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Henry Hudson Regional School District

Henry Hudson Regional School serves students in seventh through twelfth grades in Highlands and Atlantic Highlands, NJ. They are the epitome of a “small” school district. With a school this size, it is rare to find more than one person running the entire technology infrastructure—web servers, email servers, PC and printer maintenance, teacher and student technology training, and more. This school was no exception.

How did a school this size become the only high school in 2004 to win the New Jersey’s Governor’s School of Excellence Award? One of the reasons was their “integration of technology” throughout the school and curriculum.

Zumu helped Hudson achieve this goal by providing the framework allowing their website to support all the features they incorporate throughout the school—a robust, content rich website; teacher pages; on-line lesson plans; digital lockers and on-line portfolios for students and teachers.

Teachers and administrators keep their sections of the website up-to-date by signing into the website and editing pages they have permission to edit. This eliminates the need to funnel all web changes through one person, saving time and money. All changes are easily reviewed by the administration.

Students are taught how to login to the school website during the first week of school in conjunction with their other technology training. Students can use their digital locker to hold all their school projects. This allows technology to be integrated into all classes. When doing research or creating projects, classes utilize the computer labs knowing that everyone can access their work.

                 

Website Statistics

Number of Pages on Website:
More than 34,000

Average Number of Pages Updated Daily:
154 pages per day

Monthly Statistics

Unique Visitors:

1,428

Number of Visits:

10,322

Visits/Visitor:

7

Pages Viewed:

81,935

Pages/Visit:

8

Hits:

272,774

Hits/Visit:

27


Return on Investment

Estimated net operational savings of over $6,000 per year. Frees up time for other worthwhile projects. Greater community involvement. 

Website Highlights

HHRS teachers are utilizing on-line lesson plans in all their classes. Parents and students access this information regularly. Supervisors can review classroom progress, quickly and easily by reviewing lesson plans.

Students utilize “digital lockers” to store and retrieve school projects from school and home. They can also store their best work from each year and create a complete portfolio of work done each school year.

Active alumni section. Notes and email address are available to help classmates keep in touch.

About Henry Hudson


School Profile:

Located on the Central New Jersey Coast, Henry Hudson Regional School is a 7 - 12 school serving the towns of Atlantic Highlands and Highlands. 

 

Awards:

2004 Governor's School of Excellence Award Recipient

This award was established to support and recognize schools that have shown significant improvement in at least five of nine categories. The five categories the district showed improvement in were community partnership; business partnership; increased and creative use of technology as a tool for learning in a school’s curriculum; and student achievement and leadership.


Notable:

38% of the student body are band members.


Henry Hudson partners with the Keyport School District to share music, theatre and sports programs. Expanding opportunities in both schools.
H i g h l i g h t s

Lesson Plans
Zumu allows all teachers to post their lesson plans on-line. This has saved the department supervisors the hassle of collecting, reviewing, and then returning teacher’s lesson planning books. Supervisors can review the lesson plans at any time. Students and parents can review class information and check homework. 

Digital Lockers
Students and teachers have a private section of the website to store files, documents, pictures, presentations, etc. Projects can be saved to create student or class portfolios. These files can be accesses from anywhere.

Building Project

The website documents the progress of the building project with over 500 pictures. These pictures are updated regularly, providing up-to-date information about the progress, while documenting this renovation for the entire community. The project began on September 10, 2003 for a $14.6 million addition and renovations to Henry Hudson Regional High School. The educational expansion will include science labs, a cafetorium, health, safety and system upgrades.

Alumni Pages
Over 10% of Henry Hudson Regional High School alumni have submitted information for inclusion in the Alumni section of the website. Classmates can leave short messages and provide contact information.  These pages are very active and help keep alumni in touch with classmates. Information is also posted for the Atlantic Highlands High School, which closed in 1962.

Calendars
The district calendar is integrated into the front page of the website allowing users to view upcoming events immediately. By maintaining the calendar regularly, everyone can keep track of school events.

School Closing Pages

Whenever there may be a snow day, hurricane closings, or other early dismissals—students, staff, parents, and other community members check the website first! As soon as the decision is made, the information is posted

C o n c l u s i o n

Henry Hudson Regional School District has created a high performance website that helps them integrate technology seamlessly throughout the school and community, while providing the foundation for further technology development in the futuer.

Using Zumu, the district saves over $6,000 per year, frees up valuable time, and keeps the community informed. Parents check the site often and stay involved in their children's education. Teachers post quickly and esily, reducing tedious paperwork. Alumni keep in touch and stay involved with the school. 

If these are things you would like to have in your district, let us show you how. Email info@zumu.com or call 732-291-2401 to setup a no obligation demonstration of your website using Zumu.