Notes Home: Most parents prefer good ol' fashioned notes home. The biggest obstacle is getting the children to bring the notes home, although chess kids do a pretty good job of it. Here a copy of the letter for 2016-2017 season MadWash Newsletter
Email: I created a chess email group to communicate with parents. I have parents email me first so I can add their names to the group more easily. I like easy! My email is jbolduc@warsawschools.org
Newsletter: This idea was taken from the great Joe Riegsecker. I created a chess newsletter on Microsoft Word and now update it whenever it needs to be. The newsletter lists information and upcoming events for the chess club. I copy and paste the document into an email to send to the parents in the email group. I also make a PDF copy of the newsletter to post on the Website. I post the link to the newsletter on Facebook, too. I like using PDF's on Facebook because the hyperlinks will work on mobile devices. MadWash Chess Newsletter
Facebook: Parents who use Facebook tend to get messages quickly and respond to them in the same. I like it when a parent "likes" a post, too. It makes me feel like they are engaged and it motivates me to keep posting. MadWash Facebook
Website: The school corporation has a website that I use to put the chess webpage on. I use the site to post information throughout the year. When I post on the webpage, I send emails to the email group and post on Facebook so that parents will know that new info is available. MadWash Webpage
Texts: This year will be my first year trying to send text alerts to those interested in the club. I'm using a program called Remind. It seems to be a good way to communicate with parents. Remind
Blog: This is my first year trying a blog. I don't plan to use the blog to communicate with parents the way I do with notes home. I plan to use it to share what I'm doing an to get feedback from others. No point linking to the blog, you're already on it
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