Built for Blackbaud schools
Send it once, reach every family
School Journey is the custom mobile app built for Blackbaud-powered independent schools. News, calendars, and push notifications land where families already are: on their phones.
See it with your own Blackbaud data and try it free for 30 days.
Trusted by schools like yours
In their words
“Even in the trial version, this app has become something I rely on, whether I’m double-checking a student’s name before seeing their parents at a gathering or refreshing my memory before catching up with an alum. Those small details make conversations more personal. I’m excited to introduce it to our families and explore all the ways it can help our school community stay connected.”
Sound familiar?
Families shouldn’t have to go digging
School mornings are busy enough. When news lives in five different places, the important things slip through.
Portals weren’t built for phones
Checking today’s schedule in a desktop portal on a phone is nobody’s idea of fun. School Journey puts it one tap away, in an app that meets your families where they are.
Important news gets buried
Updates sit in inboxes, newsletters, and portals, waiting to be found. Push notifications put them on families’ phones instead.
Schools need a direct line
Email goes unread and newsletters get lost. Add the app to your newsletter list, and every issue publishes there too, where families can always find it.
Everyone in the loop
Built for your whole community
Families, faculty, students, and admins each get the view that matters to them.
For families
Schedules, assignments, and school news for every child, in one simple app.
- Every child in one app
- Calendars and directories
- Push notifications
- Resource boards
- Grades, where your school shares them
For faculty
Teach more, admin less. Mobile tools for class communication and the day-to-day.
- Class announcements from Blackbaud
- Rosters and schedules
- Calendars and directories
- Family communication
- Take attendance, where enabled
For students
Everything school in one place, so nothing slips past.
- Daily schedule
- Calendars and directories
- Assignments and due dates
- Grades, where your school shares them
- School announcements
For admins
Your school’s app, your way. Branding, content, and settings from one dashboard.
- Custom branding
- Content publishing
- Calendars and directories
- Adoption and post insights
- Feature controls
Why schools choose us
Made for the way independent schools work
What schools tell us matters most when they pick a family app.
Built on Blackbaud, with room for more
We use Blackbaud’s SKY API to bring your school’s data into the app, so nobody has to enter it twice. Chats and notices that aren’t in Blackbaud live in School Journey.
From Blackbaud
- Schedules, classes, and rosters
- Calendars and directories
- News and announcements
- Assignments and grades, where your school shares them
Plus, in School Journey
- Your branding and home screen
- Who sees which posts, plus custom groups
- Notices that aren’t in Blackbaud
- Messaging, comments, and reactions in the app
Stay logged in
Families log in with the Blackbaud ID they already have. After that, their schedules, calendars, and school news are in the app, without logging in every time.
How signing in worksCustom branded app
Build a custom branded app with your school’s name and logo in the App Store and Google Play. We also have an unbranded app option available.
See pricingWe help you launch
Onboarding covers Blackbaud setup, configuration, app store submission support, and admin training, plus a launch pack with a printable guide, social graphics, an email signature banner, and a family email.
What launch looks likeYour data stays yours
Your school owns its data. We never sell it or use it for ads, and you can ask us to export it at any time.
How we handle dataHow it works
Three steps to launch day
A branded app takes six weeks or more from kickoff to launch. The School Journey app can be ready much sooner. Our team works through every step with you.
Connect Blackbaud
Install School Journey from the Blackbaud Marketplace and connect your environment. No data migration, no double entry.
Make it yours
Add your school’s colors, logo, and welcome message, and choose your features from the web dashboard.
Launch to families (opens in a new tab)
Families download the app and log in with Blackbaud. We give you a launch pack and help you plan the rollout.
Demo on your data
See your school’s app
with your own Blackbaud data
A personal walkthrough built around your school. If it’s a fit, your 30-day free trial runs on the same data.
