WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.,
Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
K12 Alerts
is pleased to announce that their K12 Alerts Electronic Emergency
Card and notifications system has been chosen by the readers of
District Administration magazine as a Readers' Choice Top 100
Products of 2011. The K12 Alerts Electronic Student Emergency Card portal replaces
school paper emergency cards with an online system and empowers
Parents within a few mouse clicks to update and provide emergency
contacts, caregiver, doctor, allergies, dismissal permissions and
more on any Internet enabled smartphone, tablet or computer.
The prestigious acknowledgement is given annually to K12
education products that have supported education innovation. The
winners were selected by the editors of District Administration
magazine from hundreds of nominations submitted by readers,
including school superintendents and district-level directors in
districts across the United
States. The winning products were determined by the quantity
of nominations received per product, as well as an evaluation of
product quality based upon readers' nominations and
explanations.
Due to the proliferation of handheld devices and the use of
Social Media like Facebook and Twitter, everyone now demands
information instantly and succinctly that is accurate and
up-to-date. The recent events at Virginia
Tech underscores the importance of having up-to-date
information on students in the event of a crisis. K12 Alerts®
award winning Electronic Emergency Card system ensures that school
officials always have up-to-date information for access and instant
parent communications.
"Inclusion in District Administration Magazine's 'Top 100
Products of the Year' is a great acknowledgement," said
T. Gregory Bender, President &
CEO. "We are always striving to produce the most innovative,
reliable and cost-effective communications ecosystem for the
sharing and management of emergency information on any Internet
enabled device by school administrators. K12 Alerts has always been
about building great products that increase operational
efficiencies at schools with ease of use in mind when communicating
with large groups."
About K12 Alerts
K12 Alerts® was established in 2002 after 9/11 to find a
better way to communicate with large groups of people during a
crisis. The K12 Alerts® platform is a Software as a Service
(SaaS) solution created to enable school administrators to
effortlessly record, send, and track targeted messages to groups in
minutes. K12 Alerts® also provides an Electronic Student Emergency Cards portal that parents
may update and administrators can access in a few keystrokes;
providing doctor, allergy and other critical student information about each child. K12
Alerts® is growing rapidly throughout the United States and Patent Pending. Founded
in 2002, K12 Alerts is headquartered in Westchester County in White Plains, N.Y. For more information,
please visit http://www.k12alerts.com.
About District Administration
District Administration is a monthly publication covering all of
the important topics faced in today's K12 school systems. With a
circulation of more than 73,000, District Administration reaches
top decision-makers in virtually every school district across the
country.
Subscribers are district-level leaders in K12 education,
including superintendents, assistant superintendents, curriculum
directors, business officers, IT directors and federal funds
administrators. For more information visit http://www.districtadministration.com.
Media Contacts:
Gregory Bender
K12 Alerts
914-450-7784
gbender@k12alerts.com
Cindy Brockell
K12 Alerts
914-220-8326
relations@k12alerts.com
SOURCE K12 Alerts