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3 Tools to Help Make Posting on Social Media Quick, Simple and Looking Fantastic

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Adrian Marmara

Being a part of your school’s parent council can be an onerous task. You are often left with very little time on your hands as there is much to do throughout the school year. Having to work on your parent council social media presence doesn’t have to be stressful and time-consuming, if you learn to

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Parent Councils – Using Facebook During Summer Break

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Adrian Marmara

If your parent council is currently using Facebook to connect to your school community don’t take a break once school is out for summer. Instead, take advantage of the summer break and use it to support your continued work on building Facebook connections with parents from your school community. Here are some social media tips

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School Councils – Wrapping up the year

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Theresa Pastore

The end of the school year can be one of the busiest times for the members of school councils with year-end community events, graduations and succession planning for next year’s council. It is an excellent time to recruit new parents for next year when the community can see the results of the hard work of

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Hosting a successful school fair/carnival

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Theresa Pastore

One of the most popular school events can be the spring fun fair/carnival. It brings the community together in a spirit of fun. In my experience, this can be the most positive event of the year as well as the most challenging with a lot of details and logistics to work out. To make it

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School Council Partnerships

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Theresa Pastore

School Council Partnerships It was always a goal of mine while working on school councils for more than 15 years to find a way to bring together schools and offer parents of these schools, both small and large, great resources to support their children’s learning. In the 2013-14 school year, I coordinated a PRO partnership of seven schools to partner

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