Blackbaud's Total School Solution Offers One
System for K-12 Private Schools to Manage Their Entire School
Community
CHARLESTON, S.C., April 3,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB),
the leading provider of software for powering social impact, is
enabling K-12 private schools to save time and money by unifying
their software with Blackbaud's Total School Solution. Through
Blackbaud's connected systems, school administrators are breaking
down silos to simplify their operations and connect the entire
school community, from the school's website to enrollment, student
information, learning management, tuition, fundraising and
accounting.
"Our very first customer was a K-12 school, and they are still
with us today," said Mike Gianoni,
president, CEO and vice chairman of the board, Blackbaud. "We're
building on forty years of expertise in this space and continue to
innovate to help schools leverage their data in a way that improves
the experience of their staff, students and families."
With Blackbaud's Total School Solution, K-12 private schools
can:
- Harness the power of one system and one login to create a
consistent and unified experience where families can go from
creating an enrollment application to monitoring coursework and
grades; staff can track enrollment, contracts, billing and
accounting, providing a single source of truth; and educators can
access dynamic learning resources, create interactive assignments
and automate grading.
- Leverage Blackbaud's ongoing investment in innovation with new
features in progress, like an AI-enabled question generator,
powered by Blackbaud's Intelligence for Good® strategy, that will
help educators develop quizzes and assessments to save time in
their day.
- Better connect their education management portfolio to
Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT® with the planned new release of
Blackbaud's common records engine later this year. With this
improved connectivity, fundraisers can easily track and engage
students as alumni once they've graduated and improve fundraising
efforts targeting newly enrolled families.
- Extend their software with Blackbaud's open APIs and partner
integrations that help schools meet their specific needs, like
utilizing BrightArrow for mass communications or August Schools for school medical office and
student wellness needs, while maintaining one system of truth
within their Blackbaud solution.
- Rely on best-practice cybersecurity protection to help keep
their data secure.
Many schools—including the IDEAL School of Manhattan, Maui Preparatory Academy, Oak Hill
School, Rockford Christian
School and St. Francis
School—have recently chosen Blackbaud's Total School
Solution to provide one fully connected system that will offer a
better user experience and streamline their data and
decision-making processes. Other Blackbaud customers like
Boyd-Buchanan School, Cristo Rey
Atlanta Jesuit High School and Lyndon Institute have
expanded their portfolios, moving from individual solutions to the
fully connected platform.
"What school administrators need and want is easy access to and
control over their data," said Mark
Davis, vice president, education products, Blackbaud. "We're
giving schools purpose-built software through a connected platform
that allows them to bring in each piece of their education
management portfolio, get a holistic view of their operations, and
take meaningful action to drive impact for their students, families
and school."
Customer Spotlights
Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit
High School
Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School was
looking to streamline their overall school operations to better
manage their admissions needs, measure financial performance and
engage students. After using Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT®, the
school chose to expand their portfolio to leverage Blackbaud's
Total School Solution by adding Raiser's Edge NXT, Blackbaud
Tuition Management, Blackbaud Financial Aid Management, Blackbaud
Student Information System, Blackbaud Learning Management and
Blackbaud Enrollment Management System. "As our school grows and
scales, it's critical for us to have timely financial information
and accurate reporting available all in one system," said
Camille Naughton, president, Cristo
Rey Atlanta Jesuit. "We're excited to strategically leverage our
technology stack to connect all of our information systems across
the school so that our faculty and staff can focus their time on
preparing our students for college and life."
Maui Preparatory Academy
When the Lahaina fire struck, displacing thousands and
causing widespread devastation in the community last August, Maui
Preparatory Academy extended its services to new students, some
with minimal charge, despite facing space constraints.
Subsequently, school administrators chose to strategically allocate
funds by investing in Blackbaud's Total School Solution. This will
enable them to streamline their operations by managing their data
more efficiently, facilitating seamless communication with
families, and improving their ability to forecast and manage
finances. Moreover, it will allow them to effectively engage with
the donors who contributed to their cause.
Rockford Christian
School
Rockford Christian
School selected Blackbaud as a partner to drive outcomes
that align with their strategic plan. With Blackbaud's Total School
Solution, the school will focus on fostering community engagement
by creating an online extension of the school community and
building a greater sense of belonging for their students and
families. "We're investing in technology that will help us reach
our long-term goals," said Dr. Jahna
Duda, head of school, Rockford Christian. "By giving
families a unified and consistent experience that helps them stay
connected to the school and involved in their child's success, we
can build lasting relationships that we continue to nurture as our
school grows through student enrollment, retention and giving."
For more information on Blackbaud's K-12 private school
solutions, visit
https://www.blackbaud.com/who-we-serve/k-12-schools.
About Blackbaud
Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB) is the
leading software provider exclusively dedicated to powering social
impact. Serving the nonprofit and education sectors, companies
committed to social responsibility and individual change makers,
Blackbaud's essential software is built to accelerate impact in
fundraising, nonprofit financial management, digital giving,
grantmaking, corporate social responsibility and education
management. With millions of users and over $100 billion raised, granted or managed through
Blackbaud platforms every year, Blackbaud's solutions are
unleashing the potential of the people and organizations who change
the world. Blackbaud has been named to Newsweek's list of America's
Most Responsible Companies, Quartz's list of Best Companies for
Remote Workers, and Forbes' list of America's Best Employers. A
remote-first company, Blackbaud has operations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Costa
Rica and the United
Kingdom, supporting users in 100+ countries. Learn more
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