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We recommend launching Honeycomb in at least one classroom or across an entire grade to start, and then approaching your PTA/PTO or school administration to help roll it out across the school. PTAs and school admins usually support Honeycomb when they can see a populated, active Honeycomb relevant to their school.

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How to share Honeycomb with your classroom or grade

First, make sure your smart calendar is set up so you have something useful to share with families.

Next, invite a few parents you already know to Honeycomb via text*. These parents will be your “starter” crew. Then, when you’re ready to invite the rest of your class or team families, you can send screenshots of your Honeycomb directory and smart calendar to get attention and build excitement. (We save these screenshots to your camera roll to make it easy.)

• Text invites need to be done one-by-one –– not convenient for inviting larger numbers of families but great for inviting the first few families you already know.

Make sure your school structure is correct

If you do have a parent directory

If you don’t have a school directory

How to invite families when you don’t know their classroom or team

How to get your PTA/PTO or school administration to roll out Honeycomb across your school

Why should schools care about the strength of their parent community? Strong parent communities lead to better outcomes for children. For children to learn, teachers to feel effective and supported, and PTOs/PTAs to thrive, parents need to have strong connections with each other.

The U.S. Surgeon General, in his recent advisory on the urgent parent mental health crisis, specifically highlights the role of schools, asking them to play a leading role in building parent communities:

But I have too many school apps already! 😫

If you do have a school directory

If you don’t have a school directory