- One of the things that we talked about is using communication to keep everyone on the same page. My former Principal had started two things that worked well for us and we had then asked our current Principal if he could do something similar because it did keep us all on the same page. What they do is send out a daily email in the morning to all Teachers and Staff members about the day or upcoming days. They also attach a running document with upcoming dates. This keeps us all on the same page of knowing what to expect in the building. This communication helps us plan for our day. It also allows us to know when we can plan special events based on what is already going on in the building. It also gives us a chance to ask questions before an event so that we cannot only have ourselves prepared but our students as well.
Our Principals (we are one school in two buildings, a lower school that is grades Pre-K - 3 and an upper school that is grades 4 - 8) also put out a Sunday update which is a community newsletter with updates for all of the families of upcoming events. The PTA also puts out a newsletter that goes out on Wednesdays that has information about what is going on in our community. I think these effective communications keeps all of us, the parents, the teachers, and the students in the know of what great things we have going on at our school and builds great community between us.