For Immediate Release
Technology & Learning Magazine’s Award of Excellence Culminates An Award-Winning 2005 for PowerSchool – Industry-wide recognition for PowerSchool’s K-12 student information system highlights market leadership –
FOLSOM, CA — November 14, 2005 — PowerSchool, a division of Apple and the leading web-based student information system (SIS) in the country, today announced that Technology & Learning Magazine has named PowerSchool a 2005 Award of Excellence winner as part of its 23-year-old recognition program. PowerSchool was also honored with a Legacy Award, which recognizes technologies that continue to evolve and offer the highest quality experiences for educators and students. “PowerSchool is honored to receive an Award of Excellence for its powerful web-based student information system,” says PowerSchool president, Mary McCaffrey. “Industry recognition raises awareness about how PowerSchool’s innovative SIS application can benefit students, their teachers and parents in school districts across the country.” Earlier this year, PowerSchool was also named by Media and Methods Magazine to its 2005 Awards Portfolio under the Student Information Systems category. The Portfolio represents releases of creamof-the-crop educational resource products produced for K-12 schools. In June, the Software and Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 20th Annual Codie Awards, named PowerSchool SIS a winner in the category of Best Student Information System for K-12. The awards honor the best products in the software and information industry. 2005 marks the third time that the SIIA has bestowed a Codie Award to PowerSchool. PowerSchool is one of the fastest growing web-based SISs in the U.S. with more than 6,500 schools and 3,000,000 students using the system. Known for being reliable, dependable, and easy to use, PowerSchool delivers a complete view of each student's performance data to guide decisions in the classroom, at the district office, and from home. Administrators get the most accurate information to make more effective decisions, teachers gain timesaving administrative tools, parents gain immediate access to their children’s grades, and students can track their own progress. About PowerSchool PowerSchool, a division of Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), provides web-based, SIF-compliant, student information systems (SIS) for schools and school districts. The well-established PowerSchool Pro delivers a comprehensive SIS feature set in an easy-to-use, low cost environment that is fully supported with training and technology support services. PowerSchool Premier, with a SQL database, offers those same benefits to school districts desiring optimized performance, as well as unparalleled data access and scalability. Every day millions of students, parents, teachers, and administrators can easily access student information in order to develop smarter strategies and make better decisions because they have the power of PowerSchool. For more information, visit www.powerschool.com. Press Contact: Nicole Loring Zer0 to 5ive for PowerSchool (617) 834-2190
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