Duty reports that automatically update student records and circulate to relevant staff instantly.
Reporting activities and significant events for staff in boarding schools using day reports or shift reports is common practice. In many cases this is done using manual paperwork or digital tools which do not always enable boarding staff to easily capture, share and...
Managing cut off times and availability windows for boarder leave requests
Do you set cut-off times or availability windows for student leave requests in your boarding school? You can easily set availability windows or cut-off times for all of your leave types in REACH Boarding School Software. In addition you can also set your leave cut...
Why cloud data residency matters for your compliance to data privacy laws.
Understanding data residency regulations for cloud systems and why it is vital for compliance to personal data privacy laws. Compliance with Personal Data Privacy Regulations is a non-negotiable requirement for schools. This is why it is important for your school to...
Multi-tasking with your boarding school software
There’s a lot to do in boarding. You have a lot of students to care for, a lot of things happening at any moment in a day. Juggling multiple tasks at any time is what boarding staff do. You have to in order to work efficiently and meet the heavy workload....
Is Missing Data Breaking Your School’s Communication Chain?
Knowing what you don’t have can often be just as important as knowing what you do have and this is the case when it comes to important contacts information at your boarding school. This is why REACH Boarding School Software automatically monitors your data...
Using Room Numbers and Boarder Watch Lists in REACH
Sorting or ranking a roll call list by room number is now very simple in REACH with room numbers becoming a standard data field for every boarder profile. Every boarder can be assigned to a room number and then when staff are taking a roll call simply ranking the...
Five great new features in REACH version 3
Great news, REACH Version3 is now released. We’re very excited to be rolling out version 3 of REACH Boarding School Sofware to all new and current users. R3 provides many excellent developments that significantly improve the user experience with REACH and it...
One school’s journey implementing REACH
This is the first from what will be a series of blogs from a new user of REACH who has offered to write about his experience with implementing and using REACH. Chris Spann is the Head of Boarding at Peace Lutheran College, a mid-sized boarding school in the northern...
Managing Emergency incidents with REACH
When a school has an emergency evacuation or lockdown event it is a high-risk situation that requires immediate and careful management. At this moment, knowing where all of your students are in real time is extremely important and valuable information that can mean the difference between a harmful or safe outcome.
