How many times have you seen parents dropping their children off in uniform on a mufti day? Clearly, they did not get the message! Maybe you have had low interest in school fundraisers, or very little uptake for purchasing tickets to activities taking place at school.
Newsletters have been a familiar staple in schools for as long as anyone can remember. They are a great way to get information home to families. But they are not foolproof. There are other ways to get your message through to families and the community.
A fantastic way is to use an LED sign. Not only do you get important news home to the families that need to know, you can celebrate school successes, remind parents and student of important dates, and also reach the community in ways that you could not do before.
Here is why an LED sign is a great complement to your school newsletters.
The Limitations Of Newsletters
As we just mentioned, newsletters are a proven way to get information home to school families.
That is if the newsletter makes it home.
There are many places it could be dropped, lost, or blown away by the wind between the classroom and the front door. Or it could lie crumpled and forgotten at the bottom of a bookbag for weeks.
Even if it does manage to make it into the house, it can get misplaced or forgotten before any of that important information gets to where it needs to go. And, there is little chance that members of the community will see it unless they have a link to kids at your school.
That is why you don’t want to rely on them solely. Instead, you can complement the good work that newsletters do, by installing an LED sign at your school. Here is what it can help you to do…
Celebrate School News
There are a lot of exciting things that go on at a school every day. Whether you have 50 pupils, 500 pupils, or thousands, there are young people achieving great things all the time. And there are a lot of events, activities and programmes taking place to support their learning.
Often families and community members will not know the extent of the amazing work done by your school and teachers. An LED sign allows you to broadcast these achievements and activities for everyone to see and to celebrate.
Remind Parents And Students Of Important Dates
No more forgotten mufti days, missed camp deadlines, exam dates, or overdue cutoffs. Getting your message out to the parents can be difficult when you are relying on the kids to do it for you. Or for the newsletter to make it home every single time.
What if the important information was on display each morning and the parents could see it every time they dropped the kids off? Forgotten dates would be a thing of the past. And the students would get a constant reminder too. The great thing is that you don’t have to be limited to one piece of information, you could have all the important dates on display and be able to update them any time you need.
Inform The Community Of School Events
Many schools rely on the participation of their local community to support events and fundraisers. But, it can be hard for the community to support such events if they don’t know about them.
Instead of leaving them in the dark, reach a wide range of people by simply displaying the information on an LED sign in a highly visible location on school grounds. That way, any community member that passes by will be able to see it. Greater awareness of the events means greater attendance and more people to support various endeavours.
People love to support their community, but they need to know about what is going on first!
How It Works At St Paul’s College…
We recently installed an LED sign at St Paul’s in Ponsonby and they have seen really positive results. We spoke to Sandra Goodwin, the Communications Manager at St Paul’s and these were her comments:
“We love our LED sign, it gets a lot of attention from people in the neighbourhood and the school community. It’s a really effective way to share news on what is happening at the school with the immediate community, parents, students, and to get info to the neighbourhood – such as events we are involved with, our annual open days, and deadlines for things like the concert band competition we were recently involved with.
It certainly gets a lot of comments and feedback so it is having a positive effect. The initial investment of the sign will end up being quite cost-effective as we no longer have to invest in advertising like billboards or magazines. We have our own form of advertising right here on school grounds!”
If you love the sound of reaching parents, students and members of the community with ease, and would like to join the hundreds of schools that WiPath has provided an electronic sign for, then get in touch with us for a no obligation consultation on your school’s new LED sign.