LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – August, 26, 2024 – Rachel Blackwell was named a winner of PowerSchool’s Honor Roll Awards and their Champion of the Year, a program that celebrates and recognizes PowerSchool customers who have had an extraordinary influence on education and are committed to improving student achievement.
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At PowerSchool, we see the incredible dedication of education leaders like Rachel Blackwell every day as they drive positive change. We are honored to recognize and express our gratitude to them through the Honor Roll Awards,” said Paul Brook, Chief Customer Officer at PowerSchool. “These awards allow us to celebrate the passion and expertise that individuals bring to their schools and districts, and we are excited to witness the positive outcomes they achieve with the support of PowerSchool products.”
PowerSchool, the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America, announced the awards at their annual EDGE conference in Seattle, Washington in July where winners were celebrated during an awards banquet.
Leaders are nominated by peers in their school districts and then selected by a committee. Hundreds of nominations were submitted to this year’s Honor Roll for consideration in a range of categories including Excellence in Innovation, Impact Award, Technical Hero, Empowering Educator, Mentor of the Year, Champion of the Year.
Rachel has been recognized as Champion of the Year for her outstanding engagement and advocacy within the Champion Community and PCSSD. She has actively participated in events such as PowerUp sessions, Champion Council Meetings, and leading the Schoology user group, SUG-AR. Her involvement in webinars, collaborative conversations, and product roadmap series demonstrates her commitment to educational excellence and innovation, ensuring the success of PowerSchool solutions at PCSSD.
"PowerSchool has created the best networking community in the Champion Circle and the Champion Council," shares Rachel. "In the Champion Community, we share ideas about specific related products through webinars and forum pages. Since PCSSD uses several of the PowerSchool Products, such as eSchool Plus, eFinance, Talent Ed, Naviance, Schoology, and more, the community can connect you to experts in all products. The Ohio Schoology user group supported our newly developed Schoology User Group of Arkansas (SUG-AR) to create a state-wide virtual conference, Schoology Connect, which took place at the end of July. Over 200 Arkansas teachers who use Schoology could connect and collaborate before the school year began. I am so blessed to be a part of this growing Champion Community and honored to be the 2024 Champion of the Year."
For more information about PowerSchool’s Honor Roll Award winners, visit https://www.powerschool.com/community-support/honor-roll-awards/
About PowerSchool
PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC) is the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America. Its mission is to empower educators, administrators, and families to ensure personalized education for every student journey. PowerSchool offers end-to-end product clouds that connect the central office to the classroom to the home with award-winning products including Schoology Learning and Naviance CCLR, so school districts can securely manage student data, enrollment, attendance, grades, instruction, assessments, human resources, talent, professional development, special education, data analytics and insights, communications, and college and career readiness. PowerSchool supports over 55 million students in more than 90 countries and over 17,000 customers, including more than 90 of the top 100 districts by student enrollment in the United States. Learn more at www.powerschool.com.