Woodside Priory School launches redesign
Posted: 10.17.06Woodside Priory School is an independent, Catholic, college preparatory school in the Benedictine tradition. Their mission is to assist students of promise in becoming lifelong learners who will productively serve a world in need of their gifts. The site's emphasis is on academic achievement with personal growth and community awareness.http://www.woodsidepriory.com
PINT Solutions"Our site is a big success with all of the audiences we wanted to reach. I especially appreciated the comments of a prospective parent who said she had visited many school sites, found ours to be unique in a positive way, and consistent with the look and attitude of the school she found when she came to the campus.
The PINT graphics team and my project manager were creative and thoughtful. They came up with better solutions to many of our needs than I could have devised without them. Website projects always involve snags and difficulties, and I appreciated working with a team who kept the high quality of the product foremost in their minds, and were genuinely enjoyable to work with throughout."
-Carolyn Dobervich, Director of Communications.
PINT was engaged for their usability expertise, to take the current Woodside Priory site and provide clear navigation and better organization throughout the site. The redesigned site anticipates the needs of the users and provides information in an easy to find format. Prospective families can find the information and forms they need to apply for admission, while current students and faculty can access the information that they need quickly and easily.
The new visuals provide an accurate, attractive picture of the school for prospective students and their families. Creative use of photos, slide shows and photo galleries as well as rich content emphasize Woodside Priory's core attributes of delivering a highly academic and values-based education. An interactive map feature was designed to give a visual sense and overview of the locations on the WPS campus. A content management system was developed for the recent news, enabling WPS staff to add their own news items and keep the site up to date.
The site will include a phase two introducing more dynamic features, development of an online parent newsletter, and more online fundraising and donations support.
About Woodside PrioryFounded in 1957 by seven Benedictine monks fleeing communist repression in Hungary, Woodside Priory is located in wooded hillsides of rural Portola Valley, California. The 60-acre campus provides a lush, natural backdrop for Woodside Priory's active campus life.