Positivity Notes

One way that I communicate with parents is through email. Each week, I try to send an email to a parent with something positive their student has done.  Think about it and ask yourself - What is the main reason teachers call home or write home to a parent?  Usually Johnny is in trouble! What if you were contacted by a teacher for the simple fact that you wanted to say something positive? From the art teacher, no less? This makes a huge impact.

Here are some examples of notes I have sent home:

If this gives you the warm fuzzies to read, wait until you read the responses from the parents!

So, writing notes home to parents does many things:

1. Communicates something POSITIVE

2. Builds Relationships

3. Makes both parties feel pretty great! (filling buckets goes both ways, people! )

So think about it, what have you done, or do you want to do, to improve the following three points above? Please share! Positivity is contagious.