🎓 Homeschool Grades — What's New This Month!

We've been hard at work adding new features, improving existing tools, and fixing bugs to make Homeschool Grades even better. Here are just some of the exciting updates released this month!

✨ New Features

📝 Worksheet Generator

Create and print professional worksheets in seconds! Generate:

• Math fact drills
• Spelling practice
• Handwriting & copywork
• Letter and number tracing
• Word searches
• Telling time worksheets
• Counting money activities
• Mazes
• Sudoku puzzles
• Blank ruled, graph, primary, and dot-grid paper

Most worksheets include optional answer keys, and your Recently Generated list lets you quickly re-download or edit previous worksheets.

💬 Parent & Student Communication

A brand-new messaging system makes it easier than ever for parents and students to stay connected.

📚 Reading Log Redesign

A cleaner, more organized reading log with several new features and improvements.

📅 Custom Breaks, Vacations & Holidays

Easily add custom breaks, vacation days, and holidays to your school calendar.

📒 Notebook

A powerful OneNote-style notebook for your entire account featuring:

• Color-coded sections
• Custom icons
• Rich text editing
• Auto-save
• File attachments

📖 Student Book Reports

Students can complete guided book reports directly from their portal, including:

• Summary
• Favorite part
• What they learned
• Star rating
• Recommendation

Parents can review, leave feedback, approve reports, and quickly see which reports are waiting for review.

🧩 Maze Maker

Students can design their own mazes, share them with siblings, and play community-created mazes with solve tracking and a family gallery.

⚔️ Duel a Sibling

Challenge another student on your account to a live best-of-five Math or Spelling competition complete with online status indicators and instant challenge invitations.

🔧 Improvements

📚 Reading Log

• Automatic book cover images
• Scan book barcodes (UPC) to add books instantly
• Reading status tracking
• Expanded genre library

📅 Lesson Planner

A brand-new year-at-a-glance calendar featuring:

• Daily lesson counts
• Completion color indicators
• Holiday markers
• Support for custom school weeks
• Full Year View
• PDF printing

👤 Student Avatars

Students can now choose between:

• Uploaded profile photos
• Initial badge avatars
• Fun animal avatars

Displayed throughout the student portal, games, and leaderboards.

🔐 Student Sign-In

Students can now log in using:

• Email or username
• Password or 6-digit PIN
• "Stay Signed In" option
• Forgot Password support

🎮 Arcade

New and improved educational games including:

• Falling Words
• Balloon Pop
• Snake
• Memory Match
• Math & Spelling Speedway
• Whack-a-Mole
• And more!

Parents can also control access to Arcade, Coding, and Typing for each student individually.

⌨️ Typing & Coding

New daily activities including:

• Typing drills
• Daily Bible verse typing lessons
• WPM tracking
• Stars and rankings
• Learn to Code robot puzzles
• Rotating Daily Coding Challenge

Student ID Cards

Now includes:

• Live design preview
• Multiple card styles
• QR codes
• Optional clear protector and lanyard available for just $4.99

• ❤️ Thank you to everyone who continues to send us feedback and feature ideas. Your suggestions help shape Homeschool Grades, and we have even more exciting updates already in development!

Hello HomeschoolGrades Families,

We’ve been hard at work making HomeschoolGrades even better! Here are the latest updates and new features now available in your account:

✨ Student Icons & Enhanced Viewing

Students can now have their own profile icons, making it easier to identify and manage multiple students throughout the platform.

📊 Date Range Reports

You can now generate reports for custom date ranges, giving you more flexibility when creating records and tracking progress.

⚡ Inline Grade Editing

Edit grades directly on the page without opening additional screens, making grade management faster and easier than ever.

🕒 New Timeline View for Lessons

A brand-new Timeline View has been added to Lesson Planning, helping you visualize your day and scheduled activities with time-based organization.

💬 Parent Communication Center

Stay connected with students through our new communication tools designed to make parent-student interactions easier and more organized.

🎨 User Interface Improvements

We've made numerous updates throughout the platform to improve usability, navigation, and overall appearance.

🚌 Field Trip Attendance Tracking

Field trips now display which students are attending, making planning and record keeping much easier.

