Designed to be easy to use, the application contains a full suite of powerful modules to help manage the record-keeping process while opening up wonderful opportunities for administrator, teacher, parent, and student communication. Sapphire Student Information System includes a standard-based teacher gradebook, lesson planner, as well as attendance, grading, parent and student portal modules. It will equip teachers, administrators and parents with the power to obtain up-to-the-minute access to grades, attendance, homework, and assignments in detail. Teacher and administrators get the most accurate information to make more effective decisions. Not only do teachers gain time-saving administrative tools, but parents gain immediate access to their children's grades, attendance, and homework, and students can track their own progress.

• Centralized database provides real-time access to student information
• Ability to track unlimited names, phone numbers, addresses on each student
• Real-time district-wide online student registration and enrollment
• Ability to assign siblings to one or several legally responsible guardians, creating “family units” to automatically consolidate mailing, free lunch eligibility, etc.
• Ability to track students not currently enrolled in the school site, such as homebound and pre-kindergarten students
• Accurate, unduplicated, up-to-the-minute student information
• Unlimited scalability grows with the district
• Ability to gather up-to-date school attendance data from district office
• Cross-interface with gradebook, parent portal
• Automatic grade, GPA calculation – Customizable grade scales
• Powerful, high capacity, computer-based master scheduler builder
• Maintains health records, doctor contact information, medical conditions, disabilities, examination results, medical alerts and other necessary emergency information
• Block scheduling, rotating time tables, conflict analysis capabilities, multiple tracks, year-round and summer school scheduling
• Supports multiple grading scales, giving administrators the ability to define different grades and assign point values to different courses and groups

Sapphire software is a full-fledged student information system with extensive functionality to perform all administrative and student data tasks. Included are the creation of master schedules; multiple attendance and grade reporting scenarios; and highly innovative student demographic, enrollment, discipline, and health information capabilities. What sets Sapphire software apart from other Student Information Systems is not its functional capabilities; it is how Sapphire software does it that makes it the first truly new and innovative Student Information System in over 25 years!

Web-based

Sapphire software is a true web-based system, allowing all functionality to be accessed from a web browser.  This is in contrast to a web-enabled product where only some of the functionality can be accessed from a web browser.  This product is designed from the ground up using web-based technology and development tools.

Security

Sapphire software is designed to incorporate the best web-based security features.  District administrators will have full control of who has access to the system and what data they can see. Security can be specified from district t-wide user groups down to the individual user level.

Centralized Database

Integration of data within one central database is the unique feature of the Sapphire software.  Student Information is no longer duplicated in multiple databases.

Report Generation

Sapphire software is designed with a fully integrated report writer.  Users will have the capability to create their own reports and reports can be delivered in user chosen formats:

• PDF
• FlashPaper
• Excel
• Word
• HTML
• XML
• TIFF, JPG, GIF, PNG
• CSV, Text, Ascii with delimiters