Effective School Websites

A school's website is often the first thing parents see before enrolling their child. Even after their child is a student at the schools, the website might be the only way the parent "sees" the school if they work a lot and don't come in to school ever. Therefore, I think it is imperative that the school's website positively present the school, represent all aspects of the school from the office procedures to the classrooms to the cafeteria information etc, and it should constantly stay current so parents who check back frequently will always have up-to-date information. The website needs to have current school performance data, contact info for the whole staff, a calendar of school activities / functions, grade level curriculum information, policies (eg attendance, homework, library etc), enrollment info, commonly used forms (eg change in contact info, permission slips, cafeteria menus etc), and parent resources for supporting students at home. I will be using Weebly to create my website. I will be including my MSA trend data, my analysis of the data, and web based resources for parents.