Our School Hangout

5.0
Overall rating
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5.0
Overall rating
Reviews

About Our School Hangout

Our School Hangout is a cloud-based class management system that streamlines school management operations for administrators, teachers, and parents. Tailored for preschools, day schools, and private educational programs, it caters to the various challenges of these settings. Features of Our School Hangout include: - Cloud-Based: Immerse yourself in the security of advanced cloud technology. The user-friendly system, accessible from anywhere, simplifies school management tasks. - Financial Management: Navigate school finances with tailored tools designed for educational institutions. Streamline payment processing, tuition handling, and billing with automated reminders and AutoPay. - Streamlining Your School Day: Our School Hangout takes care of administrative duties, providing a calendar, an all-in-one resource center, and integration of attendance and immunization record keeping. - Strengthening Community Connections: Prioritize effective communication through an easy-to-use application. Share classroom updates instantly, maintain a comprehensive school directory, distribute newsletters, and engage with interactive polls to foster a school community. - Committed to Safety and Security: Adhering strictly to the best security practices ensures that the information is always safe and well-protected. - Customization at Your Fingertips: The platform offers extensive customization options to fit specific requirements. Our School Hangout stands as a strategic ally in the educational journey. By alleviating administrative burdens, it empowers users to focus on nurturing and inspiring young minds.
Our School Hangout Software - Class Management: Easily move students, adjust sign-up days, handle mid-year enrollments, and set class size limits with an automated waitlist feature.
Our School Hangout Software - Dynamic Calendar: A school-wide calendar with built-in signup tools.
Our School Hangout Software - Customize Your School's Portal: Personalized with your logo and welcome page, gather insights with anonymous or tracked polls, and easily inform parents about events, news, or resources, keeping them engaged and informed.
Our School Hangout Software - Our Integrated App: User-friendly and intuitive, it includes all website features and more, making it the go-to app for school families. Simple and convenient, it's tailored for everyday use by parents and teachers.
Our School Hangout Software - The app enhances interaction with integrated messaging and a 'Class Happenings' section for teachers to share updates, photos, and videos, fostering easy communication and parent engagement.
Our School Hangout Software - The app seamlessly integrates class registration and tuition payments, offering parents the convenience of AutoPay, and easy access to download payment history and tax receipts, ensuring a streamlined and efficient user experience.
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Our School Hangout Software - Class Management: Easily move students, adjust sign-up days, handle mid-year enrollments, and set class size limits with an automated waitlist feature. - thumbnail
Our School Hangout Software - Dynamic Calendar: A school-wide calendar with built-in signup tools. - thumbnail
Our School Hangout Software - Customize Your School's Portal: Personalized with your logo and welcome page, gather insights with anonymous or tracked polls, and easily inform parents about events, news, or resources, keeping them engaged and informed. - thumbnail
Our School Hangout Software - Our Integrated App: User-friendly and intuitive, it includes all website features and more, making it the go-to app for school families. Simple and convenient, it's tailored for everyday use by parents and teachers. - thumbnail
Our School Hangout Software - The app enhances interaction with integrated messaging and a 'Class Happenings' section for teachers to share updates, photos, and videos, fostering easy communication and parent engagement. - thumbnail

Our School Hangout pricing

Our School Hangout does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Our School Hangout paid version starts at USD 35.00/month.

Starting Price:
USD 35.00/month
Free Version:
No
Free trial:
Yes

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Our School Hangout Reviews

Feature rating

Value for Money
5
Functionality
4.9
Ease of Use
4.9
Customer Support
5
5 reviews of 31 View all reviews
Steve
Steve
  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 29/01/2024

Great solution

Pros

The product works exceptionally well and provides solutions for so many challenges that go along with administrating a school, such as registration, billing, and scheduling. [sensitive content hidden] and her team also have amazing and responsive customer service and are always willing to help or even develop solutions to problems you may have.

Cons

Sometimes, the system could be clunky when I tried to use it as a solution for things outside of the recommended use case. That being said, OSH was always helpful in trying to come up with solutions and workarounds.

Response from Our School Hangout

Steve, thank you for sharing your experience with Our School Hangout! It's wonderful to hear that our platform has provided exceptional solutions for your school's administrative challenges, including registration, billing, and scheduling. We're also delighted to hear your positive feedback about our responsive customer service team.

We appreciate your feedback regarding the system occasionally feeling clunky when used outside of the recommended use case. Rest assured, we're continuously working to improve the platform and address any usability issues. Your input is invaluable as we strive to provide the best possible experience for our users.

Thank you for choosing Our School Hangout, and please don't hesitate to reach out if you need any further assistance or have additional feedback.

Replied 20/02/2024
Erica
  • Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
4
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 02/09/2024

Do you look any further - Our School Hangout is the BEST!

An amazing experience overall. The implementation was seamless, and the 1:1 training was perfectly tailored to our needs.

Pros

Implementing Our School Hangout (OSH) allowed us to consolidate three different programs into one, significantly streamlining our processes. This has minimized the time required for administrative tasks, enabling us to dedicate more focus to our students.

Cons

There were some limitations in terms of communicating with parents, particularly with conference sign-ups and classroom party sign-ups. However, I understand that these features are on the agenda for future implementation.