📝 Notebook Feature

Keep all your important notes in one place with our new Notebook feature. Great for lesson planning, reminders, observations, and more.

Thank you for being part of the HomeschoolGrades community! Your feedback continues to help shape the platform, and we’re excited to keep bringing you new features and improvements.

As always, if you have suggestions or need assistance, simply reply to this email—we'd love to hear from you!

We've been hard at work making the platform even better! This update includes many UI improvements, bug fixes, and exciting new features designed to make managing your homeschool experience easier than ever.

📱 Improved Mobile Navigation

We've added a brand-new mobile menu bar to make navigating the platform on phones and tablets faster and easier.

👨‍🎓 More Student Portal Controls

Parents now have even more control over what students can access.

• Hide entire sections of the Student Portal with a simple toggle switch.
• Sections that are turned off will completely disappear from the student's view.
• All sections remain enabled by default, giving you full flexibility to customize your student's experience.

📖 Verse of the Day

Enjoy a new Bible Verse of the Day feature available for families and students.

⌨️ Keyboard Practice

Students can now improve their typing skills with our new Keyboard Practice tool!

Features include:

• Kid-friendly typing lessons
• Virtual keyboard guidance
• Star rewards and progress tracking
• Fun and easy learning experience

📁 Student File Uploads Tab

We've added a new File Uploads tab that allows you to quickly view all files a student has uploaded to their lesson plans in one convenient location.

📝 New Grading Page

We've introduced a brand-new grading page to make grading faster and easier.

Don't worry—if you prefer the previous grading system, it's still available under the Students page, so you can continue using the grading method you're most comfortable with.

🔧 UI Improvements & Bug Fixes

This update also includes numerous user interface enhancements, performance improvements, and bug fixes throughout the platform to provide a smoother experience for everyone.

Thank you for your continued support and feedback!

Many of these improvements were inspired by suggestions from our amazing homeschool community.

We're excited to announce several new features and improvements to Homeschool Lite!

🔐 Enhanced Student Login Permissions

Parents now have greater control over the student experience with expanded student login permissions. Customize what students can access and view within their accounts.

💰 Spark Coins Rewards System

Motivate and reward students with our new Spark Coins system. Students can earn rewards for completing lessons and achieving milestones.

✝️ Bible Verse of the Day

Enjoy daily inspiration with a new Bible Verse of the Day available for both students and parents.

📚 Subject Organization & Sorting

Easily organize your subjects by moving and sorting them in the order that works best for your family.

📥 Curriculum Template Imports

Save time by importing lessons directly from curriculum templates into your lesson plans.

📋 Lesson Plan Sorting

Customize the order of lessons so both teachers and students see them exactly how you want.

🍽️ Lunch Break Feature

A new Lunch Break option has been added to the Lesson Planner, making it easier to build realistic daily schedules.

🆔 Student & Teacher ID Cards

Create and generate personalized student and teacher ID cards directly within the platform.

Thank you for using Homeschool Lite! We continue working to make homeschooling easier, more organized, and more rewarding for families.

🎉 New Features & Improvements Are Here!

👩‍🎓 Student Logins Now Available Students can now securely log into the Lite Version to access their information more easily.

📋 Drag & Reorder Subjects in Grades Quickly organize your subjects with the new drag-and-drop reordering feature.

🧪 NEW: Testing Hub Build grade-level tests using our shared question bank!

✔️ Auto-graded results

✔️ One-tap import to Standardized Test Scores

✔️ Easily add results directly into Grades

📱 Bug Fixes & Improvements Fixed Lesson Planner Month View issues on smaller screens and mobile devices for a smoother experience. Thank you for using HomeschoolGrades Lite! More exciting updates are on the way.

We’re excited to announce several new feature updates and improvements now available in the Full Version of Homeschool Grades!

📅 Calendar Display Updates

We’ve added new calendar customization options directly from the Attendance page settings.

New options include:

• Show or hide U.S. holidays
• Display upcoming field trips on the calendar
• Auto-collapse past months to reduce clutter
• Automatically open to the current month for easier viewing
• You can now mark Holidays directly within Attendance tracking.

