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Zion is a school management app for ACE (Accelerated Christian Education) schools. It covers the daily Goal Check routine, attendance, grading and moderation, behaviour, homework, extracurriculars, the library, PACE inventory, parent-teacher meetings, the school calendar, broadcasts and notifications, report cards, progress cards, admissions, analytics, billing, and dedicated portals for parents and students.

Who uses Zion

Zion has five roles. Each one reaches a different slice of the app. See Roles and permissions for the full permission matrix.

What Zion covers

Goal Check

The morning and end-of-day routines for setting goals and marking progress, with reports and export.

Attendance

Daily attendance marking, alerts, reports, and trend tracking.

Grading and moderation

Score entry, moderation, retests, and an audit trail for every grade change.

Behaviour

Logging behaviour incidents and reporting on them over time.

Homework

Assigning and verifying homework, with a completion report.

Extracurriculars

Managing an activity catalog and tracking student interest and participation.

Library

Checkout and return, plus overdue and lost item tracking.

PACE inventory

Receiving stock, making adjustments, and running inventory reports.

Parent-teacher meetings

Availability, booking and requests, and documentation for meetings.

Calendar

Managing school events and subscribing via iCal.

Broadcasts and notifications

Sending broadcasts and tracking notification deliverability and audit history.

Report cards

Generating and distributing report cards, templates, and the permanent record.

Progress cards

The printable Supervisor’s Progress Card, showing a student’s whole year on one page.

Curriculum compass

Curriculum guidance across the PACE catalog.

Admissions

Managing applications and funnel analytics.

Analytics and predictions

School-wide analytics, insight types, and predictive alerts.

Students and PACEs

Student records, bulk import, and PACE assignments.

Billing

Managing your school’s subscription and payments.

Parent portal

A dedicated view for parents to follow their child’s progress and communicate with the school.
Students also have their own portal. See Student portal overview.

Get started

Quickstart

Set up your school and its first learning centre.

Administrator onboarding

The administrator setup path from signing up to running the school day to day.

Goal Check routines

The morning and end-of-day Goal Check workflow for supervisors.

Reference

Roles and permissions

What each of the five roles can see and do.

Terminology

ACE and Zion terms used throughout this documentation.

FAQ

Common questions about Zion.

Need help

Support

Contact the Zion support team.

Changelog

Recent updates and fixes.