Is convenience worth privacy? A deep dive into the scheduling platform Saturn – Wayland Student Press
Publish Date: 2026-05-21 09:02:00
Source Domain: waylandstudentpress.com
With students pushing through the halls of Wayland High School (WHS) and scrambling to get to their upcoming classes, it takes just a single swipe on a phone to be guided to the correct classroom. As physical scheduling devices begin to phase out, a new era of digital organizing is welcomed in by students at WHS, with a variety of platforms used by the student body. One of these tools is a third party app called Saturn.
Saturn is a popular scheduling app that guides students at WHS and around the country to their classes daily. By manually plugging your schedule into the app after selecting your school, Saturn shows you what time your classes start and end based on the letter day schedule from A to H, as well as which other students are in your classes.
In a survey completed by WHS students, 65% reported that they use Saturn to access their schedule, and 40.1% reported that they use the app everyday.
With such a large portion of the student body using this platform, there are considerable benefits and drawbacks to the functions of the app, prompting the question, does Saturn cause more harm than good?
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In some ways, Saturn can be more efficient than rival scheduling platforms, such as PowerSchool. Saturn can provide easy access to everyday schedules and be adjusted on days when the schedule is different than usual, such as “Super Wednesdays” or Extended Advisories, which occur often at WHS.
“I use Saturn multiple times a day,” senior Sophia Nguyen said. “I probably check it once every block and also a couple times in the morning to see what school supplies I need to bring to school.”
One important benefit of Saturn is its utility at the beginning of a new school year, as it allows students to quickly grasp their new schedules, as well as view who will be in their classes.
Unlike Saturn, PowerSchool is not a social app. It solely contains information about an individual’s academics, while…
