PROGRAMS & COMMUNICATION Communication SCHOOL TO HOME COMMUNICATION
All school communications are sent electronically. Parents are notified of any policy or procedural changes electronically. Parents may discuss and review policies and procedures with the Head of School, Director of Jewish Life and Learning, K-8 Principal or Early Childhood (EC) Director at any time. Teachers communicate home to parents weekly and the school’s eNewsletter is also sent to each family every week, giving families the most current upcoming week’s information. CONTACTING FACULTY MEMBERS Parents should contact teachers, administrators or office personnel any time they have a question or concern. These staff members all have voicemail and email and will do their best to return calls within a 24-hour period. No school employees will conduct school business on Shabbat. Please do not call teachers at home unless a teacher specifies otherwise, and never on Shabbat. Regarding classroom questions, parents should always contact the teacher before approaching an administrator. As you can see from the flow chart provided, most, if not all, questions or matters regarding teaching and learning can be answered or resolved by communicating directly with your child’s teachers. The K-8 Principal, Director of Jewish Life and Learning and EC Director are happy to be a resource to you for further clarity. To discuss the school’s strategic needs or ideas for school improvement, you may speak to the head of school. Email is the usual and acceptable means to communicate any questions with teachers. Sending e-blast complaints or emails to multiple or large group listings of parents, faculty, administration or Board members is not only an infringement upon the proprietary information in the directory, but such behavior conflicts with the enrollment provision, which expects families to maintain a cooperative mode of communication between home and school. This type of communication can also slow down response time and impair the clarity or purpose of the message. We encourage parents, when using email, to be brief and keep to a neutral tone. Continuous emailing of faculty or staff — usually this takes the form of repeated emailing with a derogatory or critical tone -- will not be tolerated. Please respect our goals to move forward in a productive and positive manner.
Support Staff—whom to contact and when: Assistant to the Head of School o Scheduling appointments with the Head of School o Inquiries regarding Board members or Board business o Guidance concerning contacts around the school K-8 School Administrative Assistant o K-8 class schedules o Setting-up an appointment with the K-8 Principal
o Transcript requests o Locker assignments
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