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"Our redesign goal was to effectively engage current and prospective families. Since the redesign, we've seen a 30% increase in traffic to our admission pages."
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Peddie School
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"With the help of Finalsite's team, we increased applications by 40% and new student enrollment increased by 37%."
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Featured Client Work
We take pride in turning every pixel into a perfect and unique representation of your school, and our work with more than 5,000 schools around the world reflects that belief. Check out a selection of our recent launches below or visit our full portfolio to view our latest work.
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YES Prep Public Schools is made up of nineteen campuses across Houston, serving over 14,000 students from 6th grade through 12th grade. Seeking a more intuitive and user-friendly website experience for current and prospective families, YES Prep chose Finalsite for its easy-to-use CMS and ability to provide an ADA-compliant, mobile-first design.
YES Prep's new custom design includes primary and secondary menu navigation that is easy for users to follow. On the homepage, you can find a slider including Recent News, Announcements, and Blog Posts that encourage families to learn more about the school's values, as well as infographics and design elements that break up the text and provide a visually-pleasing experience. We love the consistent branding throughout the entire website—it helps maintain the school's professionalism and sheds light on its dedication to excellence!
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The bold and immersive Felsted website represents our third collaboration with the school to bring their online presence to life. Every iteration has pushed creative boundaries and this one is no different. The website has recently received a Platinum award for excellence in design at the 2018 international dotCOMM Awards. Key to the website’s success has been its confident focus on modern school life.
Felsted School has a long and rich history, but the website captures the experience of today to make the school more relatable for new families. This is achieved through sharp minimal graphics, energetic media and emotive messaging. Subtle animated effects are then employed to tie these elements together and guide visitors through the story.
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Georgia Cyber Academy (GCA) is an online charter school serving 11,000 students across the state of Georgia. The tuition-free school has the "benefits of a traditional brick and mortar school without the building," offering live classes and online lessons at elementary, middle and high school levels.
For an online school especially, a solid and efficient Learning Management System is an essential. GCA uses Finalsite Learn to assist in a seamless online experience for its current students. The new custom design also has a searchable faculty directory, a filterable news and announcements section, quicklinks, and more!
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Lenior-Rhyne is a growing university in North Carolina and needed a website to showcase expanding programs. To get a true feel of campus life, our team did a two-day on-site visit to kick-off the design process, which led to this innovative, award-winning, Best-in-Class Design.
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Lenior-Rhyne is a growing university in North Carolina and needed a website to showcase expanding programs. To get a true feel of campus life, our team did a two-day on-site visit to kick-off the design process, which led to this innovative, award-winning, Best-in-Class Design.
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The American School in London is a private, K-12 school founded in 1951, with a custom website design that maintains the school's cohesive brand and provides the school with a clean, detailed and organized communications platform to engage prospective families, current families and alumni alike.
Simple and strategic navigation makes it easy for families to find what they are looking for on this site—whether it is fun facts about the school's impressive history or information about specific summer programs. Plus, we love the way those bright colors give the photography an extra pop!
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