Kent School District Wins Award for Website Built on Schoolwires® Centricity2™ Platform

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kent School District in Washington received the 2011 Best of the Web/Digital Education Achievement Award in the K-12 District Education Website category for its website built upon the Schoolwires Centricity2 Platform.

The district won the award from e.Republic's Center for Digital Education. The Best of the Web Awards recognize and honor outstanding K-12 and higher education websites while the Digital Education Achievement Awards recognize outstanding contributions at the application, intranet and infrastructure level, all to the benefit and quality of online education for students and teachers.

"The layout of the home page and ease of accessing information earned us the Best of the Web award," said Richard Russell, Director, Technical Services, Information Technology, Kent School District. "Moving to the Centricity2 website has enabled us to rethink how we present the vast amount of information that our district users need to access. Making the information easier to find helps students, teachers, and community members access the information they need more efficiently."

"We congratulate Kent School District for winning this award," said Christiane Crawford, President and Chief Executive Officer, Schoolwires. "And we applaud them for leveraging the power of Centricity2 to transform the way that information and resources are presented to users. The ease of access to resources at the district, school and classroom levels encourages a profound level of engagement that ultimately leads to student, teacher, and district success.  We feel honored to be able to serve a notable district like Kent School District."

About Schoolwires, Inc.

Schoolwires is a leading provider of community-based solutions and safe social learning environments designed to accelerate K-12 district and student success. Centricity2 is its unifying Web content management platform designed to help K-12 districts more deeply connect and engage with their communities.  Schoolwires Nimbus™ Safe Social Learning Environment provides a secure environment where teachers can inspire student engagement and interest in developing 21st century learning skills. Through its numerous, long-term district relationships, Schoolwires works with an estimated 8 million users across the nation. Schoolwires was recognized by Inc magazine as one of the Top Education Companies on the 2011 Inc 500|5000 for the fifth consecutive year.  Schoolwires Inc. (www.schoolwires.com) is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania, USA.

SOURCE Schoolwires, Inc.