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As a Microsoft-based school with a well-developed portfolio of digital learning tools, Prince of Peace places a strong emphasis on organization, security, and accountability. At the center of that work is Patty Bowman, whose role in the technology office spans access management, rostering, security oversight, and instructional support. With high expectations from parents and an increasingly complex digital ecosystem, the school needed a platform that could bring structure, visibility, and efficiency for teachers and students.
Before ClassLink, Prince of Peace faced a familiar challenge: digital sprawl. Teachers were using a wide range of tools, each with its own login, password, and data-sharing practices. “Our parents were going crazy prior to ClassLink,” Bowman explained, recalling the burden of managing multiple usernames and passwords across platforms.
The lack of centralized oversight extended beyond inconvenience. Without a single system of control, the technology office had limited visibility into where school credentials were being used or whether those platforms had experienced security incidents. Data lived in silos as well. Assessment platforms like Renaissance and NWEA MAP were managed separately, often by different departments.
Prince of Peace adopted ClassLink as a centralized foundation for access, data, and security, starting with LaunchPad and secure single sign-on. With one credential for families to remember, trust increased immediately. Behind the scenes, Roster Server automated rostering directly from the student information system, giving the team flexibility to adjust access by grade, course, or platform.
Security took a major leap forward with ThreatScan. Running weekly, ThreatScan revealed where school credentials had been used outside of approved systems and whether those platforms had experienced known data breaches. “ThreatScan provided a platform where I could see where teachers had used their school email and password,” Bowman said, “and I can see if it had a data breach at some point.” The insights were immediate and actionable. “It prevents any potential leaks or compromised passwords,” she explained. “So you can clean those up before something bad happens.” For Bowman, ThreatScan shifted security from reactive to proactive.
With OneData, Prince of Peace addressed its final gap: fragmented insight. OneData brings assessment and testing data from tools like Renaissance and NWEA MAP into a single student profile. “We can look at the student profile in a common user interface,” Bowman said, “so that we can compare and see the progress.” What once required multiple systems, multiple owners, and verbal comparison is now visible in one place, building a clearer, more connected view of student progress.
[With ClassLink] the security of the data that we have is critical.
