Effective Ways to Prepare for the New Semester After Winter Break

Effective Ways to Prepare for the New Semester After Winter Break

The start of a new semester is always a time for fresh opportunities. Winter break provides a natural pause, almost like a period of hibernation, allowing students and teachers to recharge before diving into new challenges. However, transitioning back to academic life requires planning and effort. Here are some effective ways to prepare for a successful semester, whether you’re gearing up in advance or adjusting as classes are already underway. 

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New Release – Dec 18, 2025

This QuickSchools release contains general improvements and bug fixes to our Student Information System (SIS).

The full list of improvements is below:

Online Forms Improvements

  • Improve Embedded Online Forms for mobile
  • Bug Fix Submitter Email in Online Forms (for Report Creator and Excel Export)

Gradebook Improvements

  • Bug Fix Scale Score for Self-Paced Gradebook
  • Low Grade Alert support for Final Grades
  • Low Grade Alert support for Students
  • Update Configure icon
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How Women in Discovery Changed the World:  Stories That Will Inspire You

There’s a certain kind of brilliance that doesn’t arrive with trumpets or headlines. For generations, discovery has often been framed as a dramatic act, a “eureka!” moment. But it could also be meticulous and incremental, like staying open to anomalies, questions, and the strange details others ignore. Many of the women who changed what we know did so by following those details to their logical and world-altering conclusions. They often worked without recognition or enough resources. Yet, they permanently changed the shape of modern science, medicine, and culture. This is how women in discovery changed the world, and we hope these stories will inspire you. 

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New Release – Nov 24, 2025

This QuickSchools release contains general improvements and bug fixes to our Student Information System (SIS).

Full list of improvements is below:

General Improvements

  • Improve UI for configuring Custom Fields
  • Improve Online Payment flow for Admissions
  • Improve Saved Settings from view Gradebook Median
  • Improve notification for School Admin when School Admin is added/removed
  • Improve Support for Permanently Deleting Students
  • Parents / Students can remove default payment method
  • Retain Semester Order in Transcripts when Reset Semester Data
  • Report Creator support for Student Document Custom Fields
  • Bug Fix Mass Messaging Parents to Teachers of their enrolled children

Beta Features / Beta Apps

  • Improve support for the Discipline Label in Email Alerts
  • Improve PowerSchool Importer when missing Birth Date
  • New / Improved “Attendance Snapshot” App
  • Bug Fix Online Forms Public URL for Group School
  • Option to view Hidden Filters in Report Creator (Internal Only)
  • Improve Data Maintenance (Purge old/deleted data)

7 Reasons Why Every School Needs Digital Transcript Management Today

Every student’s academic journey is captured in one document: the transcript. From grades and credits to GPA and attendance, transcripts are the key to college admissions, scholarships, and future opportunities. But here’s where the challenge lies: many schools are still relying on paper files, manual GPA calculations, and long wait times for requests. These outdated processes slow down staff and frustrate students. That’s why more schools everywhere are adopting digital transcript management. Let’s explore what it means and why this shift matters for your school.

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New Release – Oct 29, 2025

This QuickSchools release contains improvements to the Gradebook, the Orchestra Master Scheduler, plus other miscellaneous improvements to our Student Information System (SIS). We are also making general improvements to the user interface: 

Updated Student Navigator to browse Student Profiles

Full list of improvements are below:

Master Scheduler Improvements

  • Option to exclude certain courses from Teacher Caseload
  • Improve Importer for Course Catalog
  • Importer support for Hidden Course Requests

Gradebook Improvements (See Below)

  • New option to Expand/Collapse Student Name
  • New option to show Median for columns
  • Improve how inactive students are displayed
  • Bug FIx pop-up for “Send Email Result”

General Improvements

  • Refine UI for Student Navigator (See Above)
  • Refine UI for “By Parent” screen for Students
  • Improve how Grade Levels are managed (Disallow duplicate MetaID)
  • Bug Fix WYSIWYG editor when saving links
  • Bug Fix first time invite for teachers

Beta Features / Beta Apps

  • Mass Messaging option to filter Applicants by Status
  • Improving Tutoring Plan App for Parent Portal (Search bar)
  • Improve SFTP Importer from PowerSchool (Import School Name as Tag)
  • Improve Payment Info indicator for Payment Plan
  • Internal improvements to Report Creator (for Billing Reminders)
  • Improve internal data maintenance (data purging)
  • Bug Fix Internal Feedback Survey Framework
  • Bug Fix translation for Homework
  • Bug Fix Online Forms for new Trial Accounts
  • API Improvements for Mobile App (Improve support for Teachers Lounge)

Gradebook Improvements

We have 3 new features to share for the Gradebook. First, you can now easily expand / collapse the first column containing the Students Name:

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