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Germantown Friends School

At the center of Germantown Friends School is a Quaker meeting house, and there the serene atmosphere inside belies the energized, diverse, multi-faceted education going on every day.

  • @ccelerated Process
  • School Portal
  • Senior Systems Integration

Silverpoint's @ccelerated process was a perfect way to deliver a site on time with a school based around the notion of consensus; two campus visits later, a soft launch of calendars and athletics followed by the full site launch, the website is a perfect match for the school's goals for revamping its online presence and paying attention to every detail.

A simple jQuery-based introduction on the homepage and a unique historic tour serve as a good balance to the news features and calendar items below. Portals, linked at the top, provide a tailored design to centralized access of critical information for parents, while unique treatments for athletics and arts provide the right emphasis for important programs at the school. The Weekly Parents Press will streamline parent communication via a weekly newsletter that is available online and sent via Silverpoint's Broadcast Email module.

Data is synched nightly with Senior Systems and Single Sign-On with myBackpack simplifies data management and logins.

Read a student's view of the GFS website!