Our school management system offers a reliable, long-term solution for K-12 schools, simplifying essential tasks for teachers, administrators, parents, and students. With fast, easy installation and ongoing support, we ensure a smooth transition and user satisfaction.
Streamline school operations with our comprehensive tools, including School Administration, Attendance Manager, Address Book, Human Resources, Reports, Report Cards, an Online Help Manual, and more—all in one place.
Acts as the school’s online record keeping system for families, alumni, and any other contacts associated with the school.
Not only can daily attendance be taken in each classroom, but reports can also be generated to view and export attendance data by day/range.
Sycamore offers a selection of Dynamic Reports that allow schools to pull data based on selected fields for student and/or families.
Families and students have their own portals to log into Sycamore. In doing so, they have access to view grades, report cards, school news, classroom pages, etc.
The Family Directory is a directory of your school's families and contact information.
Administrators are able to make changes to each student, family, and staff profile to ensure all data and information is up-to-date. This includes: contact information, student records, medical information, login credentials, etc.
The Human Resources module acts like a Human Resources department. It is a place to process and store information for all current and past employees.
With over 400+ features, the help manual has proven to be an invaluable source of knowledge for navigating Sycamore in various areas of the site.
There is one main school calendar that all staff members, families, and students can view for any and all events happening at the school. The calendar can also be synced with Google Calendar.
News articles can be created and set to appear as top stories to be seen on the school homepage and individual classroom pages. All staff, families, and students have access to view news articles to increase the means of information being disseminated and communicated.
On the school homepage and in each classroom, schools can upload photos to a photo album to be made viewable and highlighted for staff, family, and students.
Featuring report card formats of Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle School, High School, etc., schools have options to configure their report cards to the formats that best meet their schools required needs.
Schools are able to generate transcripts and academic records after each marking period. Transcripts will then be placed in each student’s profile to monitor their progress throughout their academic careers.
School Communications
Efficiently manage school communications with our integrated tools, enabling seamless messaging and updates for teachers, students, and parents.
Send emails in bulk, via MailChimp, SparkPost or SMTP to disseminate to a group of recipients.
News articles can be created and set to appear as top stories to be seen on the school homepage and individual classroom pages. All staff, families, and students have access to view news articles to increase the means of information being disseminated and communicated.
If teachers have questions relating to their classroom, they can click on the green icon at the top of their classroom page. Doing so will connect them with our teacher chat support team, who are available to chat instantaneously and assist teachers from 8AM-5PM Monday-Friday Central Time.
Integrating with the text messaging service, Twilio, schools can send out text and voice messages to parents and employees in the case of emergencies, alerts, etc. There are no additional Sycamore fees for this service, but minor fees within Twilio do apply.
Classroom Management
Simplify classroom management with our comprehensive tools, enabling efficient handling of schedules, grading, assignments, lesson plans, and student progress—all in one place.
Each teacher is designated their own class page for each classroom. In the classroom, teachers are able to take attendance, grade assignments, post grades, communicate with families/students, etc.
Each classroom has a calendar for all families/students to view events, lesson plans, etc.
News articles can be created and set to appear as top stories in individual classrooms. The teacher, students, and families associated with each classroom have access to view these articles.
Teachers can upload class photos to be made viewable and highlighted for families and students in their classroom.
Teachers can take attendance directly from the classroom and document absences, tardies, notes, etc.
Teachers can order and/or edit lunches for students from within the classroom.
Discipline logs can be tracked throughout the course of a school year. In addition, points can be assigned for violations and detentions that are built-up during a semester or school year.
With three different grading models available, teachers have the option to customize the weight of their grade books and the amount of points for each assignment that best meet the needs of each classroom.
This is where a teacher can create and manage their own individualized curriculum for this class and attach specific documents, assignments, and lesson plans.
Teachers have the ability to create their own lesson plans for each class and subject. These plans can include assignments, attachments, print in list/grid view, and are saved in the classroom from year-to-year.
Students can log in and submit assignments via a dropbox, which allows students and teachers teachers to make comments, receive instant feedback, and have a digital copy of any and all assignments, projects, etc., submitted.
Teachers are able to create a multitude of tests in their classrooms for students to take online. If teachers mark the test to be reviewable, students can review the test immediately after they take it to see how well they performed and receive their results immediately.
Students can be added as an IEP student with goals & objectives set for them. In addition, teachers can enter trials and track students' progress.
Sycamore offers flexibility for schools that require attribute grading for grades and classes.
