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How to Guide a Neighborhood School Renaissance East Hills Loves - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
How to Guide a Neighborhood School Renaissance East Hills Loves - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
How to Guide a Neighborhood School Renaissance East Hills Loves Congress A Neighborhood/School Partnership 2-pronged effort Get every resident, business owner and institution to take ownership in our neighborhood school Show parents
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East Hills Loves Congress
A Neighborhood/School Partnership
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2-pronged effort
- Get every resident, business owner
and institution to take ownership in
- ur neighborhood school
- Show parents that our neighborhood
school is a great choice for their child and their family
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Goals
- 1. Change Perceptions
- 2. Be Strategic About Your Vision
- 3. Build the Buzz
- 4. Recruit Parents
- 5. Plan for Sustainability
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- 1. Change Perceptions
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The school should be a positive force in the community.
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Start with Easy Fixes
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Show that somebody CARES about your school!
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- Colorful signage
- Color-stained benches and picnic
tables
- New soccer nets
- Traffic paint to repaint basketball
courts
- Restored shuffleboard courts
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Get People Into the Building
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- Open houses
- Community events on the grounds
- Monthly coffee hours for parents
and prospective parents
- Weekly play groups for small
children
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Pay Attention to Your Online Presence
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- Facebook page
- Google searches
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- 2. Be Strategic About
Your Vision
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Gather Data
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- Small groups of parents and
prospective parents
- A survey: both hard copy and
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- Community meetings
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Make a Wish List
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Let GRPS know what your community wants
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Include the School in Community Planning
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- 3. Build the Buzz
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Plan a Project
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The Cornelius Vos Community/School Garden
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Volunteers Coming Together
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Integration into the Curriculum
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Working with Community Partners
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Create Partnerships Wherever You Can
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- Businesses
- Churches
- Individuals
- Organizations
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Make EVERYONE an Advocate
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Partnerships can start small…
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Grow into something bigger
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And get very big indeed
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Get the Word Out
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- Brochure
- Mlive, Rapid Growth, Rapidian
- Work with GRPS: billboards,
mailers
- Neighborhood newsletters
- Radio
- Events
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- 4. Recruit Parents
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Build a Parent Community
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Bring prospective parents together:
- Play dates
- Coffee groups
- Community events
- House parties
- Facebook page
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Talk to people Talk to people Talk to people
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You never know who might be a prospective parent –
- r who might know a
prospective parent
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- 5. Plan for Sustainability
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