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Alys hia Shaw Portfolio October 22, 2018 Table of Content s Longhorn Newsletter ................................................................ 3 CHISD E -Mail .............................................. ............................ 4 CHISD Facebook ....................................... .............................. 5 Student Flyers ....................................... ..................................... 6 Parent Flyers … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … .7 Reference ................................................................ ................... 8 Longhorn Newsletter The Longhorn Newsletter is a designed booklet that is sent to each household if the student is enrolled at a Cedar Hill campus. The newsletter can also be picked up at the administration building or available to download on the district’s website for easier access to the public. The newsletter provides information about Cedar Hill Independent School District as a whole, advertising accomplishments, a letter from the Super inte ndent , soaring students at various schools thro ughout the district and also promoting the high school level of sports. The magazine advertises the companies/restaurants that are in sponsor with CHISD. The Longhorn Newsletter is a good source of reading to stay involved of what is going on throughout th e district. The only downfall that the newsletter lacks it is distributed out monthly and there are important events that occur each day. In closing, the only recommendation I would like to implement is that when they highlight students they sh ould separate them from grade level and campus. The m agazine is a great sour ce of having everyone involved because it touches basis on everyone; th e schools , parents, stude nts, learning styles, athletics a nd so much more. CHISD Email The automatic email system is formed to send out important that is based on things happen suddenly. The e -mails also indicate a weekly reminder of events that may be occurring. The email system is only for parents and district employees who sign up for them. Technology continues to grow rapidly so it is a good insight to have emails sent put because the notification can easily pop up on your phone or computer. The p urpose of the email is to remind subscribers of upcoming events or some last -minute information, such as bus routes being delayed or weather advisory for opening or closing of a campus. The weakness of the email system is that it should expand more, CHISD should have each school to have their own email announcements. CHISD also has a phone system that calls when students are absent and about campus delays because of weather. E-mail s are also a proper representation that the information was sent because of the time s tamp of the sendin g and where it was sent from. If I was to im plement anything regarding the e -mail system, it wou ld be that all students a nd their parents are se nt out daily e -mails about their des ignated campus a nd district. The reason for this is to show that everyone can be informed without one party bei ng left out the loop because sometimes a parent may not belie ve the child with out proo f or documentation . CHISD Facebook Page Cedar Hill Independent School District is designed by the social media part of getting information out to the public. The Facebook pag e can access by anyone by logging on the website page: www.facebook.com/CedarHilISD School designated Facebook page s have a unique way of upholding and showing respect to their school or district . When creating a Facebook page, it is imperative that whoever is runn ing it make s sure that it’s a page where positivity a nd education is being advertised . The page is very reliable and up to date with their postings. The page represents all schools and resources throu gh out the community, it doesn ’t show f avor over one c ampus or team. Facebook is also a good source of how alumni and future Longhorn students can look to see what Cedar Hill ISD is worki ng towards and how they are succeeding in tod ay ’s present t im e. The best thi ng about F acebook it allows the vie wers to watch videos and commercials about things . For examp le, when g etting re ady for STAR week there was a pep r all y the week befo re to pu mp and motivate student s so when student s feel discourage they can always go b ack to the Facebook page to receive motivation at any time. However, since s ocial media is constantly changing but we log on every day , I would recommend that the district’s page would post motivational or encouraging quotes each morning.

It is always a great idea to try to keep parents and students motivated to ensure that educati on is the primary instinct. The Facebook pa ge is dedicat ed to making a positive outlook on whoever may co me across their page. A good impression can always go a long way . Student Flyers at W.S. Permenter In middle school it is the era of time where students find out what they do or don’t like. With being a permanent substitute teacher, I see that students don’t really take the time out to read the handouts. For example, students may read the paper and then throw it in the trash because they feel as though they don’t need it. The teacher usually must repeat and verbally say what the flyer or handout is mainly about since students don’t take the time to process what they are being given . Teach ers should a dap t to their stude nts and information i s retained better when it is explained in full detail . The do cuments that student s m ay receive is a project check -list, flyer a bout a f ield trip or a school supply list. In defense, paper is getting expensive and there’s no need to waste paper anymore if th ey are just going to b e thrown in th e trash . I think at the middle school level, students need to take ownership and be responsible on what they should be doing. Flyers shouldn’t be hand out any more, emails or text messages should take the replacement of the flyers since te chnology has take n over this generatio n. The main component th at I would change in student flyers would be limiting what need s to be hand out . For a e xamp le if a teacher gives the class some words for them to define, he / she can write the words on the boar d a nd allow stude nts to wr ite it d own on their own pa per or t ype it on their phones Parent Flyers These flyers are designed for parents to be the audience and that provide s information from the student’s campus. The documents t hat are in this categor y can con sist of: student report cards, field trip f orms, news from an event and flyers about upcoming events at the ca mpus. As a future parent, I would like to see flyers and letters to be sent home from my child ’s schoo l be cause that sho ws respect that the teacher or dis trict feel as though it is needed to be seen . Even though the timin g of gener ation is different it is still good to keep somet hings alwa ys the same . I wouldn ’t expect a field trip for m to be returned by e -mail because paper documents date and sign ature . In c losing when thi nking about making changes to a flyer, I would say ma ke the flyer wo rth seeing. If a teacher wants me to bring c andy to a Christmas party for the c lass I shouldn ’t see mo ney signs on the paper . Flyers are all ab out presentation and getting the w ord out the best wa y possible. Reference Cedar Hill ISD / CHISD Homepage. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.chisd.net/ Longhorn Newsletter CHISD E -Mail CHISD Facebook Page Student Flyers Parent Flyers