Communications

The Communications Committee creates and executes a communications plan for HPAS that may include: a newsletter to complement the newsletter provided by the Administration; a vibrant and effective website, and avenues for communication that allow “reporting” to parents to be moved out of the General Meeting to other appropriate means. The committee also supports the Recruitment Committee (i.e. creates marketing material, etc.) and the Philosophy and Policy Committee. Committee members include any interested parents. The Communications Committee Chair, or designate, is a member of the Parent Executive Committee.

To contact the communications committee email: hpascommunications@googlegroups.com

Chair: Anita Masters

Committee Plan for HPAS 2011/20112

DATE Completed/Updated: Sept 2011

TEAM NAME:         Communications Committee

Committee Mandate:  To create a communication strategy that ensures communications are accessible, timely and informative. To open the student, teacher, parent and admin communications paths and make the process as scalable as possible so that ownership does not have to be revisited each year with parent turnover.

Committee Lead, members and roles (if appropriate)

Name of Committee Lead:  Anita Masters

Name of Committee Team Members:

• Jocelyn Midghall – parent rep

• Betty-Lynn Orton – teacher rep

Approximate Meeting Schedule for the year:

• Date and time of First Meeting of the year:  Dec 3

Approximate time of the following meetings:  We plan to meet 3-4 times a year but smaller project based ad-hoc meetings will occur as needed. The following is the tentative schedule for 2011/2012

• TBD

How do you communicate with the HPAS parent body?We will update our page on the website, we present our plans at the General Meetings, periodic emails to the parents, we email when we need help.

High Level Objectives for the year (1 to 3):

1.          Clean up school phonebook - Phone Book in progress

Key Actions for the year

1.       Website Improvements: -

• TBD