Best Ways to Be - and Stay - “In the Know”

READ the Family Weekly e-Newsletter - Emailed Tuesdays throughout the school year; contains timely info, upcoming dates/deadlines, and other key items and opportunities. SHP and P-8 newsletters are archived on each division’s Resource Tile.

FREQUENTLY CHECK the Online School Calendar - Most on-campus events are listed on the Family Portal calendar. Click on your date or event of interest, and information will “pop-up” on-screen with details about the event, registration links, and contact information. You can also set a RSS feed to link the school calendar and download events to your own Google, Outlook, or other personal desktop or device calendar.

PERSONALIZE Your Notifications - In your Profile Settings within the online Family Portal, you can choose to receive or subscribe to various school announcements, reminders, news items, and other news streams via text or email.

ATTEND Key Chats & Meetings - Plan to join the “Principal’s Lunch & Learn” (Virtual, SHP), “Coffee with Francesca” (P-8), “Coffee with the Counselor” (various), and of course, the Parents’ Associations’ General Meetings. Each of these are a great way to glean new information, get details on upcoming activities, and have some of your questions answered in real-time.

EXPLORE Your Parents’ Association “Group” Online - All SHS parent/guardians are members of the Parents’ Association and have access to the PA Groups online (P-8 or SHP). An excellent resource, group pages include timely information about volunteer opportunities, PA meeting notes, class pages (SHP), and important dates/events.

See what’s happening on campus, take a peek into your child’s classroom, and find out more about our amazing community by joining any (or all) of our social media channels. Be sure to “Like” us and comment on our posts!

• SHS on Facebook

• SHS on Instagram

• SHS on Twitter

• SHP Athletics on Twitter

• SHS on Vimeo

• SHP PA on Instagram

• P8 PA on Instagram

• SHP Holiday Boutique on Instagram

Available to all SHS parents/guardians, SHS maintains a private, password-protected photo sharing site on Vidigami, for you to upload, save, and share your pictures taken throughout the school year. Add in your own “snaps” and help us preserve all the great moments of our school year! Email shs-photos@shschools.org for instructions.

CHECK OUT the

in the

When you log into the SHS website, your default “landing page” is our Resource Board There, you will see a variety of “tiles” with headings like “All-School Resources” and “Athletics” or “Arts.” Spend some time and browse through these tiles for quick info like attendance reporting links, school transportation instructions, archived newsletters, and health and safety updates.

BOOKMARK/FAVORITE

Webpages, Sites, & Documents - Create a shortcut to items you may need to reference often. While most all are found within our Family Portal on Resource Tiles, there may be a few in particular that you will want to bookmark, such as the Student-Parent Handbook (SHP version, Preschool version, LMS version); the 2023-24 Academic Year Calendar; the Magnus Health site (for student health forms); and the MySchoolBucks site (for cafeteria accounts and ordering).

WATCH

On occasion, the school will need to give you timely instructions or alert you to changes in campus routines or procedures, such as an unanticipated closure, power outage disruption, after-school program location change, or other safety advisories. Please always be on the lookout for these types of notices, which will most likely be sent via email and text message.

Podcast Series - Hosted by the OMCS and produced monthly, this downloadable series explores important school themes and/or areas of community focus through the lens of SHS faculty, administrators, students, and other community members.

PARTICIPATE

& ATTEND