A school record for every child, free
Most homeschool families keep records the same way: a spreadsheet, a notebook, and a scramble every spring to work out what everyone did. Each child on Famlo now has a school record that keeps itself up to date, and you can print a transcript from it when someone asks for one.
It's free for every family, and there's nothing to set up.
It fills itself in
Every night, Famlo adds the classes you booked on Famlo to your child's record. Where the organization took attendance, the record uses its attendance. Where it didn't, a paid booking still counts, using the class's published schedule for meetings that have already happened. Those hours are shown as scheduled hours, apart from the ones an organization recorded.
A weekly co-op class that runs all term is one line on the record, not thirty. Each line shows the organization, the instructor, the sessions and the hours. You can rename a line, set its subject and credit, or hide it from your documents. The hours and the grade stay as the organization recorded them.
Add what happens at home
Most of a homeschool year happens at your kitchen table, not in a class. There are two ways to add it:
- Add a course or activity for one entry, such as a math curriculum, a reading list or a season of swim team, with its hours, grade and notes.
- Log a week for a quick Monday-to-Friday grid of hours per subject. Save a week as your usual week, and every empty week starts from it.
If you'd like a nudge, turn on Remind me on Fridays. On Fridays Famlo sends you a reminder to confirm the week, already filled in from your usual week. If the week went as planned, it takes one tap.
Documents built from the record
Everything on the record feeds a set of documents you can print or save as a PDF:
| Document | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Transcript | Every year, with credits and an unweighted GPA. Famlo suggests one credit for every 150 hours, and you decide what to record. |
| Hours log | Every activity and hour for the school year. |
| Scholarship spending | Every invoice a scholarship program paid for, item by item. |
| School profile | The context an admissions office needs to read the transcript. |
| Enrollment letter | For a learner's permit, a work permit or an insurance discount. |
| Diploma | Signed by you, as the supervising parent. |
| Student ID | A card for each organization, issued once your child has attended something there and the organization has taken attendance. Its code confirms the enrollment when scanned. |
| Certificate | A certificate of completion for any one course. |
Famlo is record-keeping software and accredits nothing. Your documents report what the organizations recorded and what you added.
Who sees it
You see everything, across every organization your child attends. Each organization sees only what it recorded. It never sees what another organization recorded, and never what you added yourself.
Already keeping a log?
The free Homeschool records tool lets anyone keep a log in their browser, with no account. When you're ready, select Save this to a free Famlo account, and every entry moves into your child's school record.
Where to find it
The record lives in Family, in the top bar on a computer and in the bar at the bottom of a phone (Home · Discover · Calendar · Messages · Family). Pick a child, then School record.
Family also holds each child's health & safety details, a photo that helps organizers recognize your child at drop-off and pickup, and Payments & invoices, one list of what you've paid, each with its receipt.
Getting started
Open Family, pick a child and select School record. Classes you've booked are already there. Add a week of home learning with Log a week, then open the Transcript to see how it reads.
Read more in Your child's school record, Log home learning with Log a week, Transcripts, diplomas and other documents, and How do I make a homeschool transcript?. For everything else in Family, see Your family and children.