Sign up for items or a time slot

The class party needs juice boxes, the book fair needs Tuesday covered, and nobody wants a reply-all thread about either. Sign-Up Sheets is where those lists live: what’s needed, what’s covered, and one tap to put your name on something.

If Sign-Up Sheets isn’t in your menu, your school hasn’t turned it on — which features are enabled is a per-school choice.

Browse the sheets

Open Sign-Up Sheets from the main menu. The board shows every sheet open to your family, filterable by type:

• Item lists — bring things: party supplies, potluck dishes, donations.
• Schedules — cover times: book-fair shifts, chaperone slots, snack weeks.
• Appointments — book a time of your own, like parent-teacher conferences — see Book a conference time.

Each sheet shows how much is still needed and when it closes.

Claim an item

Open an item list and pick from what’s still needed. If an item needs several (24 juice boxes), choose how many you’re bringing — sheets track quantities, so “you: 12” and someone else’s 12 add up. Your claims are badged on the list, and some sheets cap how much one family can take so everyone gets a turn.

Claim a slot

Open a schedule and tap Sign up on a time that works. A full slot may offer Join waitlist — worth taking: if someone cancels, the first family in line is moved in automatically and notified. Some sheets ask a question or two when you sign up (“any allergies?”); answers go to the organizer.

For time slots you’ll also get a confirmation email, and the commitment shows up on your calendar and in your email digest’s sign-ups section — the app won’t let you quietly forget the napkins.

Where your sign-ups live

My sign-ups (a tab on the sheets page) collects everything you’ve claimed — coming up, waitlisted, and what you’ve already done this year. Plans change? See Change or cancel your sign-up.

On some sheets, who signed up for what is hidden from other families — you’ll see how full something is, not who filled it. The organizer always sees names.