HCSD Mobile App for Families

We’re excited to announce that the Houston County School District has launched a new mobile app called the Houston County School District app! This app is designed to streamline communication between schools and families by replacing the need for multiple apps like Class Dojo and Remind. Through the app, both the District and your child’s school will be able to share important updates in one central location.

Our goal is to provide families with a more efficient and effective way to stay informed about what’s happening at school. We know communication is extremely important, and this tool will help ensure you never miss important news or updates.

While the app is currently available to download in your phone’s App Store, please note that it will not be fully functional until the start of the 2025–2026 school year.

With the app, families can now:
📅 View a calendar of events
📰 Stay up-to-date with District and school-wide announcements

Once school begins in July, families can:
👩‍🏫 Connect directly with their child’s teacher through the Classrooms feature
📷 View pictures sent by the school and teachers
🔔 Receive important alerts & notifications from your child’s teacher
📂 View important documents related to your child’s class and school
💬 Use two-way communication between teachers and parents

Additionally, we are launching a new mass alerts system for important messages. In addition to phone calls and email, schools now have the ability to send SMS texts. No matter what school your child attends, texts will be received from the number 98900—please save this number to your contacts.

Thank you for partnering with us. We look forward to improving how we stay connected with you!

HCSD Mobile App
Get It on Apple App Store
Get It on Google Play

There are many great features within our mobile app.

  • News Feed: This section is for District or school-wide news stories and announcements to keep all parents informed.
  • Events: The District and each school have a calendar within our mobile app where users can export to their personal calendar, open in maps on their mobile device for directions, and share the event digitally with others.
  • Infinite Campus: This features links to Infinite Campus login screen for parents and students.
  • Alerts: Alerts allow the District to engage with families through mass notification system including SMS (texts), voice calls, push notifications, email, and social media. Be on the look out for texts from 20819. 
  • Classrooms: This is a virtual classroom space for teachers to interact directly with parents through classroom posts, announcements and two-way messaging.  Teachers can also share documents and files that pertain to their class or school. This section of the app, parents will be required to login for access. The general public will not be able to view this section. Important Info: Classrooms will not be available until the school year begins. 
More content will be added to this section once Classrooms are available after the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
  • Open the HCSD mobile app.
  • Look for Home near the top of the screen.  First time users will default to the Houston County School District homepage within the app.
  • Click on Houston County School District to open the menu.
  • At the bottom of the screen, click on See All Schools.
  • Find the school's name and click on it. The app will return to the prior screen where the school selected is now available.
  • Click on the school name to open the school's homepage.
  • Open the HCSD mobile app.
  • Look for Home near the top of the screen.  First time users will default to the Houston County School District homepage within the app.
  • Click on Houston County School District to open the menu.
  • At the bottom of the screen, click on See All Schools.
  • Click on the plus sign near the top of the screen and the page will display check boxes next to each school.
  • Click to check the box beside the school.
  • Click on Done at the bottom of the screen.
  • The page will refresh and the user should see a star beside the school's name designating it as a favorite.
  • To return to the home, click cancel and then the arrow in the top left.
  • Open the HCSD mobile app.
  • Click on the menu icon in the top, left corner.
  • Click on the gear near the top of the page for settings.
  • The app will default to the language preference set in your parent Infinite Campus profile.  If you would like to change to another language, click on the box to expand Language Preference and select another language.
  • Click Save.
  • Open the HCSD mobile app.
  • Click on the menu icon in the top, left corner.
  • Click on the gear near the top of the page for settings.
  • Scroll to Help and click. The page will open to Apptegy's online support center with articles and resources.

Introduction to the App

Navigating Classrooms

Reminder: Classrooms will not be available until school begins in July.

We will be adding more to this section as additional features are available.

Q: Can we delete DoJo from our phones?

A; Many parents are choosing to keep DoJo until they have had a change to save things like pictures from the 2024-2025 school year. Since we aren't launching all of the features until school begins in July, it is possible that some schools may send message through DoJo during the summer. If you are paying for the enhanced features on DoJo, we would recommend canceling the subscription.

 

Q: Will the HCSD mobile app be the only app I need for my kids?

A; There are multiple apps used by the District but the HCSD mobile app will eventually be the only communication app used by schools replacing DoJo and Remind. The other adds, Infinite Campus, Here Comes the Bus, and MySchoolBucks, are used for other purposes besides communication.  To learn more about these apps, visit the Parent Information Center webpage.