WhippleHill was made before I came this school, but I have been so
impressed by WhippleHill's commitment to the future and their vision.
They are constantly improving and maturing their product in a way that
makes it more customizable for the user and so even though we all start
with a similar playing field, ours can look very different from yours if
we choose it. I can speak to you more off list if you like.
Ann
Ann Hamel
Director of Technology
Yearbook Instructor
Community Service Coordinator
Fountain Valley School of Colorado
6155 Fountain Valley School Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80911-2299
ahamel@fvs.edu
719.391.5330
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-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Preston
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 6:26 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Whipple Hill vs FinalSite
We went with WhippleHill 5 years ago for a number of reasons. We needed
a
good website that was more interactive and easy to update with content
management system. But our decision went further as we needed much more
that Finalsite was unable to offer. Beyond communicating the mission
and
goals of the schools to prospective families and the community, we
needed
tools to communicate better with our current constituents. We were also
lacking with good database to handle admissions, student information
system,
etc. As technology has changed and communicating in a browser-based
environment has become the expectation, we needed that integration.
FinalSite at the time did not have a robust system to communicate other
than
building pages. Over the years, WH has been constantly developing
tools to
stay current with current trends and technologies. The recent ecosystem
integration with various application like AlertNow, Naviance, upcoming
Moodle etc. makes it a choice with so much growth. I honestly see no
comparison. However, as you decide between vendors, I would seriously
consider where you want to go long term. Long term I think you find
yourself disappointed as their technologies are not growing with market
expectations. Taking on a tool to communicate more effectively takes
time
and human resources, vendor aside. The time and effort is worth it. At
the
beginning of the school, not a year has gone by where new families
comment
that they are blown away by the amount of content we provide and
communicate. All that could not been done as easily without the tools
we
have put in place by using WhippleHill.
Feel free to contact me if you would like more information.
Elizabeth Preston
Director of Technology
St. Luke's School
203.801-4836
http://www.stlukesct.org/Default.asp?bhcp=3D1
https://www.stlukesct.org/podium/default.aspx?t=3D103916
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