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  1. Our Summer is Here template has resources for June & beyond.
  2. We've got fun summer quotes & an inspiring project for art & ELA
  3. We've got resources for National Oceans Month & summer solstice
  4. We link to templates like Summer Reading & June Weekly Schedule.
  5. Plus, parent resources & beach reads for teachers. Find the template here.

Want to get everyone communicating consistently?

Teachers need all the help they can get at the end of the school year!

Figuring out what to teach and sending updates home is especially challenging in the final month of school. Our seasonal school newsletter template, ‘Summer is Here’ lightens the load. We’ve got interesting articles, activities, and resources for teachers & parents.

Let’s dive in!

Robert Downey Jr. saying "I'm here to help."

You can’t avoid summer mode, so why not get in the swing of it?

The template kicks off with fun quotes about summer. The art teacher & librarian could partner to get their classes covering the school with illustrated quotes. ELA teachers could get in on the act, as well.

That takes care of humanities!

Quotations and matching pictures about summertime
Quotations and matching pictures about summertime

Now STEM.

Learning about summer necessarily involves the solstice, and if you’re teaching about the sun, makes sense to teach about the moon, and then of course, the sea naturally follows. June is National Oceans Month, so there’s a wealth of ocean-related happenings underway.

We’ve got useful resources for all those topics.

GIF of girl saying science makes me happy

There’s a ton of info to get out to parents as summer vacation approaches.


We’ve share 3 templates to help get a jump on your summer comms:

  1. A Summer Learning template to help teachers communicate with families throughout the summer
  2. A Summer Reading template. Self-explanatory!
  3. A June Weekly Schedule template for updates as the year winds down.

Here’s a peek:

Three school newsletter templates shared in a newsletter
3 School Newsletter Templates for Summer

Teachers are counting the minutes, but parents? Not so much.

We’ve added parent resources for you to share: easy family activities for all ages, and a helpful checklist for summer safety. For teachers, we’ve got the summer’s best beach reads, and S’mores recipes (😉) that’ll make your mouth water.

Get started with the template here! Just click to duplicate and make it your own.

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