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Foothills Community School uses one-way and two-way communication weekly to provide information and STEM education activities. Communication is key to helping students, parents and our community connect with us. We conduct monthly meetings in which students, teachers, parents/guardians come together to connect, as well as the Weekly Atom’s Update. Several of our teachers have set up social media platforms like Remind, Twitter accounts, Facebook Accounts, and Instagram accounts. In addition to these Foothills Community School also has a Facebook page, Twitter page, S’more, Instagram, Snapchat, Remind, as well as the ability to send out phone calls, texts, app alerts and more through parent link. Every parent at FCS has the principal’s email and cellphone number for easy 24/7 2-way contact.
We also try to ensure that we are written about in the paper quarterly, either through awards, happenings, or upcoming events. Our local radio station hosts a week of FCS news every semester to promote upcoming events or exciting news. In these ways, FCS communicates often and regularly to promote STEM activities and programs.
We also try to ensure that we are written about in the paper quarterly, either through awards, happenings, or upcoming events. Our local radio station hosts a week of FCS news every semester to promote upcoming events or exciting news. In these ways, FCS communicates often and regularly to promote STEM activities and programs.
Evidence: Communication Strategy
STEM Project Night - Each nine weeks, FCS invites parents and the community to view the students' projects.
Relationships - We not only set up times to have students present their projects with the community and with their family; we set up activities and events to form relationships with the students, their families, and the community. Growth on the projects is dependent on the relationships that we build with the students and their families. We have these events at FCS so we can see each other as human beings outside if the school walls. Once that relationship is formed, we have have the needed conversations with parents to hep grow their child.
The students at FCS take their stem projects to the community. Mrs. Powell took their hydroponics creation McDowell County local food advisory council to help brainstorm a solution for our growing food insecurity problem.
During the regular Foothills Food Hub meeting for December, the commissioners first heard from students with Foothills Community School about the serious problem of food insecurity in McDowell County. Principal Melanie Shaver, teacher Tracy Childers and some of their students talked about a research project where they examined the topic of food insecurity and how it affects the health of local people.
Getting the Word out
Getting the Word out
Students in Ms. Tyler's class presented their ideas to help with the food insecurity problems in McDowell county to the school board.
FCS scholars encouraging others at the McDowell Health Coalition annual meeting to use their voice and abilities to share the need and volunteer their time to make an impact within the community!
Student Portfolios - is a way that we communicate with parents on the progress of their child.
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