School Comms App Wins Best Education Hack @ TSU's HackHouston

Project ask download found here:
http://devpost.com/software/school-comms

School Comms = More parent engagement + student success. Our app easily manages school communication with parents.

Research clearly connects family and community involvement to attendance, retention, and development and shows that active, meaningful parent engagement boosts student success and achievement.

School Comms App manages and measures parent-teacher-school engagement, progress, based on best practices in 8 essential areas of effective parent involvement:
-Communication
-Parenting
-Student Learning
-Volunteering
-Advocacy and Decision-Making
-Training
-Community Collaboration
-Student Health

It facilitates stronger connections and dialogue through:
*welcome packet
*personal greetings & reminders
*emergencies, child health alerts
*school newsletter announcements
*homework, study strategies, and contests *attendance forms and info on special events/field trips
*surveys, progress reports
*parent volunteer team dialogue
*scheduling of parent teacher conference
*school calendar & staff directory
*community services directory
*coupons to local businesses

Our app will Focus on Results: For Students Reinforcement of good study habits Awareness school importance. Support for achievement.

For Parents Awareness and alignment on school initiatives. Support from school and other parents. Progress reports.

For School & Teachers Greater social capital, retention, and community collaboration. Share information on student progress and development. Leveraging strengths and feedback from family.

How we built it:
We used Java on Firebase to to setup database and android enabled user interface that we tested successfully on our phones.
What's next for School Comms
Commercializing after testing prototype results with pilot schools is our next step.

National Parent Involvement day is 11.19.2017 during National Parent Involvement Month! This is a day we may target for launch and get parents involved in schools that partner with us on this app. We are encouraging parents to to get involved and join us in this effort to support your child and our partner schools.

Phase 2 of School Comms will give us time to include:
*functionality for additional services and include reporting features that enable schools to gather and use data for making future decisions on allocation of targeted resources and program activities.
*manages paperwork, time tracking, payment processing, and value-added services for childcare operations.

Team Eclipse:
Jose Alvarado
Anish Patel &
Craig Nicholas

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