Back to School

5 Essential Topics for a Welcome Back to School Flyer to Parents

Welcome families back to school with a flyer that tells them all they need to know about day or week 1. It's a guaranteed stress reducer!

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Introduce Families to the Counseling Office Before the School Year Begins

Start SEL efforts before the first day of school with a newsletter introducing the guidance & counseling staff. Not all parents know how to access support.

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The #1 Best Way to Start the School Year? A Welcome Letter to Parents

We’ve put together a Welcome Back school newsletter template with placeholders for all the need-to-know info as students head back to school.

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Heading Back to School? Send a Meet the Principal Newsletter

A Meet the Principal school newsletter is a great way to introduce yourself, whether you're new to the building or as outreach to new families.

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Back-to-School Jitters? Send a Meet the Building Newsletter

Put your school newsletter to work helping families feel at ease as they approach Back-to-School with Smore's "Meet the Building" Template.

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Get Families Ready for Independence Day with our Fourth of July Template

School newsletters with family-friendly activities are an easy way to stay in touch over summer. Get started with our Fourth of July template!

Teachers

A Back-to-School Essential: A Meet the Teacher Template

Sending out a Meet the Teacher template to families or students is a great way to start building those all important student-teacher relationships. It gives students an opportunity to get to know you in a way that feels personal (but also in a manner totally controlled by you!)

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2 Tips for Tiptop Summer Communications with Families

School newsletters in summer are essential for for helping to support families with a successful back-to-school. Get started with our ready-to-use template.

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2 Key Reasons Consistent School Updates Make Educators’ Lives Easier

Consistent updates engage parents in their child's education. The more informed parents are, the better they can support their child's learning.

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4 Easy Ways to Keep Faculty & Staff Updated in Summer

Keep up the practice of a weekly school newsletter to faculty in summer! It provides continuity, shows you care, and keeps your team up-to-date.

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What to Teach in June? Use Our 'Summer is Here' Newsletter

The last month of school is never easy! Here's a school newsletter template for communicating all things summer to teachers & families.

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4 Ways to Communicate School Values via Your Weekly Newsletter

Your weekly school newsletters offer multiple opportunities to reinforce your school’s mission and values.

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How to Write an Effective School Newsletter Title: Part 2

Easy tips to make sure your school newsletter headline is clear and targets who you want to target.

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1 Easy, Breezy Way to Keep Students Learning in Summer

Biweekly school newsletters in summer are an easy way to keep in communication with families until students are back in the building.

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Don't Bang Your Head Against the Wall: 3 Rules for Writing Effective School Newsletter Titles

Hitting on just the right title can be difficult. But if you follow these three easy rules, you'll have no trouble.

Principals

Great Communications & Great PD: How 1 Principal’s School Newsletter Accomplishes Both

☕️ Busy? Here's the TL;DR 1. Principal Czyz sends a Friday Focus newsletter to faculty 2. It includes schedule info, reminders & something inspiring. 3. The goal for

Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week is Coming: Here's a Celebratory School Newsletter Template

Getting ready to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week? We've got a template full of ideas to help honor and celebrate your faculty.

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Memes, GIFs, & Pics: 3 Tips To Liven Up Your School Newsletter

To keep pace with people's reading habits, school comms need to include more visuals. Here are 3 easy tips.

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Millennials will soon dominate the K12 parent population. Here’s how school comms need to adapt.

In 5 years, K12 will be primarily populated by the children of millennials. School comms will need to evolve to meet the needs of the first population of digital natives.

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3 Easy Ways to Incentivize Faculty with a Weekly School Newsletter

It's important that faculty members feel recognized for their hard work and contributions. We've got some tips for how to celebrate your teachers in your weekly updates.

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One Key Hack to Get Parents to Open Your Emails

It's important that parents open school communications, but not all do. We've got an easy trick to help you catch their attention.

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4 Ways Librarians Can Use School Newsletters for Internal Comms

Internal comms are the lifeblood of libraries! Check out these four best practices for a library-focused school newsletter for faculty, staff & admin.

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3 Ways Principals Make Their School Newsletters Pop

When people devote only 10 seconds to reading each email, you've got to capture their attention right from the get-go. Here are three ways principals are getting it done.

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Spring-Cleaning? 2 Quick Tips on How to “Marie Kondo” Your School Newsletter

I subscribe to the theory that the things we need, we use; the things we don’t need, we don’t use, and they simply take up space. I bring the same belief to my newsletters. Ever wonder what would Marie Kondo say about the ideal school newsletter?

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Learning from Mistakes: 5 Lessons from School Newsletters That Didn’t Get Clicks

Small tweaks in your newsletter can lead to big results in your engagement numbers. Check out these 5 Do's and Don'ts for school newsletters.