Back-to-School Essentials: Prevent Lost Items for Students

Introduction
From backpacks to lunchboxes, back-to-school season brings fresh starts—and fresh opportunities for lost school items. With Lost N Found tags, students and parents can focus on learning, not lost-and-found lines.

Key Strategies for Student Item Safety

1. Tag All the Essentials

   • Attach slim QR tags to backpacks, or iron-ons to jackets, and/or sticky tags to water bottles.

2. Classroom “Lost Mode”

   1. If an item goes missing mid-day, mark it lost in the app.

   2. School staff or classmates who scan see quick return steps—no guessing who to hand it to.

   3. Lost N Founds FREE Virtual Lost and Found is used by Schools, Universities, and Daycare organizations all over the US.
3. Group Labeling for Siblings

1. • Assign different  names (e.g., “Emma’s Lunchbox,” “Liam’s Jacket”) for easy sorting during item registration in the app.

   • These names are not available for 3rd party scans unless you want them to be. Toggle these on and off per item per child's belongings. 

2. Teacher & Admin Integration

   • Teachers can download the free app to scan found items, instantly notifying parents via secure in-app messaging.

   • Use the FREE School Virtual Lost and Found to browse lost items online that are tagged or untagged. 

Smart Habits for Students

• Daily Scan Check: Encourage kids and parents take a quick inventory of registered items.

• Reinforce Responsibility: Leverage the lost and found returned value generator with kids to teach them the impact of being responsible for their items. 

With these back-to-school essentials in place, lost items become minor hiccups—instead of major headaches.