Skyward

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

Skyward is a computer-based database used in schools to store information such as grades, attendance, and school lunch account totals.


[edit] Company history timeline

  • 1980 - Jim King & Associates was founded in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
  • 1981 - A Personnel/Salary Negotiations software was developed for school districts.
  • 1984 - The business was incorporated as School Administration Software, Inc.
  • 1985 - The Skyward family of schools had grown from three to 50.
  • 1988 - Skyward opens branch office in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
  • 1992 - Skyward opens branch office in Bloomington, Illinois.
  • 1994 - School Administration Software, Inc. acquired Matrix Computers, a special education

administration software company.

  • 1994 - School Administration Software, Inc. was renamed to Skyward, Inc. The company took on

a new look and logo, yet maintained its focus on schools

  • 1998 - Skyward opens branch office in Lansing Michigan.
  • 2001 - Skyward partnered with the Washington School Information Processing Cooperative

(WSIPC). In 2002 WSIPC began deploying software and systems throughout 277 Washington School Districts.

  • 2002 - Skyward acquired the SchoolAssyst™ Technical Division of TECS of Texas and opens Texas

Branch office in Austin.

  • 2003 - Skyward acquired Golden Concepts, LLC an information technology company dedicated

exclusively to providing technology services to K-12. As a result Skyward opened a new branch office in Madison, Wisconsin named Enterprise Solutions.

  • 2004 - Skyward completed an expansion to its corporate headquarters in Stevens Point of almost

26,000 additional square feet.

  • 2005 - Skyward celebrates 25 years of providing administrative software to K-12 schools.
  • 2005 - Skyward announces opening of branch office in Pennsylvania and a second Texas Branch office located in Dallas.
  • 2005 - Skyward partners with the 41st largest district in the United States, Jordan School District, in Utah.

[edit] External links

Skyward. Historical Highlights. Skyward.com.

[edit] Citations

1. Historical Highlights

This article is uncategorized.

Please help improve this article by adding it to one or more categories, so it may be associated with related articles (how?). Please remove this tag after categorizing.
This page has been tagged since December 2006.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../s/k/y/Skyward.html"