Alternatives Considered

Procare Solutions and brightwheel

Reasons for Choosing Our School Hangout

We decided to make the switch when the cost of our current programs increased.

Switched From

Tuition Express, Procore, Jotform and Bloomz

Reasons for Switching to Our School Hangout

I chose this product for its exceptional functionality and competitive pricing.

Response from Our School Hangout

Erica - thank you so much for your amazing review! We're thrilled that Our School Hangout has helped streamline your processes and save valuable time so you can focus more on your students.

We appreciate your feedback on parent communication, especially with conference and party sign-ups. You're absolutely right; these features are on our roadmap, and we can’t wait to roll them out to make communication even easier for you.

We apprecaite hearing the 1:1 training was perfectly tailored to your needs, and we’re happy that you found the implementation seamless. We're honored you chose Our School Hangout for its functionality and pricing, and we're excited to continue supporting your preschool’s success.
Thank you again for being part of the OSH family!

Replied 05/09/2024
Shana
  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 12/08/2023

Responsive and always ready to be their best!

It’s been great.

Pros

We have shopped around for many different programs and none could deliver on the flexibility, versatility and responsiveness of OSH.

Cons

I want more powerful reporting at my fingertips. They’re always ready to pull any report I need, but more extensive reporting options are (hopefully) coming.

Response from Our School Hangout

Shana, thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience with Our School Hangout (OSH). We're delighted to hear that you've found OSH to be flexible, versatile, and responsive, making it stand out among other programs you've explored! Your feedback about reporting options is invaluable to us. We understand that your school's reporting needs may differ from our other customers, and we appreciate your patience as we work to accommodate those unique requirements. Please know that we are committed to continually improving our reporting capabilities to better serve you. More extensive reporting options are indeed on our radar, and we're actively working on enhancing this aspect of OSH to provide you with the comprehensive data and reports you require. Thank you for choosing OSH, and we look forward to continuing to meet your unique needs!

Replied 16/09/2023
Michelle
  • Industry: Religious Institutions
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 30/01/2024

Excellent Preschool Management Software

First, I will say that customer service is top-notch and by the far the best I have encountered. Whether it's user error on our part or a process in the software, [sensitive content hidden] and her team are very quick to respond and to resolve the issue. Implementation was easy. [sensitive content hidden] met with us to understand our needs, helped us set up the program, and trained our staff in the way we could use the software program. Things flowed seamlessly once we implemented the software on the back end. Parents are happy to have an app to get updates about class happenings and to pay electronically.
We highly recommend this software!

Pros

We implemented Our School Hangout at the start of this school year, and it has been a game-changer! Parents are able to easily access the site to see class updates and pay fees online.

Cons

There were a few glitches as we rolled out the product, but [sensitive content hidden] and her team were quick to fully resolve the issues. So, we have no complaints!

Alternatives Considered

Procare Solutions

Reasons for Choosing Our School Hangout

We needed a more comprehensive program that met all the needs of our preschool.

Reasons for Switching to Our School Hangout

We chose OSH because of its ease of use and incredible prompt response to our needs. The ability to talk to a person quickly about any issue made this software our top choice!

Response from Our School Hangout

HI Michelle, Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this glowing review! We're thrilled to hear that you've had such a positive experience with our customer service team and that our implementation process met your needs. It's great to know that Our School Hangout has been effective for your team and is appreciated by parents for its convenience and functionality. Your recommendation means the world to us, and we're here to continue supporting you in any way we can. Thank you for choosing our product, and please don't hesitate to reach out if you need further assistance or have more feedback to share.

Replied 14/02/2024
Laurie
  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source
Value for Money
5
Functionality
5
Ease of Use
5
Customer Support
5

5
Reviewed on 26/01/2024

Our School Hangout

I highly recommend Our School Hangout. It has made my life as an administrator so much easier. Our team has embraced the use of the app 100% - even my senior teachers use it and love it. The parents like it.

Pros

[sensitive content hidden] provides the best customer service I have ever experienced. She is always available and open to suggestions. She assisted me through the entire transition to this platform and was so patient and listened without interruptions. This was been the best experience. I love that I can message or call parents from the app. We had a tornado and had to go to our shelter. I was able to call the parent so she knew we were safe and for her to get to a safe place. That ability to communicate with parents is a fabulous feature for me.

Cons

I really cannot think of anything negative to say about Our School Hangout. It is a different mind set than our previous program. Once I let that go, it has been wonderful. This program works very well with Apple products, there have been a few challenges with Android products. Once this was brought up however, it was addressed immediately and fixes were made.

Response from Our School Hangout

Dear Laurie, thank you for your heartfelt review of Our School Hangout! We're delighted to hear that you've had such a positive experience with our platform and our customer service, particularly with the assistance provided during your transition. It's wonderful to know that our team's dedication to being available, open to suggestions, and patient has made such a difference for you.

We're truly humbled by your appreciation for the communication features of our app, especially during emergency situations like the tornado incident you mentioned. Ensuring the safety and peace of mind of both educators and parents is one of our top priorities, and we're glad to hear that our platform could support you during such a critical time.

Your feedback regarding compatibility with Android products is invaluable, and we're glad to hear that our team addressed this promptly to provide a smoother experience for all users. If you ever need any further assistance please let us know!

Replied 20/02/2024

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