Horizon International School app for iPhone and iPad

Horizon International School (formerly Star International School Umm Sheif) is an established multicultural school that follows the Early Years Foundation Stage and the National Curriculum of England. Students will take a combination of IGCSE/ GCSE’s at the end of Key Stage 4 leading into A’ Levels thereafter.

This application is a guidance for parents. It is very useful and provides real-time information.

Features

1- Parents can track fleet/bus of their children live on the map using this application along with route, bus number, attendant number, name and stop details.

2- Parent can call directly to bus attendant using call feature in bus info section.

3- Parents can get pickup and drop off timings of their children in buses along with push notifications.

3- Parents can get entering and exiting time of their children in school campus along with push notifications.

4- Parent can receive bus arrival notification prior to the arrival of bus at their stops either for picking up in morning or dropping off in afternoon.

5- Parents can set preferences for turning off/on multiple notifications.

6- Parents can use this application on multiple phones using same credentials so they can easily be able to monitor their children from their workplaces using their own smartphones.

7- Parent can see monthly attendance report of their children.

8- Parent can get late/absent children notification.

9- Parent can see events in the event calendar.

10- Parent will immediately receive SMS when children will not picked up by the buses.

New Features

1- Sign Up to get password feature.
2- Contact Form to communicate and pass information easily.
3- Help Button to open PDF file containing instructions to get credentials and signing.
4- Show direction with distance and estimated time required from the current location of the user towards the school on school map.
5- Updated Gallery with smooth information.
6- Direct call feature to bus attendant and bus driver.
7- Children list with more detail.
8 - Easy access to live bus tracking.

Others

1- Support for latest devices and iOS.
2-Beautiful Interface with smooth animations.
3- Added headers for Input fields for easiness.
4- Minor Bug Fixes.
5- Layout fixes.
6- Input field scrolling with keyboard fixed.
7- Rate Now feature to rate application easily.