The school-approved app that keeps secondary students, families, and teachers connected.

Teachers and coaches can now reach middle and high schoolers in the app families already use. No personal numbers, every message on record, and your district decides who can chat. Free for everyone.

Everything students need from school, in one app

Students check one place for what’s happening. Every post and message is visible to the school and district leaders. Available on web, iOS, and Android.

Chat

Teachers and coaches can safely message students, with admin oversight.

Teachers, coaches, and advisors can reach students on a channel you can see. No phone numbers swapped.

Teachers start every conversation, and student-started chats stay off unless your district turns them on
Roll it out your way, school by school and teacher by teacher
Parents approve first in grades 6–8 and see every message

A chat in which Mr. Delgado checks in with his student Priya about the study guide

Story

School news they’ll actually see.

Class, school and district posts show up where students actually look. Important announcements no longer get lost in an inbox.

One feed for class, school and district photos and videos
Students show support with likes, and comments can be turned on or off
Families read along in 190+ languages

A school Story post from Ms. Whitfield congratulating the Robotics Club on placing second at regionals

Events

Games, clubs, and activities all in one place.

School and class events go straight to students, so they don’t have to wait for a grown-up to pass them on.

Events show up in the student’s feed, so they’re right there when they log in
Students can ask questions right on the event post, and everyone sees the answer
Families see it too, so plans at home match plans at school

Chat

Teachers and coaches can safely message students, with admin oversight.

Teachers, coaches, and advisors can reach students on a channel you can see. No phone numbers swapped.

Teachers start every conversation, and student-started chats stay off unless your district turns them on
Roll it out your way, school by school and teacher by teacher
Parents approve first in grades 6–8 and see every message

Story

School news they’ll actually see.

Class, school and district posts show up where students actually look. Important announcements no longer get lost in an inbox.

One feed for class, school and district photos and videos
Students show support with likes, and comments can be turned on or off
Families read along in 190+ languages

Events

Games, clubs, and activities all in one place.

School and class events go straight to students, so they don’t have to wait for a grown-up to pass them on.

Events show up in the student’s feed, so they’re right there when they log in
Students can ask questions right on the event post, and everyone sees the answer
Families see it too, so plans at home match plans at school

Reach students without a personal phone number

ClassDojo for Districts can connect families to their child on their school device, if your district turns it on. This keeps phones out of the classroom and the front office free from unnecessary calls.

Families message their child directlyFamilies send messages using the ClassDojo account they already use every day.
Students respond on school devicesKids receive and respond to messages on their school device, staying reachable without needing a personal phone.
School-managed guardrailsFamily messaging is optional, and schools choose whether to turn it on. Teachers and staff stay on the thread so every conversation remains safe and school-appropriate.
Built for safetyThere’s no peer-to-peer chat and no social feed—just a secure channel designed for family communication.

Keep every student safe, and every school compliant

Every conversation follows the same safety rules.

Learn more about our student messaging feature

1
Only approved staff can message students
Only teachers, coaches, or staff connected to a class can start a chat with students.
2
A parent in every middle school thread
Grades 6 to 8 need parent consent before a student can chat.
3
Scanned automatically
Images and text are checked for harmful content, and anything flagged goes to your team for review.

Every message saved

Messages stay on record, and even deleted messages stay visible to school and district admins.

One platform, from kindergarten through 12th grade

The same ClassDojo your elementary schools already trust, with an experience designed for older students. There’s nothing new for families to download.

