Our School Hangout App

Our Hangouts, LLC

About this app

A premium alternative to big childcare business products, Our School Hangout is a comprehensive solution for education management.

Designed for preschools and private organizations that offer classes, camps and before- and after-school care, Our School Hangout streamlines operations, saving time and money. The app offers an enhanced experience for parents and teachers, giving them quick and easy access to the features they need. From class registration and making online payments to staying up to date with the latest news and class happenings, Our School Hangout makes it easy to organize, share and connect.

Experience this complete and intuitive platform with personalized one-on-one training for your office staff and teachers. Responsive support is only a phone call, email, or a text message away to ensure your needs are taken care of promptly.

Features:

1. Payment Collection & Accounting

Custom Class Payments
Payment plans specific to each class to fit your needs.

Automated Reminders & AutoPay
Automated payment reminders and AutoPay make late payments a thing of the past.

Online Payments
Integrated eCheck and Credit Card payments with low processing fees.

Automated Discounts
Turn on automated sibling discounts or apply a discount to individual accounts.

Credit and Refunds
Add a credit to an account for a family or refund back to the original form of payment.

Payment History
Parents can view and download their own payment statements.

One-Time Fees
Add a one-time fee to a family account.

Detailed Reports
Reconcile bank statements easily.

2. Day-to-Day Management

Dynamic School Calendar
A school-wide calendar with built-in signup tools.

Centralized Parent Resources
Upload essential documents into a single location.

Real-time Rosters
View and download rosters for each class, special program or event.

Attendance Tracking
View and easily update student attendance records.

Immunization and Health Records
Parents can upload immunization and required health records.

Classroom Management
Move a student to a difference class, adjust sign up days and enroll mid year.

Class Size and Waitlist Management
Set maximum class sizes with an automated waitlist.

Accept Donations
Receive donations from your parents, church or community patrons.

3. Connected Community & Engagement

Classroom Happenings
Share class highlights in real time with photo and video.

Directory
Connect your staff, parents and children.

Newsletter
Share exciting news and upcoming events.

Direct Messaging
Communicate to individual parents, a class or school wide.

Customizable Polls
Gather parent feedback.

Our School Hangout is a comprehensive education management platform with superior customer support and a commitment to adding new features frequently for a premium solution and experience.

Ratings and reviews

Update Oct 2025 - Lots of improvement to the app navigation and it's starting to mature. App owners are very open to feedback. It needs to be faster, navigating happenings is slow. Poor on Android. Keeps crashing Edit: doesn't crash anymore, issue fixed. Other feedback - navigation is messy. Menu on left hand side is hard to use. App is hard to navigate in general, usability could be easier. User work flows should be incorporated into design. Overall UI is also mid tier.

Every time when I share a picture to the parents through a private message, the picture turns. Doesn’t matter the position of the picture, EVERY TIME the picture turns itself. I'm still waiting for you to fix this and another issues...

Very buggy so far. Pictures won't save and cannot view comments. Also the feed for happenings always opens at the oldest post and forces you to scroll up every time. When you back out of the pictures, the app frequently closes. Pictures now save but still cannot view comments. Feed issue resolved!

What’s new

-Messages: Resolved image rotation issue for Android users
-Directory: Added Search option to the main view
-My Calendar: All adult family profiles can now view child/student classes and activities, with filter-by-child option under filter button
-School & My Calendar: Improved single-day view for daily activities
-Happenings & Documents: Enhanced clickable areas and drop downs for smoother navigation