Teachers can provide parents with a narrative evaluation of their students.
An exclusive Sycamore communication feature, administrators and staff can communicate with families, students, and fellow staff members. When a Pass-A-Note is received, it will pop up when users are logged into Sycamore, providing a quick and effective means of communication.
Easily see who visits your classroom using the Visitors Logs.
Teachers are able to generate reports from within their classrooms to pull attendance data, family demographics, grade reports, etc.
If teachers have questions relating to their classroom, they can click on the green icon at the top of their classroom page. Doing so will connect them with our teacher chat support team, who are available to chat instantaneously and assist teachers from 8AM-5PM Monday-Friday Central Time.
Integrations
Effortlessly manage data across systems with seamless integration, supported by Sycamore’s trusted partnerships and collaborations detailed below.
OneRoster compliant, Google Workspace for Education Build Partners, Clever Application Partner
We are happy to work with MailChimp and Twilio to help with expanding our internal communications features.
Save time and money by processing with one of our trusted partners: Tuition EP (more integrated uses to come soon), PayJunction, Paya or Paypal.
Accessit- Library Management and Renaissance Assessments can also make use of Sycamore School data.
Financial Management
Simplify classroom tasks with tools for class pages, calendars, news updates, attendance tracking, discipline reports, grading, curriculum planning, lesson creation, online assignments, tests, IEP evaluations, and more.
The Sycamore Education Accounting Mgr module is a tool for schools to manage their Accounts Receivable (charging and receiving payments from families), providing a great interface for financial interactions between the school and your families.
Offers a point of sale charging service, in addition to full meals, a la carte items, cafeteria scanning, and ordering from home and in the classroom.
Manages the daily process of checking students in/out who arrive before and after school for care.
Donations can be received for specific giving campaigns with accompanying receipts and donation statements.
Schools can process online payments via ACH and credit card. Payments will be credited to the family accounts and deposited directly into the school’s bank account.
Specialties
Streamline school operations with our robust management suite, offering tools for tracking assets, managing facilities, organizing parent-teacher conferences, and more—all designed to simplify administrative tasks.
Schools can manage the school assets with this feature, which includes inventory labels and a dynamic asset report.
Discipline logs can be tracked throughout the course of a school year. In addition, points can be assigned for violations and detentions that are built-up during a semester or school year.
For schools that have multiple locations/campuses, this feature helps organize the various buildings and rooms found in those multiple locations.
Integrate school library books within Sycamore, allowing staff to manage inventory, see which books are checked-in/checked-out, view student activity, generate reports, etc.
Schools can view general medical information, medical alerts, immunizations can be stored, and medical logs can be tracked.
Provides a platform for schools to plan and schedule parent teacher conferences, in addition to parents having the option to sign up themselves.
Daily logs are stored for families and students that take part in service opportunities. Once the service hours have been logged, schools can review the hours by either approving or denying each service log.
Administrators can keep track of employee/staff hours. By utilizing a clock in/clock out feature, employees will log their hours and time-off requests to be viewed and accepted.
For any school carnivals, parties, field trips, etc., volunteer opportunities can be created and made available for families to sign up for ‘To Do’ and ‘To Bring’ tasks.
Admissions & Enrollment
Streamline admissions and enrollment with our intuitive tools, making it easy to manage applications, track prospects, and automate communications from inquiry to acceptance.
Automatic confirmation emails
Customize the application by grade level
Easy-to-use interface
Go paperless!
Online forms and applications
Track prospects from Inquiries to Acceptance
Master Scheduler
We simplify classroom management by supporting lesson creation, student progress monitoring, and the administration of online assignments and tests, making daily teaching tasks more efficient and manageable.
Different Teachers in Different Class Periods
Rotating Bell Schedule
Two-Week Cycle
University Model
Straightforward Pricing Based On Enrollment
Sycamore offers a comprehensive school management platform that simplifies operations, communication, and classroom management.
Simplify messaging and updates across all school stakeholders.
Efficient Student Tracking
Easily monitor grades, attendance, and student progress.
Simplified Admissions & Enrollment
Streamline the entire admissions process, from inquiry to acceptance.
Comprehensive Administrative Management
Manage schedules, assets, and volunteer coordination with ease.
Get Started with Sycamore Today
For customized pricing, contact us at 1 (866) 757-5401 or fill out our form online. Schedule a demo and start your free trial to see how Sycamore can help your school achieve more.
