Highline Public Schools

The interactive search element, found at the top right of the site's navigation, lets users search the site or search for a staff member. It also shows popular pages that visitors may be looking for. The school tab on the main navigation is also shown here — Highline organizes the schools by category to make it easier for visitors to find their respective schools. 

What's more, behind the scenes, site administrators can see detailed stats of search queries, allowing them to tailor results. They can even set up "synonym" mapping to assist users even more with prescribed matching that brings up relevant links. 

It's easy for parents to find and contact who they are looking for — even with over 2,000 people employed by the district! The Highline directory can be searched by keyword, first or last name, as well as filtered by department. 

Interactive buttons on the homepage provide easy access to the most popular resources — lunch menus, bus routes, and grade reports. Icons are especially helpful for Highline's communications because the district serves a diverse community that speaks many different languages.

Each of the 33 schools has its own designated color brand, but the overall design is consistent across the district. Shown here, Evergreen High School's homepage has its own mission statement and related photography. Individual schools can be given control over their navigation and all of their site content, simplifying district-wide management and saving time for everyone. School-specific social media content is also displayed on these pages with Finalsite Feeds.  

On hover, the circular infographics switch from icons to short descriptions of the five district goals. Similarly, each box in the "Highline At A Glance" section provides more detail about each fact — viewers can skim through and learn about the district right from the homepage, without ever having to click through to each linked page. 

Because of Composer’s Create Once, Publish Everywhere (COPE) functionality, Highline's homepage can dynamically pull News and Events from individual schools onto its homepage to give current and prospective families a district overview.

For a deeper look at district events, visitors can view Highline's calendar page, and utilize the filter and search functions. Likewise, each school can also control their own calendar of events, allowing for aggregate views of all events or just those specific to the school.