Group Connect

Group Connect builds on Messaging Essentials to create organized, secure Rooms for every group in your district. From band to clubs to sports teams to classes, each group has a secure, safe space to connect.

Engage everyone in your community.

It’s not just about sending messages. These days, your families, students, and staff need dedicated, safe digital places to stay connected and informed.

Materials Hub

Store resources, schedules, and other materials in one centralized, accessible place for students and families—all organized by the group, team or class.

Unlimited Group Chats

When paired with Messaging Essentials, Group Connect unlocks the ability to have group chats of unlimited sizes. Offer the right communication tools to coordinate your next fundraiser, field day, or graduation ceremony.

Google Classroom Sync

Sync your Google Classroom to the Announcement Feed to streamline your workflow, save time, and keep communication centralized and organized.

Proactive AI Moderation

Support safe and meaningful connection with automated flagging and moderation tools that can prevent potential risks and concerns.

Behavior Tracking (PBIS)

Share behavior notes and recognize positive actions to support PBIS and effective classroom management.

Announcements Feed + SMS

Share updates, news, and reminders with entire classes, groups, or teams in one centralized feed integrated with your district’s mobile app. Families can receive new announcements by SMS so they never miss an update, even without the app.

Engage everyone in your community.

It’s not just about sending messages. These days, your families, students, and staff need dedicated, safe digital places to stay connected and informed.

Proactive AI Moderation

Support safe and meaningful connection with automated flagging and moderation tools that can prevent potential risks and concerns.

Materials Hub

Store resources, schedules, and other materials in one centralized, accessible place for students and families—all organized by the group, team or class.

Behavior Tracking (PBIS)

Share behavior notes and recognize positive actions to support PBIS and effective classroom management.

Unlimited Group Chats

When paired with Messaging Essentials, Group Connect unlocks the ability to have group chats of unlimited sizes. Offer the right communication tools to coordinate your next fundraiser, field day, or graduation ceremony.

Announcements Feed + SMS

Share updates, news, and reminders with entire classes, groups, or teams in one centralized feed integrated with your district’s mobile app. Families can receive new announcements by SMS so they never miss an update, even without the app.

Google Classroom Sync

Sync your Google Classroom to the Announcement Feed to streamline your workflow, save time, and keep communication centralized and organized.

Designed to grow with your goals

Add power to your platform with packages aligned to your specific needs,
from family communication to districtwide engagement and more.

Rooms: Messaging Essentials

Give families a better, centralized communications experience that connects them to your district, teachers and staff with safe and secure two-way messaging.

  • Two-Way Messaging/Chat

  • SMS Notifications for Messages

  • Automatic Message Translation

  • Message History, Basic Moderation, and Audit Logs

  • Small Group Chats

Foundations

Foundations provides the essential tools you need to establish and maintain your brand presence, as well as share messages that matter with families and guardians.

  • District-Branded Mobile App

  • Social Media for Schools

  • ADA Compliance

  • Website and CMS

  • Unlimited Mass Notifications and Alerts

  • Unparalleled Service and Support

Brand Pro

Extend your reach and elevate your brand with premium themes and tools to help your district create better content faster.

  • Premium Website Themes

  • District and School Newsletters

  • Branded Newsletter Templates

  • Granular User Permissions and Newsletter Analytics

  • AI Writing Assistance

A radically better experience

Apptegy proudly provides unmatched hospitality and a consultative approach to outstanding school marketing and communications. Because if our clients don’t succeed, neither do we.

Empower everyone to be a better communicator.

From teachers to staff to students and families, Apptegy makes it easy to create shared understanding, encourage active participation, and keep everyone in your school community informed—from teachers and staff to students and families.

Put your brand front and center.

Apptegy helps draw attention to your school district—not your software vendor—so you can build trust, foster support, and stay top of mind.

Experience our unmatched client service and support.

With an easy-to-use platform, superior client service, and research-driven understanding of your biggest challenges, Apptegy is a different kind of vendor—by design.

A radically better experience

Apptegy proudly provides unmatched hospitality and a consultative approach to outstanding school marketing and communications. Because if our clients don’t succeed, neither do we.

Put your brand front and center.

Apptegy helps draw attention to your school district—not your software vendor—so you can build trust, foster support, and stay top of mind.

Empower everyone to be a better communicator.

From teachers to staff to students and families, Apptegy makes it easy to create shared understanding, encourage active participation, and keep everyone in your school community informed—from teachers and staff to students and families.

Experience our unmatched client service and support.

With an easy-to-use platform, superior client service, and research-driven understanding of your biggest challenges, Apptegy is a different kind of vendor—by design.

Group Connect FAQs

How can schools manage communications for extracurricular activities, teams, clubs, staff groups, and more?

Apptegy’s two-way communication tools allow schools to create secure, group chats all inside the district-branded app. It lets coaches, bus drivers, teachers, and staff message their groups instantly with SMS, app, or mobile-web delivery so everyone stays up-to-date.

Messages are auto-translated, fully moderated with AI for safety, and never require staff to use personal phone numbers. District admins also have access to group chats as a protected layer of oversight and safety.

Groups can share photos, documents, and threaded replies, keeping conversations organized and on-brand. In short, Apptegy gives schools one safe, simple place to coordinate every extracurricular or staff group.

Does the Apptegy Platform flag inappropriate language or content before delivery, and who gets alerted?
Does Group Connect include behavior tracking or positive behavioral intervention and supports (PBIS)?
What does Group Connect implementation look like?

The importance of family engagement for student success.

Family engagement is a powerful strategy for the success of your students and your schools. Here are a few resources on to help:

What Parents Want

We asked over 1,400 parents and guardians a simple question: What do families want from school communication? Here's what we found.

Rethinking Parent-Teacher Communication

Parental involvement can make or break a child’s education journey. That starts with what is arguably the most important partnership for student success: the parent-teacher relationship.