📚 Lesson Planner Updates

• 📂 Student File & Note Uploads - Students can now upload files and notes directly from their Student Portal for assigned lessons.
• ✅ Lesson Steps - You can now create optional sub-tasks within lessons that students or parents can check off as they complete them.
• 📝 Upcoming Quizzes in Lesson Planner - Any upcoming quizzes or tests assigned to students will now automatically appear within the Lesson Planner for easier scheduling and visibility.

📝 New Feature: Quizzes

You can now create and assign quizzes/tests directly to students through the Student Portal.

Features include:

• Students can complete quizzes online
• Quiz results can be imported directly into Grades
• Easier tracking of assessments and progress

We’re continuing to improve Homeschool Grades with features designed to make homeschool organization easier, faster, and more flexible for families.

Thank you for your continued support!

We’re excited to share a new round of updates to Homeschool Grades Lite this week! Our focus has been on improving usability, performance, and making everyday tasks faster and easier for homeschool families.

Here’s what’s new:

✅ Refreshed Dashboard

We’ve cleaned up the dashboard layout to make navigation simpler and more organized.

📱 Improved Mobile Experience

The phone view has been redesigned for a cleaner, more modern look and a smoother mobile experience.

⚡ Faster Recurring Lesson Planning (Coming This Week or Next Week)

We’re introducing improvements that will allow you to build recurring lessons much faster and more efficiently.

🎯 Lesson Plan UI Improvements

We fixed several UI issues within Lesson Plans and improved the overall workflow and usability.

📄 Better PDF Report Exports

Report exports have been redesigned to create cleaner, more professional-looking PDF documents.

📝 Report Card Fixes & Layout Improvements

We resolved bugs affecting report cards and updated the layout for a more polished appearance.

📅 Sick Day Feature Added

You can now mark a sick day and automatically move lessons to another day with less manual work.

We appreciate all of your feedback and support as we continue improving Homeschool Grades Lite.

Hello,

We’re excited to announce several new updates and improvements designed to make your experience even better!

🎓 New Features Added

• Homeschool Grades Detailed View Added and Icons

Easily manage and track homeschool grading records.

• College Prep Tools

New features to help students stay organized and prepared for college planning.

• Diplomas Added

Support for diploma tracking and management is now available.

• Custom Subject Icons

Personalize your subjects with new custom icons for a cleaner and more organized experience.

📊 Improved Grades Page

We’ve introduced a new detailed grade view that gives you a better understanding of:

• Individual grades
• GPA calculations
• Academic progress
• Overall performance insights
• Personalize your subjects with new custom icons for a cleaner and more organized experience.

🌎 International Signup Support

Users can now create accounts and sign up from countries outside of the USA, making our platform more accessible worldwide.

We’re constantly working to improve the platform and appreciate all of your support and feedback. More updates are coming soon!

Thank you for being part of our community.

We’re excited to roll out several new features to make your experience even more powerful and connected.

Introducing: Community

We’ve launched a brand-new Community page where you can:

• Ask questions and get help from other users
• Share your favorite homeschool hacks
• Post helpful resources
• Request new features directly from our team

This space is built for you—jump in, explore, and connect with others!

New Feature: Recurring Activities

You can now create recurring activities to save time on tasks you repeat regularly. Set it once, and we’ll keep everything on track for you.

Flashcards Just Got Better

We’ve expanded how you can create and import flashcards:

• Upload using CSV files
• Use ready-made templates
• Copy and paste your content directly
• Even generate flashcards using AI

This makes it faster and easier than ever to build out your study materials.

We’re always improving based on your feedback, so be sure to check out these new features and let us know what you think.

If you have any questions or need help getting started, feel free to reach out anytime.

We wanted to let you know about a new option we’ve added—our Lite version of Homeschool Grades.

Since you’re currently using the full version, nothing is changing with your account or features. You’ll continue to have access to everything you’re using today.

The Lite version is simply a more streamlined, lower-cost option designed for families who may not need all the features included in the full version. We’re offering it to make the platform more flexible for different needs.

If at any point you feel the Lite version might be a better fit, you can review the differences here: https://homeschoolgrades.com/versions.php

Of course, if you’re happy with your current setup, there’s nothing you need to do.

If you have any questions, feel free to reply—we’re always here to help.

