Florida Education Commissioner Awards Novachi

July 14, 2011 - PRLog -- Novachi and other business leaders in supporting Florida education met in Tampa on Thursday, June 9th, for the Florida Commissioner of Education's 24th annual Business Recognition Awards.  The ceremony, created to honor those businesses that participated in helping bring a positive influence to Florida education, was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Novachi CEO, Bruce Nguyen, was on site to accept an award bestowed by Florida Education Commissioner, Eric J. Smith, for bringing innovation and community focused business practices to Florida schools.  Novachi has helped Florida schools by providing technology solutions to its districts and schools for free.

The award, coming from Commissioner Smith, was a special honor considering all that he has done for Florida education.  During his tenure, Comr. Smith led Florida from a rank of 31st in state education, to 5th, in addition to securing $700 million in federal funds from the Race to the Top competition.

Novachi is a cloud-based application that allows school administrators, teachers, students, and parents to collaborate online.  An innovative practice pioneered by Novachi was to provide a Learning Management System (LMS) that teachers and schools can use to host classroom activities such as homework, lesson plans, grades, etc., and integrate that with its Student Information System (SIS) which handles student achievement data and other important records-- all the while providing its service for free.

Novachi is committed to continuing its service to Florida schools in the future.  Because of its innovative platform, Novachi is customizable and flexible for all Florida schools, including private, public, and charter.

Over 80 businesses from various cross-sections of Florida business attended the event this year, as well as representatives from the Florida Education Foundation and various Florida schools.  In addition to the awards ceremony, The Florida Education Foundation honored Commissioner Eric J. Smith for his years of service to the Florida education community.

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