Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School

Website Design, Mobile Site Design & Development
2010

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Design, Development, Mobile

  • BZAEDS Site Image 1The BZAEDS home page.
  • BZAEDS Site Image 2The site features full faculty bios.
  • BZAEDS Site Image 3The Students and Faculty page.
  • BZAEDS Site Image 4News items can easily be updated and are auto-fed to the home page to keep content fresh and relevant.
  • BZAEDS Mobile Site Image 1The site also works on mobile devices as well.
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Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School (BZAEDS) provides interactive communications between the school, staff, parents, and alumni through an upgraded web and mobile-compatible site.

The Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School is a Chicago-based co-ed Jewish school offering programs from nursery through 8th grade. They asked us to upgrade their website and create a version compatible with mobile devices.

OUR APPROACH

Providing a way for school administration, staff, parents, and alumni to communicate with one another and share critical information in a timely manner was essential to project success. This meant undergoing a number of specific information architecture exercises to help define user paths and information pertinent to individual stakeholders and groups.

IMPLEMENTATION

We incorporated new web architecture and design to support the communications needs of the day school and its members. The mobile site empowers parents to interact with the school’s content easily from anywhere. Flexible and easy-to-use content management enables staff to keep information current and relevant for existing and new school participants. This standards-based site is search engine-friendly and offers the following features:

  • New design to reflect school identity and clear navigation.
  • Secure Parent Portal area of site with registration.
  • Support the School areas for donations and giving.
  • Integrated calendar for website for school activities.
  • Community and Alumni areas of site and social media connections.
  • Custom-branded email newsletter template and MailChimp integration.

THE RETURN

The site saw a 20% increase in traffic in the year it was launched and overall feedback from parents and members has been very supportive. Weekly email newsletters presented in a custom-branded template keep school members regularly engaged with dynamic site content.