Survive the School Year.
Actually — Thrive.
A student planner built around how you actually study, not how you wish you did.
Generic planners run January through December. Semesters don't. The Polite Fish Academic Planner runs August through May — aligned to the school year from day one, with a semester-at-a-glance overview that shows you the full arc of assignments, deadlines, and breaks before the chaos begins.
Study habits are tracked alongside daily tasks. Your required reading list lives in the planner — not in a separate doc you'll lose. And 15 dot-grid notes pages give you room to think, outline, map, and sketch. Built to order with your habit names, your color palette, and the page selection that matches your study style.
Aligned to the academic calendar
Every structural choice was made with the school year — and the student brain — in mind.
August–May School Year
The planner starts when school does. Monthly spreads, weekly layouts, and daily pages — all aligned to the academic calendar, not the January reset.
Required Reading List
A dedicated page for every assigned text: title, author, course, due date, and a completion checkbox. No more losing the syllabus — it lives in your planner.
Study Habit Tracker
Defaults include Study, Read, Office Hours, Exercise, and Sleep — all fully renameable. Build the consistent daily habits that compound into better grades.
15 Dot-Grid Notes Pages
Clean dot-grid pages for class notes, essay outlines, study diagrams, and anything that doesn't fit in a margin. Linked from the table of contents.
Pages that work as hard as you do
Clean, uncluttered layouts designed to hold a full semester of academic life.
Everything included
Everything a student needs, nothing that adds noise.
Semester Overview
A two-page spread covering the full August–May academic year — see every week, every break, and every major deadline at once.
Monthly Spreads × 10
August through May, aligned to the school year — each month opens with a calendar and space for priorities.
Weekly Spreads
Time-blocked weekly layout with class schedule columns, task list, and a focus intention for the week.
Daily Pages
Task list, time blocks, and dot-grid notes on a single clean page — enough structure to stay on track, enough space to think.
Study Habit Tracker
Monthly grid for tracking up to 6 academic habits — Study, Read, Office Hours, Sleep, and more — fully renameable.
Required Reading List
Title, author, course, due date, and a checkbox — for every assigned text across all your classes.
Semester Goals
Set academic, personal, and extracurricular goals at the start of each semester with space to reflect mid-way through.
15 Dot-Grid Notes Pages
Blank dot-grid pages for class notes, concept maps, essay outlines, or free-form thinking — all linked from the TOC.
Hyperlinked Navigation
Jump from your semester overview to any month, week, or notes page in one tap. No scrolling through 200 pages to find October.
Your courses. Your habits. Your color.
Every student's semester looks different. Name your habit tracker columns with the specific behaviors you're building — studying before 9pm, going to office hours, reading a chapter before class. Pick a color palette that doesn't make your planner feel like a textbook.
Use the free Design Studio to configure your planner before you buy. Preview your choices, generate a configuration ID, and include it with your Etsy order. We deliver within 24 hours.
18 Color Palettes
Pick a palette that makes studying feel slightly less like suffering. Small wins.
Your Habit Names
Name your tracked habits what you actually call them — from "read the chapter" to "hit the gym before lecture."
Choose Your Pages
Add or remove page types to match your academic load. More notes pages, fewer habit rows — whatever you need.
Hyperlinked Navigation
One tap from the semester overview to any specific week. Because scrolling through a PDF is not a study skill.
Your planner in three steps
Crafted to your specifications and delivered within 24 hours.
Choose on Etsy
Find the Academic Planner on our Etsy shop. Smart defaults make it easy if you keep it simple.
Personalize It
Use the free Design Studio to pick your palette, name your habits, and configure your pages. Copy your ID into your order note.
Receive Your PDF
We build your personalized planner and deliver it within 24 hours. Open in GoodNotes, Notability, or any PDF app.