We’ve rolled out several new features and upgrades to make your experience faster, easier, and more flexible:

🆕 New Features

• Bulk Add Tests Modal – Quickly enter multiple tests at once, saving you time and effort.

• Build My Week Modal – Streamline your lesson planning by adding a full week of content in just a few clicks.

📊 Dashboard Upgrades

• Quick Attendance Widget – Take attendance directly from your dashboard.

• Grade & Lesson Tracking – Enter grades and check off completed lessons right from the widget.

• Notes & Checklist Widgets – Add or hide these widgets to fit your workflow.

• More Custom Widgets – Expanded customization options in the dashboard settings modal.

These updates are designed to help you stay organized and save time throughout your day.

As always, we’d love your feedback—let us know what you think!

We’re excited to roll out two powerful new features to make tracking progress even easier!

✅ Weighted Grading

You can now assign different weights to assignments, quizzes, tests, and more—giving you more accurate and flexible grade calculations.

📈 GPA Performance Charts

Get a clear visual of student progress with our new GPA performance graphs right on your dashboard. Quickly spot trends, improvements, and areas that may need attention.

What you can do:

• Customize grade categories and assign weights
• Automatically calculate more accurate final grades
• View GPA trends with easy-to-read charts on your dashboard

To get started, head over to your Settings page to enable Weighted Grading, and check out the new charts on your dashboard.

🧩 Customizable Dashboard Widgets

Make your dashboard your own! You can now turn widgets on or off to focus on the information that matters most to you.

🍎 Sign in with Apple

Logging in is now faster and more secure with Apple Login support.

Your feedback helped shape these features—keep it coming!

🔢 Show grade percent next to letter grade

Displays the numeric percentage (e.g. A 95%) alongside the letter grade on the transcript.

Fixed issues with Students being logged out ever 4 hours from student portal. Now its set for 90 days no auto logout.

✅ Students Can Check Off Their Own Chores!

Students can now check off their own chores, helping build responsibility 🏡 and making it easier than ever to stay organized 📋.

⚡ Quick Start: You can even import chores to get started fast—no need to set everything up from scratch!

Plus, there’s more to explore to help streamline your daily routine ⚡.

Give it a try today and let us know what you think—we’d love your feedback 💬!

We’re excited to share some new updates and improvements to your Homeschool Gradebook experience!

Core App Updates

• Added helpful modal hints and notifications to keep you informed about new features, updates, and bug fixes.

📚 Reading Log Enhancements

We’ve made major improvements to the Reading Log to make tracking books easier than ever:

• Quickly add books with automatic details and cover images.
• New Library System to search for books and add them as Read or Want to Read.
• Upload your own book cover or scan by UPC barcode to find one instantly.
• New Recommended Books section on the Parent Dashboard based on your student’s grade level (updated weekly).
• Improved reporting with stats like top books, total pages read, and more across all students.

🚌 New: Field Trip Tracking

• Easily log and track field trips for each student.
• Keep a complete record of hands-on learning experiences.
• Everything stays organized alongside your grades, activities, and lesson plans.

📝 Lesson Plan Updates

• Brand-new lesson plan templates now available for core subjects.
• Fully customizable – create your own templates to fit your student’s needs.
• Designed to make creating new templates easier and faster than ever.

🎓 Student Portal Settings

• Option to show Recommended Books directly on the student’s portal page.

🔐 Student Portal Access Updates

• Student portal access links now automatically expire after 5 days for improved security.
• Recommended Books shown to students are now tailored specifically to their grade level.

🏃 Extracurricular Activities Updates

• Enhanced reporting with top activities and stats across all students.
• Total hours are now displayed at the bottom of each student’s activity list (when hours are tracked).

We’re continuously working to improve your experience and make homeschooling easier and more organized for your family. If you have any feedback or suggestions, we’d love to hear from you!

We’re excited to introduce a few new updates to make managing your homeschool even easier and more secure!

📅 Daily Grade & Attendance Reminder Stay on track with a helpful daily email reminder to log grades and attendance for your students. No more forgetting—just quick, consistent record-keeping to keep everything up to date.

🔐 Enhanced Security Features Your account security is important to us. That’s why we’ve added:

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): Add an extra layer of protection to your account.

