Keep Your Social Media Game Going All Summer Long!

You made it! School's out, students are gone, and while you may have vacations planned, summer PD scheduled or you're finally reading those books you've been waiting to dive into all year, don't neglect one critical item: your school's social media accounts. Summer is a great time to engage with your parents and community supporters. 

You can take your posting frequency down a notch or two, but don't quit altogether; you risk losing followers and opportunities to stay connected even while school is out. So what kinds of things should you post during the summer months?

• Learning tips for parents: Parents may want to help prevent the summer slide by ramping up their children's reading, practicing math problems, doing science experiments, etc. Use your social media accounts to provide tips or links to resources that will help them.
• Highlight summer activities: Have a summer program going on? Share pictures and videos of students in action! Families love to see that stuff, so show them what kind of things their kiddos are learning.
• Community engagement survey: Looking to ramp up your parent and community involvement? Looking for input on what activities families want and volunteers who might like to help out? A quick-and-easy survey made with Google Forms provides you instant feedback, and you can keep it open through the start of school or longer. Find out things like 1) how they prefer to receive information from the school (email, website, social media, phone calls, other), 2) for what kinds of events would they like to volunteer; 3) what hours/days they would be available, etc.