Points

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StoryChats

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Elementary

Designed for family engagement (grades PreK to 5)

School and class stories with video
Points with families looped in
Direct teacher messaging

Secondary

Designed for student engagement (grades 6 to 12)

Messaging with teachers, with a parent in the thread required for grades 6 to 8
Story, chats, and events, the way students expect an app to work
A grown-up app: initials, not monsters, and seamless sign-in

Security and control your IT team can rely on

Identity
Students and staff sign in with the Google or Microsoft account your district issues. Single sign-on is required, and no one creates their own account.
Rostering
Accounts come from your SIS roster, so the district decides who’s in.
Access
You turn secondary on and choose the schools. Teacher–student messaging is a separate decision and only works when the district, school, and teacher switches are all on.
Records
Announcements and messages sit in one searchable audit log, with role-based access and export.
Safety
Images and text are scanned automatically, and flagged content goes to a review dashboard your team can act on.

Secondary schools are already seeing the difference

“Those daily updates keep families in the loop, give students pride in their work, and show our community that clear communication is the foundation of trust.”— Tracey Widmann, PrincipalRead case study: McDowell High School, PAMcDowell High School, PA1,400students90%of families connected
“It’s about helping students feel seen, connected, and proud to be part of something.”— Catrena Giles, Resource TeacherRead case study: Lennard High School, FLLennard High School, FL70%PBIS participation, up from 50% in two years
“In a large high school navigating complex logistics and diverse families, that connection isn’t just helpful; it’s essential.”— Leslie Sarousi, Assistant PrincipalRead case study: Passaic High School, NJPassaic High School, NJ~3,000students4campuses

Three teenagers reading on a train platform

Bring ClassDojo to your middle or high school

We’ll show you where ClassDojo is already in use across your district, and map out what it takes to reach every secondary school.

Questions districts ask

Yes. Students in grades 6 and up get a grown-up version of ClassDojo, with no monsters or cartoons. Their avatar is their initials, and the app has just two tabs, Story and Chats, with the same clean design as our apps for teachers and families. Students move into it automatically, based on their grade.

Very little for you. Your district turns it on, picks the schools, and decides whether teachers can message students. Students sign in with the school account they already have, and families keep using the same app they know from elementary school. You can add schools anytime during the year.

In middle school, yes. A parent says yes before their child can chat, and is part of every conversation. In high school, teachers and students message directly, but nothing is private from the school, and families can ask for the record. Want a parent in every chat? Keep high schools on the middle school setting.

No. Students can’t message each other. Teachers and staff decide how every conversation starts.

With the Google or Microsoft account your district already gives them, so there’s no new password to forget. Only students on your district’s roster at a partner school can get an account, so you always control who’s in.

Automatically, and all in one place. Every message, from teacher-student chats to district announcements, is saved and searchable. Images and text are checked for harmful content, and anything flagged goes to your team to review. When a question comes up, school leaders can read the whole conversation and export it.

No. The school and district platform is free, and it has been for more than a decade. ClassDojo is used by 1 in 4 American families every week and in 95% of U.S. schools. In the last two years, 1 in 5 K–12 schools and districts have moved to ClassDojo.

Less than you’d think. Staff and students need two things set up: rostering, so class lists stay in sync, and single sign-on, so everyone uses one school login. Our team checks both with you first, and most districts start with a few schools before going districtwide.

Just three things: invite students from the class roster, help them sign in with their school account, and start messaging. It’s the same for a middle school teacher and a high school coach. Full instructions are in the help center.

The school-approved app that keeps secondary students, families, and teachers connected.

Everything students need from school, in one app

Teachers and coaches can safely message students, with admin oversight.

School news they’ll actually see.

Games, clubs, and activities all in one place.

Teachers and coaches can safely message students, with admin oversight.

School news they’ll actually see.

Games, clubs, and activities all in one place.

Teachers and coaches can safely message students, with admin oversight.

Reach students without a personal phone number

Your families are already here. Now students can be too.

Keep every student safe, and every school compliant

Only approved staff can message students

A parent in every middle school thread

Scanned automatically

Every message saved

One platform, from kindergarten through 12th grade

Elementary

Secondary

Security and control your IT team can rely on

Identity

Rostering

Access

Records

Safety

Secondary schools are already seeing the difference

Bring ClassDojo to your middle or high school

Questions districts ask