Monday, January 30, 2012

Class Newsletters

Another linky party at A Class Act.  How do you communicate with parents?  One way I do is through a weekly newsletter, sent home on Fridays.  It has two sides.  I do the front side and two students do the back side.  Each Thursday night I complete the front page information and then give it to the artists of the month for their additions. 

Happy Communicating,
Laurie

7 comments:

  1. I'm working on my first newsletter. How long does it take you to plan your's out before Thursday? It's a great newsletter!

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    1. Jason,

      When I very first created it, I am sure it took a little while to decide where everything would go. Now, all I do is typeover last week's news. It probably takes about 30 minutes each week.

      Good Luck,
      Laurie

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  2. Your newsletter looks great. I've had plans to post about mine. I was just going to take a picture of it, but you obviously did something much more slick. Can I ask how you added it to your post?

    Tammy
    Forever in First

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    1. Tammy-

      I am a trial and error blogger, so it took a while to figure out. But here is what I do....maybe it will work for you:-)
      (These instructions are Mac versioned)
      1st-go to print
      2nd-click the pdf button, in the bottom left corner
      3rd-choose "save pdf to iPhoto"
      4th-then you can insert picture and choose it from your iphoto.

      Hope that helps,
      Laurie

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    2. Laurie, you're brilliant. Who knew such a thing was possible? Thank you. Oh, and I have a Mac so your directions were perfect!

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    3. I am so glad it worked. It took me months to figure it out:-)

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  3. LOL! I blog in advance just in case I don't have time to post that particular day and I have an upcoming linky party on this very topic.. so you will have a chance to link it to another blog! =)

    Thanks for sharing the great information and pictures!

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