You spoke and we listened... it seems that the majority of the Anthony community would like to see the newsletter re-designed. Something no more than 4 pages so it's printable for parents and for school marketing.
In order to accomplish this, a lot of detailed newsletter information will now have clickable links to view that information. For example, if there is a form for an event - the newsletter will mention the event and a short one sentence summary and provide a link for the form and more details. This also pertains to repeated information (like carpool rules). If an item interests you or pertains to you - you will be able to click a link to read more.
Another large part of the newsletter's content (and a VERY important part) is photos of the kids. In order to shorten the document that communicates the news we've decided to, once a month, publish a separate document that would highlight and honor our students. This way we do not have to start using thumbnail-sized photos so you can still use the publication as a keepsake for your child. You will still submit your photos and "brag" stories just like you do now (email them to newsletter@anthonyschool.org).
Your photo submissions and student news stories will come out on the 2nd Thursday of each month vs. each week. Please do not hesitate to submit these kudos for our kids! We love publishing them and feel it is important to give the children public accolades.
We hope these changes prove to be good ones, as with any change we plan to be flexible and make sure to tweak things until they feel right. Thank you for the feedback and please continue to give it!
Kari Bryde
2008-2009 Parentcrew President
Michelle DuJardin
2008-2009 Anthony Newsletter Editor
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I really like the new newsletter format! It's easy to find information and it doesn't have to be quite as long because of the incorporated links. I also like the idea of having a Student Spotlight edition. That way important information can be found easily each week, but we also get to see all the cool things our kids do.
Great Job!
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