🔑 Active Sessions: Easily view and manage which devices are currently logged into your account, giving you more control and peace of mind.

These updates are designed to save you time, keep you organized, and ensure your information stays secure.

As always, we appreciate your support and feedback!

We’re excited to share some new updates to our Test/Assignment and Lesson Planning tools—designed to save you time and make organizing your work even easier. You can even add custom ones under your account settings.

Here’s what’s new: 📌 Category Field for Tests & Assignments

You can now assign a Category to each test or assignment, helping you stay organized and filter content more efficiently.

🔁 Recurring Lessons + Auto-Linked Tests

Lesson planning just got a big upgrade! You can now:

Create recurring lessons in your lesson plans and it will Automatically generate and link tests to those lessons (Keep in mind Recurring lessons are auto-created on the calendar up to 4 weeks ahead each time you visit the Lesson Planner)

This means no more entering the same information twice—set it once in your lesson plan, and everything connects seamlessly.

🎨 Custom Subject Colors

Add some color to your workflow! You can now assign custom colors to subjects, making it easier to quickly identify and organize everything at a glance.

These updates are all about simplifying your workflow and giving you more control over how you organize your teaching.

If you have any questions or feedback, we’d love to hear from you!

Thanks for being part of our community

We’re excited to roll out some powerful new updates to HomeschoolGrades that give you more flexibility and control over how you manage your students’ education! 🎉

✅ Enhanced Grading Scale Options

You can now customize your grading scale to better match your teaching style. Whether you prefer traditional letter grades, percentages, or a PASS FAIL structure, HomeschoolGrades makes it easy to set up a system that works for you.

👨‍🎓 Assign Subjects by Student

Managing multiple students just got easier! You now have the ability to assign subjects to Individual students Or your entire student list

This means no more clutter—each student only sees the subjects that apply to them.

We’re excited to announce that our app is now live on the Google Play Store!

Right now this is only for android devices.

We’d love for you to give it a try and share your feedback with us—it means a lot and helps us keep improving.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeschoolgrades.appDownload the App Today!

We’re excited to share some great new updates with you!

✨ Flashcard Templates Added

You can now create and use flashcard templates to make studying and reviewing material easier and more efficient with your students.

📘 Academic Structure Options

We’ve introduced new ways to customize your academic year structure, giving you more flexibility to organize terms, semesters, or quarters based on your needs.

These updates are designed to make your experience smoother, more customizable, and more effective.

We’re always working to improve the platform. If there’s something you need that we don’t currently offer, please open a support ticket and let us know. We review all suggestions and do our best to add features that help our homeschooling families.

Thank you for being part of our community!

Best regards,

The HomeschoolGrades.com Team

We’ve added new customization options to Student Reports!

You can now:

Filter reports by specific subjects or select All Subjects

Add an Extracurricular Activities page

Add an Achievements page

We’re always working to improve the platform. If there’s something you need that we don’t currently offer, please open a support

ticket and let us know. We review all suggestions and do our best to add features that help our homeschooling families.

Thank you for being part of our community!

Best regards,

The HomeschoolGrades.com Team

Coming Soon our very own Android App 📱

We’re excited to share several new features that have recently been added to the Homeschool Gradebook to help make managing your homeschool even easier.

New Features

1. State Compliance Tracker You can now see whether your homeschool records are aligned with your state’s regulations, helping you stay organized and prepared.

2. Notes Field for Subjects A new Notes field has been added when creating a new subject. This allows you to add helpful details, reminders, or curriculum notes for each subject.

3. U.S. Holidays in Attendance & Lesson Planner Both the Attendance and Lesson Planner now display U.S. holidays automatically. If you prefer not to see them, you can easily turn this off in your My Account page under Holiday Preferences.

4. New Flashcards Feature We’ve added a Flashcards tool to the Homeschool Gradebook. You can create flashcards for your students to help them study for tests or practice learning any topic you choose.

Have a Feature Request?

We’re always working to improve the platform. If there’s something you need that we don’t currently offer, please open a support ticket and let us know. We review all suggestions and do our best to add features that help our homeschooling families.

Thank you for being part of our community!

Best regards,

The HomeschoolGrades.com Team