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One calendar.
Everything else handled.

Import your school calendar once. Phone Tree drafts a full year of parent communications and creates sign-up pages for every event that needs volunteers — automatically, without a single spreadsheet or 3pm "hey did anyone send that email yet."

No spam. No newsletters. Just an email when you're in.

Illustration of a room parent with a megaphone outside a school, connected by a winding dashed path to neighborhood homes and an apartment building

What it does

Your calendar does more than track dates. It can actually run your whole volunteer program.

Upload your school calendar and Phone Tree does two things automatically: drafts every parent communication for the year, and creates public sign-up pages for every event that needs organizers. One import. Done. You can even close the tab.

For School or PTA Coordinators

Manage the whole picture — without becoming the person everyone texts.

Year Wizard

Import your calendar. Get a full year of comms drafted in minutes.

Auto sign-up pages

Events that need organizers get a public sign-up link — generated from your calendar. Not a new spreadsheet. Not a Google Form someone made at 11pm.

Room parent onboarding

Simple sign-up link. Parents click, they're assigned, done. No chasing required.

Live dashboard

See who's sent, who's signed up, who's been "about to do it" for three weeks — and nudge them without making it a whole thing.

For Volunteers

Room parents, event organizers — everyone knows exactly what they signed up for. In writing. Timestamped.

Pre-drafted messages

Coordinator-written drafts land in your inbox, ready to review and send. You still get to sound thoughtful. You're welcome.

Your own email

Families hear from a name they recognize — not a no-reply robot from the void. Which means they might actually open it.

Direct messaging

Coordinators can message room parents and event organizers directly from within the platform — no separate email thread required.

Event organizer sign-ups

Claim a spot to lead an event from a public link. No account needed to browse — just sign up when you're ready.

Messages
Sign-ups
Sent
Spring Carnival · Event Organizer Sign-up
phonetree.app/signup/events/spring-carnival
2/3 filled
Field Trip Permission
Claimed by You
Spring Concert Reminder
Unclaimed
PTA Meeting — Thursday
Partner claimed
Class Photo Order Forms
Sent

See it in action

Product walkthrough — coming soon

~3 min

FAQ

Questions you definitely have.

(We've done extensive imaginary research interviews with busy parents.)

Absolutely not. Families get emails. That's it. No app to download, no account to create, no 'I never got that' or 'it went to spam.' Just emails in their inbox, like it's 2007 and everything was fine.

Your school or PTA coordinator drafts the messages. Phone Tree delivers them to your inbox, ready to review and send. You click send from your actual email — so families hear from a name they recognize, not a no-reply robot. Bold of you to have asked a practical question. We're here for it.

Yes — specifically this. You can 'claim' a message so your co-parent sees you've got it, or hand it off when life happens. No more 'I thought YOU sent it.' No more that look at pickup.

Fair skepticism. You upload your school calendar — field trips, picture day, fundraisers, class events. Phone Tree reads it and drafts a full year of parent communications for each classroom. Your coordinator reviews and adjusts. Room parents get the messages in their inbox when it's time to send. It really is that straightforward — the magic is that someone thought through the workflow so you don't have to.

When you mark an event as needing organizers in your calendar, Phone Tree generates a public sign-up page automatically. You share one link — parents see all upcoming events that need help, click to claim a spot, and create an account. No spreadsheet, no email thread, no 'who has the sign-up sheet?' It's all tied to the same calendar you're already using for communications.

Family emails stay within your school. We don't sell data, we don't run ads, and we don't use your parent roster to market anything. Importantly, we don't store any student data — not even names. Phone Tree only needs parent contact information to work. We're here to help you communicate. That's genuinely the whole business.

We're in early access. Join the waitlist and you'll be among the first to know pricing — and the first to get in. Spoiler: it won't make you cry.

One calendar. Communications drafted.
Sign-up pages live.

Join the waitlist. We'll let you know when we're ready for your school — and we promise to be brief, useful, and never make you attend a virtual webinar at 7pm on a Tuesday.