Skyward

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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.