Is there an app that reads my school emails and pulls out grades automatically?
Yes. Solyo.ai connects to your Gmail and automatically reads school emails from PowerSchool, Canvas, Infinite Campus, and teachers. It extracts grades, assignment scores, deadlines, and events, then organizes everything into a parent dashboard with real-time GPA calculation. Setup takes under two minutes and no school permission is required.
The school email problem every parent knows
Parents of high school students receive an average of 80 or more school-related emails per month. Mixed in with newsletters, fundraiser requests, and field trip forms are the emails that actually matter: grade notifications from PowerSchool, assignment alerts from Canvas, and deadline reminders from teachers.
The important information is there, buried in your inbox. But finding it means scrolling through dozens of messages, mentally sorting which ones matter, and manually tracking the data yourself. Most parents either check obsessively or miss things entirely.
How automatic school email processing works
Solyo solves this by connecting to your Gmail account and using AI to read and categorize school emails as they arrive. Here is what happens behind the scenes.
- Email arrives. PowerSchool sends you a notification: "New grade posted for AP Chemistry."
- AI identifies the email type. Solyo recognizes it as a grade notification (versus a newsletter or announcement).
- Data is extracted. The student name, course, assignment, and grade are pulled from the email content.
- Dashboard updates. The grade appears in your grade tracking dashboard and your child's GPA recalculates automatically.
- Calendar syncs. If the email mentions a test date, project deadline, or school event, it gets added to your family calendar.
You do not have to read the email yourself. You do not have to log into PowerSchool. You do not have to update a spreadsheet. The data just appears in your dashboard, organized by child, by class, and by date.
What types of school emails can be processed
| Email type | What gets extracted | Where it appears in Solyo |
|---|---|---|
| Grade notifications (PowerSchool, Canvas) | Course, assignment, grade, date | Grade dashboard, GPA calculator |
| Assignment alerts | Assignment name, due date, class | Dashboard, calendar |
| Missing work notifications | Missing assignments by class | Dashboard alerts |
| Event announcements | Event name, date, time, location | Family calendar |
| Teacher emails | Key information, action items | Messages feed |
| School newsletters | Important dates and deadlines | Calendar, messages |
Which school platforms are supported
Because Solyo reads emails rather than connecting to a specific platform's API, it works with virtually any school system that sends parent email notifications. This includes PowerSchool (used by 75% of U.S. schools), Canvas, Infinite Campus, Schoology, Aeries, Tyler SIS, Illuminate Education, and direct teacher emails.
If you have children at different schools using different systems, Solyo processes all of their emails and organizes the data by child in a single dashboard.
What about email privacy?
Solyo uses Google's secure OAuth authentication, the same system used by every major app that connects to Gmail. Solyo only processes emails identified as school-related. It does not read personal emails, shopping receipts, or messages from non-school senders. Raw email content is not stored after processing. You can revoke access at any time from your Google account settings.
How to get started
Setting up Solyo takes under two minutes. Connect your Gmail account, and Solyo begins processing your school emails immediately. There is no school approval needed, no IT department to contact, and no app your school has to install. If your school sends you email, Solyo can work with it.
Solyo automatically reads school emails from PowerSchool, Canvas, and other platforms, extracting grades, assignments, and events into a single parent dashboard. It calculates GPA in real time, works with any school system, and requires no school permission to set up. Start in under two minutes at solyo.ai.
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