor paint. If it arrives at all.
Events go straight to their phone. No paper, no paint, no lost notes.
Montessori school calendar questions
Keep every Montessori family connected
Start with the free plan — 1 calendar, 10 events. No credit card required.