OS4ED
"openSIS enables our teachers, administrators and parents to be on the same page looking at the same set of information; which helps us to educate our students more effectively."
— Dr. Marsha Rinaldi, Principal, Wesley High School

Customers

Every customer is "God" to us. We want to showcase each one of them here in the future - complete with school details, testimonials and case studies. For now, some of the recent ones are given below at random. This is a partial list and is not in any order.
West Moreland
West Moreland Intermediate Unit number 7

Westmoreland Intermediate Unit #7 serves Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to include seventeen school districts, Clairview School, and three Westmoreland County Career and Technology Centers, under the direct supervision of its board of directors and central administration.

WMI is implementing openSIS with Moodle integrated with Shibboleth user management system. They are self hosting the solution.

Ultraline Technologies
Ultraline Technologies

Ultraline, offers a full range of e-learning products and services using SCORM conformant LMS to engaging and effective courseware. They are recognized experts on SCORM, Section 508 and other on-line delivery technologies and standards.

Ultraline is using cloud hosted openSIS multilingual edition integrated with Sakai LMS for its SIS customers.

AuTrain-Onota Public School
AuTrain-Onota Public School

The AuTrain-Onota Public School is a small, rural, Preschool through Eighth Grade school located in Alger County, Deerton, Michigan.

Autrain is using a cloud hosted openSIS community edition.

Cristo Para Las Naciones, Colombia
Cristo Para Las Naciones, Colombia

The Bible Institute is designed to work with the local Church, to create an atmosphere in which not only take classes that will help them grow and mature spiritually, but also is a place where students will gain experience through outreach events and practical training.

CPN is using cloud hosted openSIS community edition as their SIS.

APEEJAY
APEEJAY Education Society

The Apeejay Education Society, one of the largest education societies in India is sponsored by the renowned industrial House of Apeejay Stya. It is in existence for over four decades. The society operates 29 K-12 schools, colleges, technical and professional institutions throughout northwestern India and is well known for excellence in education.

Dr. Stya Paul, illustrious industrialist and philanthropist, who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of excellence in education, is the Founder Chairman of the Apeejay Education Society.

The society has chosen openSIS as their Student Management System and is deploying openSIS with Moodle to provide a hybrid of brick and mortar and on-line school for its students.

MCAEC
Conseil scolaire francophone
de la Colombie-Britannique

Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CSF) is the Francophone Education Authority of British Columbia, Canada. The francophone program is tailor-made for children with a Francophone background from at least one parent. Francophone schools allow their students to live, to learn and to develop the French language, and culture, and to be active participants in the francophone community.

CSF is using the multilingual version of openSIS pro with Active Directory integration and is self-hosting the system.

MCAEC
Nile Union Academy

Nile Union Academy of Egypt is a Seventh-day Adventist boarding academy in the Middle East and North African region offering a 5 year program that provides an "American Equivalent High School Diploma".

NUA is using openSIS community edition with the Library module and is self-hosting the system.

MCAEC
Mother Caroline Academy & Education Center (MCAEC)

Mother Caroline is a private learning environment for low-income middle school girls in grades 5-8 and their families. It has successfully reached hundreds of families of greatest need over the years. Nowhere else in the city of Boston is there a single school that is dedicated to an entire family’s educational success. With three points of access- the Academy for middle school girls, Adult Education Center and the Shining Star After School program, their unique holistic approach, challenging curriculum and nurturing setting supports and encourages families to stretch beyond their imagination.

Mother Caroline is using openSIS community edition with the Library module and is self-hosting the system.

Ukarumpa International School
Institute of Technology & Marine Engineering

Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering (ITME) is a dynamic endeavor of The Ambuja Neotia Group in the field of technological education in Kolkata, India. It started its journey eight years earlier, and has become one of the most prestigious engineering colleges of eastern India.

Harshavardhan Neotia, the Chairman, had long nurtured a dream of leveraging the Group’s potential in the advancement of education. Thus, as a representative Ambuja Neotia initiative, ITME seeks to epitomize distinction and integrity in the academic field.

ITME is committed to the pursuit of excellence and aims to attain holistic development for all students. By providing a truly inspirational academic environment, the Institute ensures that its students emerge as responsible citizens with a strong allegiance to collective advancement.

ITME is running a customized version of openSIS on-premise.

Ukarumpa International School
Ukarumpa International School

Ukarumpa International School is an accredited PreK-12 school in Papua New Guinea that enables missionaries to continue in their mission calling by providing a sound, Christ-centered education for their children.

UIS is running openSIS pro on-premise with Active Directory integration to manage its users system wide.

Columbia School of English
Columbia School of English

The Columbia School of English is an accredited English language school in Portland, Oregon. They offer certificates in Basic Proficiency, Communicative Proficiency, Workplace Proficiency, Academic Proficiency and Mastery. CSE is using a cloud hosed openSIS for their student information need.

