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Knowing the Whole Story: Orah and Blackbaud Partner to Secure Student Locations

Today, we are excited to announce that we are bringing that rigorous level of accountability to the entire market as an official Strategic Partner of Blackbaud. 

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Introducing Reasons-Based Attendance

Every school has dealt with this: you pull a report on student absences, and instead of clean data, you get "Sick", "Ill", "Unwell", "Home sick", "Flu", all describing the same thing. Good luck spotting patterns in that mess.

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Orah Now Supports Blackbaud and Veracross Single Sign-On

If your school uses Blackbaud or Veracross as your Student Information System, you can now enable Single Sign-On for Orah.

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Know Where You Stand: A Quick Safety Readiness Check for Independent Schools

Answer five quick questions to see how prepped your school is to account for the students in your care throughout the day.

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The Large High School Safety Stack

A safety stack is the set of decisions that determine how quickly you can find a missing student, how confidently you can brief your board, and how calm your staff feel when something goes wrong.

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Stronger, Faster Emergency Communications: Orah + Informacast

In an emergency, speed, clarity, and reach are everything. Schools and organizations need to not only detect and manage incidents quickly, but also ensure the right people receive the right message immediately.

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Export Emergency Roll Reports for Better Drill Analysis

After an emergency drill, you need to know how quickly everyone was accounted for and whether your alert systems worked as intended.

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How Operational Excellence Shapes School Choice

When parents choose your school, two decision-making systems are competing for their final choice

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Improving the Roll Marking Experience for Teachers

Orah has rolled out a new set of enhancements designed to simplify and enrich the attendance marking experience for teachers, turning routine tasks into insightful opportunities.

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How Many Passes Does Your School Handle Each Day? Here’s How Much Time You Could Save with Orah

How much time could your school be saving with Orah passes? Orah Passes are over 3× faster than manual processes, saving staff time, reducing interruptions, and making your school run smoother every day.

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Orah + FACTS: A New Integration That Brings Attendance and Safety into Real Time

Independent and faith-based schools using FACTS now have a new way to track attendance, improve campus safety, and reduce administrative workload, thanks to a new integration between Orah and FACTS. 

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How Independent Schools Can Know Where Their Students Are... In Real Time

Most attendance systems were built for recordkeeping. Orah was built for action. Here’s how we do it.

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What are the safest independent schools doing differently?

 Find out every week. Short, practical tips on keeping students safe, from the schools getting it right.