Set up your school's attendance reason codes in Orah and map them to your Student Information System. Orah integrates with Blackbaud, Veracross, FACTS, and other major platforms. Admins control which reason codes are available and who can use them, so the setup matches how your school already works.
Once configured, staff mark attendance by selecting a reason from clear categories: excused, unexcused, or not expected. This keeps records consistent across the school, reduces errors, and means fewer follow-up questions from parents.
With a reason behind every absence and tardy, emergency roll calls give staff a fuller picture of where students are. Leadership can pull board-ready reports showing true student presence. Schools like Northwood account for all students in under 90 seconds during drills.
Connect Orah with your SIS once. From then on, core data and attendance records automatically push and pull between both systems.
Take class rolls manually (or automatically), approve leave, log activities, or run boarding check-ins. Every action updates a student’s record in real time.
Launch an emergency roll with live location data. Account for students faster and respond with confidence.
See how Orah helps over 500 schools keep their students safe and accounted for.
"Students are starting to get more engaged just because of the way we're able to communicate and share information with them"
"Orah is a clean platform that allows you to see and track any concerns with students. You can see if they're not participating, eating regularly, or leaving the building. Those are incredibly helpful pieces that facilitate meaningful conversations"
"The checkpoint kiosk has provided a professional way to manage the sign in/out of the pupils and staff, which supports the safeguarding of pupils. The system is very easy to use, allowing proper management of access to Boarding Houses."
"When we're no longer focused on paperwork, then we can focus on the relationships and the students. You can take notes as you're sitting there with students, so absolutely. Make the change. It's sort of revolutionized my life"
