Make Elementary School Newsletters
Elementary school newsletters are important for communication between parents, teachers, and administrators. These newsletters should be sent home either bi-weekly or monthly and feature upcoming school-wide events, the school calendar and the lunch menu. An elementary school newsletter can also highlight what various grades or classrooms are doing as well as feature a few students who have shined during the month. You also can thank volunteers in the newsletter.
Instructions
Creating a School Newsletter
1. Create different sections of the school newsletter that you will feature each month. Put these in the same place in each newsletter, so parents will know where to find information. For example, the newsletter starts with a message from the principal, features three-star or outstanding students, and then lists upcoming school events such as a carnival or concert.
2. Try to make your elementary school newsletter two pages at the most. Then you can print the entire newsletter on one sheet of paper. This will make your newsletter more green and save money on paper and staples.
3. Make the content of the newsletter personal and important to parents. Parents want to read about their children or grade-level activities more than they want to read about school district issues or board-meeting agendas. Ask yourself, "What would I want to read as a parent?" before writing each newsletter.
4. Title each section of your newsletter, and be creative. Make the elementary school newsletters fun. For example, you could title the principal's message "Points from the Principal" instead of just "Principal's Message," or the calendar section as "Save That Date!" You should also give your newsletter an overall title and work in the name of your school or mascot such as "The Flyers' Flash."
5. Save each newsletter in a certain format, and back them up on your school's server and a flash drive. A good format to use is NewsDec1209. Parents may call and want information from a certain issue or even a copy of the issue, and school staff should be able to find the files easily.
6. Inform parents at open house or parent teacher conferences when they can expect the newsletter each month. Elementary school parents get a lot of papers sent home each day or week, and they won't want to miss the school newsletter.
7. Give parents the option to receive the newsletter over email. This will save on costs and make your newsletter more green. Some parents will not have email, so you will have to offer paper editions. Keep track by classroom of which parents need paper editions, so it is easy to distribute the newsletters.