SITTI
Selma Innovation Technology Training Institute

Selma Innovation Technology Training Institute (SITTI) is a client-centered and affordable Mobile Phlebotomy & Allied Health services training provider to its clients to assist them to lead dignified and independent lives in the comfort and safety of their own homes. Their individual needs are carefully assessed, understood, and met through the selective assignment of qualified, trustworthy and compassionate personnel.

SITTI is running openSIS + Moodle integrated product in the cloud.

UCF
University of Central Florida
Center for Multilingual Multicultural Studies

The Center for Multilingual Multicultural Studies is located at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. CMMS provides high quality English language programs for international students and professionals, offers services that enhance research and instruction in language learning, and coordinates cultural programs that contribute to multicultural awareness and global education.

CMMS is running a custom version of openSIS Pro for Higher Ed on-premise.

FFMT
Florida Fund For Minority Teachers Inc. (FFMT)

Florida Fund for Minority Teachers Inc. (FFMT) is a minority teacher education scholars program, which is a collaborative performance-based scholarship program for African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-American, and Native American students. The participants in the program include Florida's public community colleges and its public and private universities that have teacher education programs.

The annual amount of the Minority Teacher Education Scholarship is $4,000. Awards are only disbursed during the Fall and Spring semesters, in the amount of $2,000 per semester. Students may be eligible to receive the scholarship for up to two consecutive years.

FFMT is running a custom coded Scholarship Management System in the cloud.

New Pilgrim Baptist Church, UT

New Pilgrim Baptist Church is a Multicultural Christian Fellowship located in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah. We have members from over 30 nations and services in both English and Spanish.

Community College of Qatar
Community College of Qatar (CCQ)

The Community College of Qatar (CCQ), opens in September 2010 to meet the current and emergent Qatar educational and labor market needs. Qatar embarks on the exciting CCQ initiative as part of the 2030 Vision to provide students with solid post-secondary education and critical job training to complete either a University Bachelor’s Degree or a Career in a growing Qatar industry upon graduation.

Sancta Sophia Seminary
Sancta Sophia Seminary

Sancta Sophia Seminary, established in 1977 by Carol E. Parrish, is located in the spiritual setting of Sparrow Hawk Village in the foothills of the Ozarks outside Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Sancta Sophia Seminary offers a distinctive approach to transformation. Envisioning a life of hope, love and service, each student prepares to be a modern Light Worker through professional preparation.

Council of Community Colleges, Jamaica
Council of Community Colleges, Jamaica

The Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ) is a statutory agency under the Ministry of Education, formed by an Act of Parliament, which was passed in December 2001, to supervise and coordinate the work of Community Colleges in Jamaica. The Council which comprises members of the Colleges, representatives from other sectors of the tertiary and secondary education system, as well as members of business and industry, held its first meeting in July 2002, and established business offices at 24, Trafalgar Road in August of the same year (Now located at Power of Faith Multi-Purpose Complex, Lot 14 Portmore Town Centre, Portmore, St. Catherine).

Yampah Mountain High School
Yampah Mountain High School

The purpose of Yampah Mountain High School is to provide member district students with a personalized learning plan to meet their educational goals, to grow academically & to earn a high school diploma. We provide students the opportunity to become motivated, engaged learners in a small school environment with attention to the whole student.

Idaho
Idaho Connects Online School

ICON, Idaho Connects Online School (formerly Kaplan Academy of Idaho) is committed to combining the power of education with the choices, the 24/7 access, and the personalized programs that Idaho students want and need.

ICON is running openSIS in the cloud with on-line registration for students. Its implementation of openSIS has the capability to generate Idaho State Reports mandated by the dept. of education in one click.

St. Vincent and Grenadines Community College

St. Vincent and Grenadines Community College

Ministry of Education, Dominica

The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development has responsibility for primary and secondary education and provides support for tertiary education. The Ministry is also responsible for establishing policies, standards and for supervising early childhood education. The Ministry also has responsibility for human resource development excluding public officers which covers in addition private initiatives designed to assist in the development of the human stock.

Townshend International School

The Townshend International School is a private internationalist school located in Hluboká nad Vltavou in the Czech Republic. The school was founded in 1992 is a Bahá'í inspired school. The school is named after the Irish scholar and former priest George Townshend.

Trousdale School

The Trousdale School is committed to providing an environment that promotes maximum educational, physical, social and spiritual growth to high functioning adults with mental disabilities.

High Street Christian Academy

High Street Christian Academy was started in 1976 by Dr. Charles E. Mainous as a ministry of High Street Baptist Church.  Since its founding, HSCA has sought to maintain a spirit of excellence in all that it does, as well as continue to progress by pursuing new spiritual heights and academic excellence.

Open Bible Academy

OBA is a private Christian school serving K4 through 12th grade students from Christian families in the Burlington, Massachusetts area.

Lexington Academy

At Lexington Academy, learning extends beyond just knowing facts, and challenges students to understand their relevance ,and then apply their knowledge toward improving their capacity to lead.  Each area of study, from Math to Foreign Language,  is used to help develop the student’s potential.  This emphasis on transformational education is unique and helps students find deeper relevance and usefulness in all of their studies.

Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy

Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy (CATA) is a college preparatory, public charter school established in 2004 to serve 9th to 12th grade students with specialized interests in arts and technology.

Our mission is to provide excellence in secondary education through college preparatory academics, performing arts, fine arts, and technology related to the arts. CATA is dedicated to creating an educational community where each student thrives, exploring personal interests in an atmosphere that encompasses different learning styles, individual learning opportunities, smaller class sizes and multiple methods of learning assessment.

Marshall Christian Academy

Our Mission: To train up young men and women to become disciples and leaders for the Kingdom of God through spirituals, academics, and athletics!

WIS
Washington International School

WIS is a British standards school in Karachi, Pakistan. They were seeking a comprehensive web based student management solution. After evaluating several applications, the school board selected cloud hosted version of openSIS as the most suitable and flexible system for the school. Since openSIS is open source and is customizable for each instance, WIS management was particularly receptive. The fact that openSIS will be integrated to Moodle 2.0 in the Fall of 2010 was an added attraction for WIS.

Covenant Preparatory School

Covenant Preparatory School is an independent, tuition-free middle school for boys from under-served families in the City of Hartford. The school provides a challenging and supportive learning environment, where motivated students of all faiths are offered an intellectual, cultural, physical and moral education.

CPS opted for the cloud hosted openSIS for its no hassle turnkey solution and attractive pricing.
Lighthouse Christian Academy

LCA was looking for a cost effective student information system with strong parent communication features. openSIS with EasyCom parent notification system was an ideal solution for the school. LCA opted for the cloud hosted openSIS because they don’t want the hassle of maintenance and upkeep of the system.

Oregon State Hospital

Oregon State Hospital system was in the look out for a patient education system with a robust scheduling functionality. After going through an RFP process they selected a customized version of openSIS that fulfilled their requirements to the tee. It was possible because openSIS is open source and OS4ED is always willing to customize the system to fit a client’s specific need.

Masdar Institute of Science and Technology

The Masdar Institute, Abu Dhabi is a private, not-for-profit, independent, research-driven institute developed with the support and cooperation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Institute offers Masters and (eventually) PhD programs in science and engineering disciplines, with a focus on advanced energy and sustainable technologies.

MIST wanted a customized version of a student information system that would fulfill their specific higher education requirement. OS4ED was able to customize openSIS with web based student application facility, applicant processing features and Active Directory integration for user maintenance.

MIST opted to self-host and maintains the application themselves. OS4ED provides tech support and business continuity for them.
South Plains College Upward Bound

Upward Bound is a college preparatory program funded by the U.S. Department of Education. It provides young students with the skills they need to be successful in college. Participants receive academic, personal and cultural enrichment to prepare them for higher education. The Upward Bound Program at South Plains College serves 50 students from six schools in Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, and Terry Counties. Upward Bound, a Trio Program fully funded by the US Department if Education, is a NO COST program to its participants.

Realizing that Focus SIS was not meeting their needs, South Plains College Upward Bound turned to openSIS to manage their students. They are using openSIS with the Discipline and EasyCom modules to manage and communicate with the parents and students who participate in their program each year. South Plains Upward Bound easily transitioned from Focus SIS to openSIS and has successfully completed another program year with no issues.

Adventist International Mission School

Adventist International Mission School (AIMS) in Sararubi, Thailand joins the openSIS family as our first international client. AIMS was seeking an affordable solution to replace the Rediker Administrators Plus student management system. Administrator Plus is a proprietary system running on proprietary software requiring licensing fees for Novell/Microsoft servers, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Database Server with workstations required to be Windows XP SP 2. Additional fees include client access licenses for Windows Server and possibly Microsoft SQL Server. AIMS stands to realize significant cost savings as it eliminates these additional costs over time and still enjoy the same functionality at a fraction of the total cost.

Summit Bible College | View Case Study

Summit needed a centralized SIS available via the web to manage its geographically disperse student population. The SIS had to fit into a very limited budget and have the flexibility to manage programs, degrees and courses.Summit had tried other open source SIS solutions only to find them to be buggy and unreliable. Additionally, the other solutions did not have the ability to manage programs and degrees.

Pinellas County Schools | View Case Study

After a recent district rezoning, PCS needed a web based student reservation with wizard guided workflows that took into account all of the rules associated with IEP’s, grandfather rights and sibling rights for enrollment. PCS needed a web based system with complex workflows to accommodate the IEP, grandfather and sibling rules associated with rezoning. The solution had to be simple and easy for parents and provide clear guidance on completing the reservation and enrollment.

Who uses openSIS
Testimonial

Our school selected openSIS primarily due to its feature rich offering in an Open Source package. To borrow from an old cliché, it offers a lot of bang for the buck. The openSIS development team has worked tirelessly with our school to ensure a quality stable application. The development team has implemented many of the recommendations made by our staff. The application has been a huge success to our staff, students, and parents.

If you are in the market for a student management solution without a substantial upfront and annual cost, openSIS should be your first look.
Jessie Stewart
Principal & IT Director
Lighthouse Christian Academy