Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Extra! Extra!





SURVEY SAYS…. Did you know that 97% of our survey respondents said they thought the Weekly Howl was a great source of information?  Now the Channing Hall board Public Relations Committee will make this an even better source. Here’s our plan:

Since its short inception, Channing Hall, through its board, staff and students, has accomplished some wonderful things.  But many times these accomplishments stay in the school and parents don’t really hear about them. The Channing Hall board of directors has formed a new public relations committee to help highlight the many great things that are happening at Channing Hall. We want to provide the parents and the outside community with a window into the school to showcase what we are so proud of.

Throughout the year, the board will publish short notices in the Weekly Howl, with a link to a more expanded report on the topic, here, in the Channing Hall Blog. www.channinghallblog.blogspot.com
We will have highlights in these areas:

 “IB in Action”- We have a great IB school and we are always doing IB projects, many of which are, frankly, inspiring. We know about them. But do you? We want to let all of our community have a chance to see how the IB attitude is manifesting itself in our children.

“Survey Says” - Do you remember taking the end of school year survey last spring? The information you provided is helping to guide our improvements for the year. We want to keep you informed on the improvements as well as highlight some of the positive feedback you provided.

 “Volunteer Matters”- One of Channing Hall’s (and our kids’) greatest assets are involved parent volunteers. CHAPS is our school’s organization for organizing those indispensible volunteers. We want to showcase some of our most dedicated volunteers as well as bring you the highlights of the wonderful events CHAPS  puts on.

“The Board Report”- Did you know that Channing Hall is its own district with its own board of trustees? Well, it’s true. The Channing Hall school board only has ONE school to focus on. We, parent volunteers, give all of our energy and focus to making Channing Hall better and better. Here we will attempt to explain what we do and why we do it, as well as how YOU can help.

Ultimately, we hope this information will help our community inside and outside gain a better view of all the positive activities happening at Channing Hall.