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I always tell my principal that this is the best technology investment we've made! Thanks again, Debbie Iuculano, Supervisor Art, Business, Technology & Media, Lakeland Regional High School.

You do super work. You give the fastest and most efficient tech support of any site I've encountered and I appreciate it. Thanks, Ms. Landell, Incarnation School.

Henry, This was sent to the principal by an obviously happy parent: 
"Sister Barbara Rose, I love this Homework Hero! It is worth every penny we ever gave to the Walkathon! Thanks."
Martin Gabert, Saint Charles Borromeo School.

I cannot tell you just how popular our homework pages are, particularly in grades 7-12, where teachers post assignments daily. Current parents like the idea of "access," they know what is going on in the classroom. Students like the fact that they have a backup system if they don't write down the assignments. Teachers like the pages because "loop holes" have been removed and everyone is held accountable. Finally, prospective parents visit the pages because they get a sense of the academic climate of the school. 
This is an all-around great idea...I will say that it took me about 6 months to "train" teachers to regularly and reliably post assignments, students, and parents to regularly visit the pages, but now the system is working great! ... We are very pleased with the program...our parents love it! Great, practical concept! Birgit Meany, Principal, Lighthouse Community Christian School.

As the year draws to a close, I just wanted to let you know how incredibly pleased Berkeley Carroll -- teachers, parents, and students -- has been with Homework Hero.  We haven't been able to get every teacher to use it regularly, but we have about 40 doing so and next year will require it of all teachers.  It has also got some teachers interested in web site design (myself included), which has been an added side effect. 
Henry Trevor, Berkeley Carroll School.

Thank you, and please know that the Bishop Eustace Homework Hero site has been a great success with parents and alumni and your hosting of this site is beyond compare. 
Benjamin King, Bishop Eustace Preparatory School.

I love homeworkhero.com! It's convenient, because I can update it from anywhere, even a public library or an internet cafe from halfway across the world. It's the perfect way to keep parents and students informed of what's going on in class, and what I expect in terms of homework and study assignments. When a student is absent, they no longer have to wait until they get back to school to ask me what was assigned for homework. When a student asks me that question, all I have to say is "See homeworkhero.com." It's great for homebound students--I no longer have to invent the wheel. When I have to call parents to tell them that their student is not turning in homework, I just give them the number of the assignment that they are missing, and they can look it up themselves. Once they know where they can find the homework assignments, they can monitor their child's homework themselves. It enables the parents to help their children, it enables the student to be helped, and it liberates me from having to continually explain what it is I want my students to do. For parents who don't have the internet--no problem. Everyone knows someone who has internet access, and if they don't, they can go to the public library and ask the librarian to help them get access. Every student at school has access to the internet, and every student has access to media specialists who are only too happy to print out the information they need. Many teachers tell me that it is not their responsibility to make sure that the students do their homework, and I definitely agree, but we all know who is ultimately held accountable for failing students--the poor teacher!!!! Unfair I say! Let the record show that I did my best to prevent the lemmings from plunging themselves headlong into the sea. Once all the barriers are removed that could possibly preclude a student from doing his/her homework, the responsibility rests upon its rightful owner: the student. I sincerely thank the creator of homeworkhero.com. It makes me look every bit as good a teacher as I think I am. 
Gloria Talcove, Spanish Teacher, Irmo High School, SC.

I have been researching homework sites for teachers so our teachers could post homework assignments, etc.  In my research, I came across your great site.  It appears to offer everything I was looking for:  a non-commercial option, having one site-administrator to register all the teachers (so nobody could post a teacher page who really wasn't from our school), the ability for teachers to put a link back to the school web site, the ability for teachers to post links to other educational sites for their students, ease of posting assignments, date last updated is shown, etc. ... We really won't start posting anything until next September but I would like to get it all set up over the summer. 
Deborah Delecce, Technology Coordinator, Delaware County Christian School.

"This morning I had a conference with the parents of a kid who's failing and the mother was telling me how the kid just couldn't learn with the way I teach, and I'm not like the teacher he had last year, and that all I do is talk in Spanish and he can't understand anything that's going on, and every other lame excuse except that it's easier to trash the teacher, blame someone else, and not do the work, and THEN the father walked in--and what did he have in his hand?   Homeworkhero.com for (My Page).  He said, "You are the only one of his teachers who go through this trouble, and everything he could possibly need is right here.  I can't understand why my son hasn't done any of his homework.  He has no reason at all!"  Well, P.S.,  Homeworkhero.com saved the day!  I walked out smelling like a rose, and the kid came into my class and was actually participating and learning, with a completely different attitude.  It was great!" (Anonymous).

Just a short email to tell you how happy we are with Homework Hero. Thanks for setting it up so quickly. Our teachers are impressed with how easy it is to use. Now I just need to get everyone to use it on a regular basis!
Rob Kerman, Technology Coordinator Cathedral School for Boys, San Francisco.

If you're the programmer of this software, thanks. It's a great help. My students use it frequently, especially when absent. We looked at many packages and found them tedious to use and most unfriendly. We then saw the article in the Columbia paper about Homework Hero. We've been very pleased. Ms. Tobey, Spartanburg Day School.

I'd like to thank you for the beautifully simple site you developed. I had been using the Highwired.net site which is getting ready to charge schools for the service. Very few teachers were willing to struggle with learning to maneuver their site anyway. ....You have developed a user-friendly site for those still-shy teachers who underestimate their ability to learn how to navigate the WWW ...  Again, great job! Ms. Schupp, Site Manager, Sedgefield Middle School.

I have been using the Homework Hero system for two weeks now at St. Mary's and I am getting raves from parents AND FROM STUDENTS.  Many thanks for a really useful system. 
Mr. Youstra, St. Mary's School.

Homework Hero really is a good thing. Just the other day we had a conference with a parent whose child has a learning disability. She loves being able to get on-line to check all his assignments! Thanks again! (Anonymous). 

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