Texas law means your child's phone is locked away for 7 hours a day. No emergency check-in. No schedule change. Nothing. StudentMsg fixes it — your student emails from their school iPad, you get a text in seconds. Both parents. No app. $8/month.
"My daughter was sick and I didn't know for two hours. The office called once — I missed it, no voicemail left. She had her school iPad the whole time. She had email. She just had no way to reach me with it."
— Parent of a Carroll ISD student, Southlake TX · This is why we built StudentMsg.
No app to install. No setup on your student's device. Works with any school email address on an iPad or Chromebook.
Your student emails their StudentMsg address (firstname@studentmsg.com) from their school iPad or Chromebook — just like a regular email.
Every parent you've registered receives an SMS within seconds — labeled with the student's name so you always know who sent it.
Text back and your student receives your reply as an email on their iPad. A private two-way conversation — no phone required.
Simple text commands. No app to update. Works from any phone or school email, exactly as-is.
Emma decided this was a Dad question. Mom’s phone stays quiet.
When Mom is busy or you don’t want to interrupt her, use Emma only: and she’s not bothered.
All commands work in any capitalization. Type help anytime and StudentMsg will text or email the full command list.
Your family's conversations are 100% isolated. No strangers, no cross-contamination, no stored history.
Only your student's registered school email can send messages in. Everything else is silently dropped.
Replies go only to phone numbers you've explicitly registered. No one can reach your student but you.
Messages are purged from our servers within 24 hours. Nothing accumulates. Nothing to breach.
We never sell data, never advertise to students, never share your information with third parties.
Both parents are added as contacts. Both get texts when your student reaches out — nobody misses a message.
Each parent can have a separate account for private conversations with the student.
Add each student for just $2/month. Messages are labeled by name so you always know who's texting.
"Staying for practice" — your student emails, you get the text before you leave work. No surprises.
From Southlake to University Park to Westlake Hills — busy parents across Texas's most connected communities rely on StudentMsg every school day.
No contracts. No hidden fees. Cancel anytime.
Think of it like a post office — many families receive mail at the same building, but every piece goes into its own locked mailbox. Our system works the same way:
🔐 Each account is completely isolated. Other families cannot see your messages and you cannot see theirs. Want parents to save a dedicated number in their contacts? Upgrade to the Private plan for just $2 more.
StudentMsg works with any school where students have access to a school email account on an iPad or Chromebook.
Don't see your district? Sign up anyway — if students have school email, StudentMsg works.
No. Your student sends a regular email from their school iPad or Chromebook to their StudentMsg address. No app, no account, no passwords to remember. If they can use school email, they can use StudentMsg.
StudentMsg works with any Texas school that provides students with access to school email on iPads or Chromebooks — including Dallas ISD, Houston ISD, Austin ISD, Fort Worth ISD, Plano ISD, Frisco ISD, McKinney ISD, Katy ISD, Conroe ISD, and 600+ more. If the school issues devices with email access, StudentMsg works.
No. Messages arrive as regular SMS texts to your phone. You reply by text. Nothing extra needed on your end — it works on any phone, any carrier.
Yes. Add as many parent phone numbers as you like. When your student emails, every contact on your list receives the text simultaneously. You can also set up separate accounts if divorced parents want private conversations.
On the Standard plan, messages route through our system number to your account — completely privately, isolated from other families. On the Private plan ($10/month), you get your own dedicated phone number that parents can save in their contacts. Functionality is identical; the difference is whether parents see a dedicated number they recognize.
StudentMsg routes through the school's email system (iPad/Chromebook), which schools typically permit for academic use. We are not a phone and do not circumvent phone ban policies. That said, each district is different — check your district's acceptable use policy if unsure.
Add each additional student to your plan for $2/month per student. Each child gets their own StudentMsg address. Every message is labeled with the student's name in the text, so you always know who's reaching out.
Only their registered school email address can contact their StudentMsg inbox. Messages are deleted from our servers within 24 hours. We never share any information with third parties and never send marketing to students.
Typically under 10 seconds from when your student hits Send on the iPad to when you get the text. We poll for new emails every 60 seconds and immediately forward anything that matches your student's address.
Email us at support@studentmsg.com and we'll walk you through a test or answer any questions. Setup takes under 5 minutes and you can cancel anytime.
Setup takes 5 minutes. The first message from your student will feel like magic.
Get Connected for $8/monthNo contracts · Cancel anytime · Works with every Texas school that issues iPads or Chromebooks
Questions first? Email support@studentmsg.com