The end of the school year is almost here, and May is one of the busiest months of all. Between celebrations, end-of-year planning, and prepping for next fall, there's a lot on your plate. This newsletter covers new billing features, tools to celebrate your teachers, and more to help you finish strong. 💜
🧾 Deposit checks in brightwheel
➕ Calculate PD cost for your team
🍎 Teacher Appreciation Week
🆕 Complete learning activities
🎉 What's New — Father's Day celebration kit & more
Deposit checks in brightwheel
Brightwheel Billing now supports agency checks from subsidy providers and other state programs, automatically tracked and reconciled right in brightwheel. You can also deposit personal checks from families without the manual bookkeeping. Watch a quick overview to see how it works.
Find out what Professional Development costs for your team
Summer is the perfect time for your team to complete required training hours, right in brightwheel. With unlimited access to state-accepted courses, a brightwheel PD subscription can cost as little as $1–2 per course. Use our cost calculator to see what it would look like for your program.
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! 🏅
The educators at your program show up every single day with patience, creativity, and heart — and so do you. Teacher Appreciation Week is a chance to celebrate the whole team, including yourself. Nominate a teacher on the Bright Wall, share it with families, and let them know someone is singing their praises. It takes 60 seconds to make someone's week.
New: Complete a learning activity and share it with families in seconds
Teachers can now mark any learning activity as complete directly from a lesson plan, selecting which students participated, choosing whether to share with families or keep it staff-only, and optionally continuing straight into observation logging. All in just a few taps.
🐣 Father's Day Celebration Kit
Everything you need to celebrate dads and father figures, from invitations to activities, games, and more. Download now
⭐️ Get your program ready for the end of the year
Archive students, clean up rosters, update billing plans and forms, and get everything in order before the new school year begins. Learn more
📅 Monthly calendar view
See your whole month at a glance, great for planning end-of-year events, summer schedules, and Back-to-School plans. Learn more about Calendar
✅ Not using brightwheel Billing?
Check out our Back-to-school billing readiness checklist to help you get your billing organized ahead of new enrollment. Get the checklist
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