For Families

Every award your child earns, in one place your family keeps

Create a free family account and add up to 2 children — or as many as you like with Premium. You don’t have to wait for a teacher to invite you — if their teacher already uses MeritBoard, their achievements appear when you claim them.

A MeritScore starts when a teacher gives a test in class. Practice at home does not create one, and a parent cannot give that test.

Free, included

The Opportunity Board

Contests, scholarships and programs with real deadlines, filtered to your child’s grade — with new ones all year, even when no contest is running.

Also free, forever

  • Up to 2 children on one account
  • The full portfolio builder
  • Claims, results and the archive
  • Fan club and sharing tools

Two computer-powered helpers

Every family gets an amount free each month.

College Counselor

Guidance on fit, chances and real cost — grounded in federal data and your child’s actual achievements.

10 free messages a month

See what you can ask it →

Tutor

Help aimed at the mistakes your child actually made, whenever they want to practice.

5 free sessions a month

Premium removes the monthly limit →

Premium

Everything Premium adds — $12/mo

Or $99 a year, for every child on your account. Everything free stays free.

  • Standings

    Where your child actually stands: their grade level, their percentile among MeritBoard students in their grade, and how they compare with students in other grades.

  • The Merit Record book

    Everything they have done, digital and printable, with every entry yours to include or leave out. It opens each school year after 10 proctored tests that year, and locks again when the next school year starts.

  • Portfolio Studio

    Their school year played back: every record you added and every contest they placed in, in the order it happened.

  • Unlimited children

    Free accounts hold 2.

  • Unlimited Counselor and Tutor

    Free includes 10 Counselor messages and 5 Tutor sessions a month; Premium has no monthly limit.

  • Saved searches

    Save your Opportunity Board searches and come back to them.

  • Member pricing on Mementos

    10% off keepsakes made from your child’s awards.

Your child’s work is your child’s

You control what is visible, who can see it, and whether your child’s profile appears anywhere public — and you can change any of it whenever you want.

Read the privacy policy →

Start the record today

Free, no card, and yours to keep.

Create your free account