Community/Media Relations Update Keith Ward Director, Communications/ETV Rena Anderson Director, Community Relations April 21, 2016
Christmas Charities Year Round: Mobile Clothes Closet Huntsville City Schools Partners with Local Businesses, Municipalities & Non-Profit Organizations To Enhance The Mission of the School District & To Engage The Community & Parents Christmas Charities Year Round: Mobile Clothes Closet Adopt a Teacher Wish program Digital Tours Cyber Huntsville Huntsville Council of PTA Garrison Education/Team Redstone Healthy Huntsville Chamber of Commerce The Schools Foundation Boys & Girls Club Food Bank of North Alabama
Speaking Engagements/Tours/Ribbon Cuttings/Community Events: Huntsville City Schools Continues to Engage The Community Via Speaking Engagements, School Tours, Ribbon Cutting Events, Press Events, etc. Speaking Engagements/Tours/Ribbon Cuttings/Community Events: 3.3.16 Read Across America activities 3.5.16 Community Kite Festival 3.8.16 Family Reading Night @ Monte Sano 3.11.16 Leadership Alabama 3.15.16 Morris Groundbreaking Ceremony 3.17.16 Digital 1:1 Tour 3.29.16 Hsv. HS Internet Café Ribbon Cutting 3.31.16 Leadership – Masters Class 4.6.16 Student Backlot Tour 4.8.16 Leadership Social Services 4.14.16 AAA Theater Ribbon Cutting 4.14.16 No Place For Hate Assembly 4.19.16 State of the Schools Address
Having Multiple Ways to Connect With The Community Is One Of The District’s Community Engagement Strategies ASK US: Responded to 56 Online “Ask Us” Submissions (over the past 45 days) Questions/Topics related to: Pre-K Transportation Substitute Teaching School Zones Student Assignment iNow Textbooks School Calendar Summer School Communication Campaigns: March- Kindergarten Registration GreenpowerUSA Race Parent Survey April- State of the Schools Summer School Honors Camp Robotics Camp Cyber Camp
PROMOTING: GreenpowerUSA-A Day at the Races - 4/23 National Walk at School Day – 4/27 K For A Day – 4/29 Virtual Volunteer/Resource Center – Adopt a Teacher Wish – we have 35 Teacher Wishes to adopt Follow us on: Facebook (7,134 followers) Twitter (3,384 followers) Periscope (new) Youtube ETV www.huntsvillecityschools.org