How to get started with Gatherings

Gatherings is a private home for your family's homeschool, and for the co-op or group you belong to. It works for your family on its own, too.

Sign in

There's no password to remember. We email you a link and a code each time.

1. Go to the sign-in page and type your email address.
2. Leave Keep me signed in ticked on your own phone or computer. Untick it on a shared computer.
3. Tap Email me a sign-in link.
4. Open the email from gatherings.school. Tap the link, or type the code on the sign-in page. On a phone, the code is the sure way.

If the email doesn't come, see How to sign in.

Set up your family

The first time you sign in, we ask a few questions:

1. Your name, so other families know who you are.
2. Household name, like "The Garcia Family". This is how your family shows up in groups.
3. City or area (optional). Never a street address.
4. Your students: first name and birth year only (you can add a photo later on My family). Tap + Add a student for each one. Students don't get accounts. A teen who'll have their own login gets an invite later (How teen accounts work), so leave them off here.
5. Tick the box to say you're at least 18, you're the parent or guardian of the children you added, and you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
6. Tap Continue.

You can change all of this later on My family.

Find your way around

The menu at the top has Groups (once you're in one: a list of your groups to jump between, and + Start a group), then Home, Planner, Records, Calendar and My family. On a phone, swipe the menu sideways to see it all, and tap the Gatherings logo to go home.

Your Home page shows:

• Get started: a short list of first steps (add students, choose subjects, plan a week, set school-year goals, join or start a group). Each ticks itself off; tap Hide this list to put it away.
• Today: today's lessons from the planner. Check them off as you go.
• Your family: your students, with a Manage link to My family.
• Coming up: events in your groups over the next three weeks, and whether you've answered.
• Your groups: each group you belong to, with a badge for new announcements.

Next steps

• Plan your week
• Join a group with an invite link, or start one
• Add another parent