Student information · Pilot
Attendance, grades, lesson plans and report cards in one place.
Rostra Scholar is the academic record for a K-8 school: attendance, the gradebook, lesson planning, report cards, the student file and a family page, designed for a small office that handles many roles.
Currently in pilot and not yet available for purchase.
- One tap per student
- Missing attendance flagged
- Corrections preserve the record
A student information system is difficult to leave once you choose it. Scholar keeps your data portable from the first day.
Explore the screen
Select a number to see what each area does.
An illustration of the Rostra Scholar screen. Hover over the numbers, tab through them with a keyboard, or tap them on a phone.
A typical day with Scholar
How your team uses it throughout the day.
- 7:30 am
Planning the week
The teacher reviews the week’s lessons in the planner, with today highlighted.
- 8:05 am
Attendance
Attendance takes one tap per student, and the office can see which rooms have finished.
- 10:52 am
A student goes home
When the nurse sends a student home, attendance updates automatically and notes the health office as the source.
- 1:40 pm
Entering grades
The teacher enters a set of scores quickly using only the keyboard.
- 7:15 pm
Families check in
Parents review grades, attendance and missing work from their phones.
Replaces
Separate systems for grades and attendancePaper plan booksStudent information systems priced for large districts
All in one place, connected to your school roster.
Features
Everything listed here is available today.
Attendance
One tap per student
A homeroom of twenty-five takes less than a minute. Attendance works offline and syncs when the connection returns.
Missing attendance flagged
The office sees which sections have not taken attendance yet, before families begin to call.
Corrections preserve the record
A correction supersedes the original mark, and both remain on the record.
Absence notes from families
Families submit an absence reason from the family page. Once the office accepts it, the absence is marked excused.
Day counts from your calendar
Instructional days, half days, closures and in-service days are counted from your own school calendar.
Gradebook and lesson planner
Flexible grading
Each class can use points, weighted categories or standards, since different grades and subjects grade differently.
Fast grade entry
Enter a score and press Enter to move to the next student, without reaching for the mouse.
Averages explained
See how an average is calculated, category by category, including work not yet graded.
Missing work stays visible
Missing work is shown as missing rather than as a zero until the teacher decides otherwise.
A weekly lesson planner
Plan the week by day and class, and move every lesson forward with one click when school closes unexpectedly.
Substitute plans and seating charts
Each section keeps its routines and a seating chart for anyone covering the class.
Report cards
Marks suggested from the gradebook
The teacher reviews and decides each mark. Once posted, a mark can only be changed with a documented reason.
Completion tracking
The office sees which teachers and sections still owe grades while there is time to follow up.
A shared comment bank
Teachers and the office share comments, with each student’s first name and pronouns filled in.
Consistent reprints
Each report card records the data it was built from, so a reprint years later matches the original.
Promotion and retention review
Review each student’s placement for the coming year. A retention cannot be recorded without a reason.
Student records
Access checked every time
The office sees the whole school, teachers see students in their own sections, and families see their own children.
Custody and contact orders enforced
A guardian without educational rights sees nothing, and no-contact orders are displayed prominently on the record.
Households and emergency contacts
Record who lives where, who may pick up, who receives mail, and who to call in an emergency.
Nothing is deleted
Records are withdrawn, archived or superseded, never erased.
Every view is logged
Rostra records who opened each student record, when, and under which permission.
Families and the office
A family page anyone can use
Families see grades, attendance and missing work, excuse absences and message teachers from a phone.
Absence notices and a weekly summary
Each guardian chooses which updates to receive, and families with nothing new receive nothing.
A daily watchlist
Each morning Rostra reviews attendance, grades and behavior together and lists the students who may need attention.
Saved student lists
Save a filtered list of students and reuse it as a report, a spreadsheet or an email audience.
Admissions and re-enrollment
Move an inquiry onto the roster without retyping it, and gather re-enrollment responses in time to plan next year’s classes.
What it does not do
Clear limits, so your school knows exactly what to expect.
- Scholar is in pilot at one school and is not on the price list yet. We want it proven in daily use before offering it more widely.
- It does not handle cafeteria point of sale, bus routing or payroll. It keeps lunch balances and prints family statements.
- It does not lock your data in. OneRoster, Google Classroom and state files export with one click, using your own identifiers.
- It does not store payment card numbers. Schools that accept card payments continue to use their existing processor.
Explore the rest of Rostra
Every app shares the same roster and staff accounts. Start with one and add others when you are ready.
Rostra Scholar
Want Scholar at your school? Ask about the pilot.
Import your roster once, invite your staff, and every Rostra app you add later starts from the same records.