A mobile app that builds trust
and engages community.

  • Customizable features to meet your needs

  • Manage all your communications in one place

  • Remarkably powerful yet surprisingly affordable

Foxbright offers a customized iOS, Android, Progressive Web App (PWA) with notifications customized with your district branding that integrates with your website.  The district will customize the app to meet their communication needs.  With the app, parents will have district and building information at their fingertips.

Branded App Standard Features

  Push, SMS/Text, and Email Notification

App users subscribe to receive notifications they want AND how  they want to receive them. Complete record-keeping of all communications.

 

  Community Engagement

App users (staff, students, and/or the community) may take and submit photos and videos via the app for the app news feed.  The media and posting will be routed to an admin for approval before posting.  Posts can be automatically synced to the Foxbright website.

 

  Calendar Integration

Whether you use Google Calendars, Foxbright, or another calendaring system, we have you covered.  App users can select what calendars they want to see based on what they have subscribed to see.

 

  Centralized News Feed

Facebook, Twitter, and your Foxbright website news can automatically feed into the app, app users will be notified and see district messages as well as messages associated with buildings/groups they have subscribed to. 

  • Foxbright News Alerts can send push notifications in-app
  • Notifications posted in the app automatically show on your website
  • News posted in the app can be shared to Facebook and Twitter.

 

  2-Way Messaging

Allow 2-way messaging on only messages you desire responses on. 

  • Admins can direct message any app user and staff and allow replies
  • Staff can direct message subscribers (parents/students) of their assigned groups
  • App users can message staff who use the app 

  Unlimited Groups

Create as many groups  (e.g. parent, club, athletics, staff, etc.) as you need so you can communicate quickly and easily with those groups.

 

  App Dashboard and Accounts/Users

Your organization will receive its own customized App Dashboard, a powerful application you can access from your browser or mobile device to send notifications and update app content at any time.  The dashboard contains a powerful reporting tool that tracks all communication and graphs of app usage.  

 

  Staff Directory

Students and parents can navigate to staff information and teacher pages from within the app.  The app will auto-sync to your Foxbright staff. 

 

  Digital Hall Pass

For schools with a 1:1 tablet program, or for any school where students have access to devices, the digital Hall Pass is a streamlined system that’s easy for teachers, eliminates paper notes, and includes reporting capability.

 

  Single Sign-On (SSO)

Users can sign into the app using an existing school account, such as G Suite for Education, Office365, Microsoft Active Directory, SAML, OAuth2, or SIS.

 

  Block Scheduling

Keep your school community in sync. The app can handle any complexity of rotating block schedules. Every day’s block/period sequence will be clearly shown in your school app. Your school app will sync with the block schedule spreadsheet via our integration with Google Apps for Education and Google Sheets.

Your App is Available In

  • App Store
  • Google Play
  • Web app (for those without a mobile/smart device)

  Other App Features Available

Your app is built to promote direct communication between the district, community, parents, teachers, and students thereby increasing overall community engagement.

  • SIS integrations - automate daily imports of SIS data, notify parents and students via the app of schools closings, absence notifications, lunch balances, bus delays. Notify via Push, SMS/Text, email, or Text to Voice.
  • Class list imports
  • Classroom communication module for teacher-to-student/parent communication and notifications.
  • A separate app customized for each school (building)
  • Student Planner with Reminders
  • Personalized Class Schedules
  • Digital Signage integration

What Foxbright Clients Say

- Grand Ledge Public Schools "Foxbright's client service is second to none!"
- Grand Ledge Public Schools "For many people, a school district's website often provides the first impression... and those are very powerful and influential. I can not imagine using a different website technology provider – I think Foxbright is tops in so many ways!"
- Vicksburg Community Schools "Our Head of Technology and I both marveled at how thorough, seamless, simple, and cost-efficient the site transfer process was last Fall and at how easy it is to maintain and change the site to fit our needs. Thank you for all you do to help us look good!"
- Saline Schools "The PD yesterday was awesome! The hybrid you did for us was great. It was short, quick and covered the areas we wanted to in a short time. Thank you for being flexible and rolling with our PD style yesterday. Excited to be ADA compliant."
- Blissfield Community Schools "We have used Foxbright for almost 9 years now and have had a great working relationship with them. Responses are always quick and courteous."
- Saline Schools "When any issue comes up, the Foxbright support team is only an email or phone call away. They always respond very quickly to the issues which wasn't our experience with our last website vendor."
- Kent ISD “Foxbright is a technology company that knows how to communicate, rather than a communication company that dabbles in technology.”
- Wayland Union Schools "Our experience in working with Foxbright to create the new website was wonderful from start to finish. We finished the project under schedule and our parents, staff and community are happy with the new site."
- Byron Center Public Schools "We are very happy with this organization. They are great to work with! Sharp group of professionals and always helpful."
- Blissfield Community Schools "We recently did a redesign of our website and we are so pleased with the new web interface. Their interface is easy to use and intuitive. Foxbright continues to keep up with the trends and over the past 9 years there have been many new features and functions."
- Muskegon Area ISD "We been very satisfied with the quality and flexibility of Foxbright's CMS. We continue to enjoy a positive and creative partnership with Foxbright and look forward to implementing new features."
- Southfield Public Schools "It has been a joy and a pleasure to work with Foxbright because they are such a responsive company."