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We’re talking communication here.
Pinnacle Communication Tools, along with theGradebook2 electronic gradebook solution, give parents, students and staff real-time access to attendance and academic progress with no additional uploading of files or report creation. The data teachers enter into their electronic gradebooks is automatically relayed to parents and staff via e-mail, fax, phone or pager.
Pinnacle Communication Tools help everyone stay informed easily and affordably. Parents and staff also have the flexibility of choosing which reports they’d like to receive and how often they’d like to receive them. Best of all, these systems help students take control of and participate in their academic progress and there’s no additional data entry for teachers or administrators!
Strengthening the School-To-Home Connection
Parents Automatically Receive E-mail When: Teachers and Administrators Automatically Receive E-mail When:
  • Their child’s performance drops or exceeds customized levels
  • Their child misses a class
  • Their child receives a disciplinary action
  • Future assignments are due
  • Students are ineligible for sports or other extracurricular activities
  • Students have received disciplinary action
  • Students are performing above or below performance standards
System Requirements  
If you’re already using the Pinnacle System, Pinnacle Communication Tools can be added seamlessly and only requires a moderate amount of hands-on training to start accessing the information you need when you need it. Most commands are intuitive and can be learned and applied easily.
IBM-PC: MACINTOSH:
Operating System*  
CPU Pentium 250 or higher
Memory 64 MB or higher
Hard Disk 100 MB
Operating System* OS 8.6 or higher
CPU Power Mac or higher
Memory 64 MB or higher
Hard Disk 100 MB
   
Excelsior Software  
Excelsior’s Pinnacle Gradebook2 system running on the school network  
 
 
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